1604 in Norway
Events in the year 1604 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 24 July - Anders Lauritsson Green becomes Chancellor of Norway.
- 4 December:
- * Christian IV’s Norwegian Law of 1604 is issued, essentially as a translation into Danish of the older Norwegian law of Magnus law-mender established and recorded in Norwegian in 1274 and 1276.
- * Hiring anyone who had attended Jesuit schools in positions in schools and churches was made illegal.
- The town of Son is founded.
Births
- Niels Hanssøn Meng, timber trader and Mayor.
Deaths
- 17 April - Rasmus Hjort, priest, humanist, educator.