1653 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick III

  Events

• May - The Vardø witch trials ends. It resulted in the death of seventeen women by burning.

  Full date unknown

• The Customs House is moved further down the Telemarksvassdraget from the town of Skien to the smaller coastal town of Porsgrunn, making the latter a thriving market town.
• The Cappelen Family emigrates to Norway from Northern Germany.
• The southern coastal town of Vesterrisør is renamed "Mandal".

  Births

• 2 April – Prince George of Denmark and Norway

  Deaths

• Peter Paulson Paus, provost