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1653 in Norway

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Events in the year 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 (d.1708)

Deaths

Peter Paulson Paus, provost (born 1590)

References

Rian, Øystein. "Frederik 3.". Norsk nettleksikon.

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