Events in the year 1665 in Norway:

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Frederick III

Events

  • 2 August – The Battle of Vågen, Bergen, a naval battle between an English flotilla of warships and a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet, as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
  • 14 November – The King's Law or Lex Regia (Danish and Norwegian: Kongeloven) was introduced.
  • Næs Iron Works starts to operate, it is operated from 1665 to 1959.
  • The town of Fredrikshald is founded (now known simply as Halden).

Arts and literature

  • The construction of Rosendal Manor was finished.

Births

  • 5 December – Iver Huitfeldt, military officer (d.1710).

Deaths

See also

References


Norway and Sweden, 181624 Stock Photo Alamy

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Vintage Map of Norway 1665 by Ted's Vintage Art

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