1602 in Norway

• Monarch: Christian IV.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian 4. |first=Øystein |last=Rian |first2=Magnus A. |last2=Mardal |first3= Tor Ragnar |last3=Weidling |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Christian_4. |language=no |access-date=21 December 2023}}

• Hamar Cathedral School merged with Oslo Cathedral School.

• Prestepina, a quiz book, is published for the first time. The book was a translation from German by Hallvard Gunnarssøn, and was later reissued numerous times, the last time in 1870.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Prestepina |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Prestepina |language=no|access-date=28 August 2012}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hallvard Gunnarssøn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Vibeke |last=Roggen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hallvard_Gunnarssøn/utdypning |language=no |access-date=28 August 2012}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hallvard Gunnarssøn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Hallvard_Gunnarssøn |language=no|access-date=28 August 2012}}

• 12 April - Daniel Knudsen Bildt, military officer (d.1651)

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• 8 April - Ludvig Munk, Stadtholder of Norway (b.1537)

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