1610 in Norway

Events in the year 1610 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

17 June – Prince Christian was proclaimed as heir apparent to Christian IV of Norway, in Oslo.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1889 |title=Christian, udvalgt prins |encyclopedia=Dansk biografisk lexikon |publisher=Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag |location=Copenhagen |url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/3/0528.html |access-date=17 November 2009 |last=Fridericia |first=J. A. |editor-last=Bricka, Carl Frederik |editor-link=Carl Frederik Bricka |volume=3 |pages=526–529 |language=Danish}}
17 August – Christian IV of Denmark-Norway ordered the construction of Altenhus Fortress on the island of Aarøen near Alten in Finnmark county.{{Cite book |last=Nielsen |first=Jens Petter |url=http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/a658516724020bf728fce6247cca3b57?index=7 |title=Altas historie (De glemte århundrene 1520-1826) |publisher=Municipality of Alta |year=1990 |isbn=8299465206 |volume=1 |location=Alta |pages=97–98 |language=no}}
The town of Arendal is founded.

12 May - Arent Berntsen, topographical-statistical author, businessman, banker, estate owner and councillor (died 1680).{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Arent Berntsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Arent_Berntsen |access-date=26 August 2022 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |language=no}}

Lisbet Nypan, alleged witch (d. 1670).{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Lisbet Nypan |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lisbet_Nypan |access-date=4 September 2020 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |language=no}}
Hans Hansen Bergen, emigrant from Norway and early/pioneer settler in New Amsterdam (died 1654).{{Cite book |last=Bergen |first=Teunis G. |url=https://archive.org/details/bergenfamilyord01berggoog/page/n11/mode/2up |title=The Bergen Family; Or: The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. |publisher=J. Munsell |year=1876 |access-date=4 March 2021 |authorlink=Teunis G. Bergen}}

5 February – Strange Jørgenssøn, bailiff and businessman (born 1539).{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Strange Jørgenssøn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Strange_Jørgenssøn/utdypning |access-date=29 October 2012 |last=Fossen |first=Anders Bjarne |editor-last=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |language=no}}