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16th century in Norway#1530s

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Events from the 16th century in Norway.

Significant events

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  • Ranrike is returned back to Norway from Sweden.

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  • November – King Christian II invades Norway, but the invasion fail, and he is taken prisoner and brought to Denmark.

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  • Spring – The southern branch of the Norwegian riksråd elects Christian III of Denmark as king of Norway. The northern branch refuse to accept the election. The privy councils leader Olav Engelbrektsson wants Frederick the Wise as king.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav_Engelbrektsson|last=Rian|first=Øystein|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Engelbrektsson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 June 2012}}
  • 21 July – Nils Lykke is convicted for incest and is executed later the same year.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Niels Lykke |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon| first=Terje|last=Bratberg |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Niels_Lykke | language=Norwegian |accessdate=13 April 2019}}

;1536

  • The Reformation in Norway starts.
  • 3 January – Realm council Vincens Lunge is murdered in Nidaros, and other people lojal to Christian III of Denmark is arrested. This event marks the beginning of the Reformation in Norway and Olav Engelbrektssons rebellion.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Vincens Lunge |last=Mardal|first=Magnus A. |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Vincens_Lunge |language=no|access-date=29 October 2012}}
  • 7 January – Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson sent squads of supporters to villages in Eastern Norway; the squads proclaimed to the people that a new ruler (Frederick the Wise) could be on his way.
  • January–April – Many farmers and bourgeoisie in Eastern Norway rises up in rebellion for the Archbishop, but it soon failed as no actual support from Frederick came.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav Engelbrektsson |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Rian |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Engelbrektsson | language=no |access-date=19 June 2018}}
  • March – The Archbishops forces led by Kristoffer Throndsen, fails to capture Bergenhus Fortress, and Throndsen is arrested during a parley with the commanders of the fort.
  • April – Olav Engelbrektsson releases supporters of Christian III from prison at Tautra.
  • Fall – The Protestant forces led by Peder Hanssøn Litle, takes control over Akershus Fortress.
  • Munkeliv Abbey was destroyed by fire and was never rebuild.
  • The town of Tønsberg was destroyed by fire.{{Cite web |url=http://www-bib.hive.no/tekster/tunsberg/slottsfjellet/castle-hill/slott3.html |title=Tunsberghus (Old Tønsberg) |access-date=2018-12-19 |archive-date=2009-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511151314/http://www-bib.hive.no/tekster/tunsberg/slottsfjellet/castle-hill/slott3.html |url-status=dead }}
  • Halsnøy Abbey was dissolved.
  • Lyse Abbey was dissolved.

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File:Glaserstollen1.JPG is named after Hans Glaser.]]

  • May – Hans Glaser became bergmeister in Telemark.{{cite book |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011022805018 |title=Tyskere ved norske bergverk på 1500-tallet |last=Berg |first=Bjørn Ivar |publisher=Norsk bergverksmuseum |date=2000 |isbn= |location=Kongsberg |pages=29-30}}
  • Summer – Norway's first Lutheran Church Ordinance is introduced.{{citation |last=Imsen |first=Steinar |year=2016 |title=Da reformasjonen kom til Norge |location=Oslo}}
  • Kristoffer Throndsen raids Utstein Abbey and the Bishop's Palace in Stavanger.

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  • The Tamperret, a special marriage court, is established.

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  • Summer – Prince Frederick II of Norway was proclaimed as heir apparent to Christian III of Norway, in Oslo.{{Cite web|title=Frederick II {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway|access-date=22 July 2020|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}
  • The Plague of 1547–1548 ends. It was a bubonic plague, that spread to large parts of South Norway.{{cite book |last=Lunden |first=Kåre |date=2002 |title= Norges landbrukshistorie |url= |location=Oslo |publisher=Det Norske Samlaget|isbn=82-521-5584-7}}

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  • 22 July – Christen Munk and other notable men met at Hamarhus in Hamar. They were there to record the most important of the town's buildings, streets, organization and population. The result of there work was the Hamar Chronicle.{{cite book|last1=Bull|first1=Francis|title=Norsk litteratur historie: bd. Norges litteratur, fra reformasjonen til 1814|date=1958|publisher=H. Aschehoug|location=Oslo|page=25}}

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  • Inger Ottesdotter Rømer and her daughter Lucie Nilsdatter dies in a shipwrecking off the coast of Sunnmøre.{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ingerd_Ottesdotter|title=Ingerd Ottesdotter|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon |author=Halvard Bjørkvik|access-date=20 April 2020}}
  • Anti-Catholicism in Norway: Two farmers were burned to death at the stake in Hamar. The two men had practiced Catholic Marian devotion.{{Cite book |last=Laugerud |first=Henning |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1107654577 |title=Reformasjon uten folk: det katolske Norge i før- og etterreformatorisk tid |publisher=St. Olav forlag |year=2018 |isbn=9788270243518 |pages=152 |language=no |oclc=1107654577 |access-date=2022-05-11 |archive-date=2022-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515155551/https://www.worldcat.org/title/reformasjon-uten-folk-det-katolske-norge-i-fr-og-etterreformatorisk-tid/oclc/1107654577 |url-status=live}}

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:* February – Swedish troops occupy Jemtland, Herjedalen and Trøndelag. Trøndelag is retaken the same year, but Jemtland and Herjedalen is given back in 1570.

:* Helgeseter Priory is burned down by Swedish forces.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Elgeseter kloster |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Elgeseter_kloster |language=no |access-date=11 June 2019}}

:* 22 May – Norwegian forces under the command of Erik Rosenkrantz retakes Steinvikholm Castle from Swedish troops.

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  • Værne Kloster is burned down in connection with the Northern Seven Years' War.
  • 13 December – The Treaty of Stettin ends the Northern Seven Years' War.{{cite book|last=Ersland|first=Geir Atle|author2=Sandvik, Hilde |title=Norsk historie 1300-1625 |publisher=Samlaget |location=Oslo |year=1999 |series=Volume two of Norsk historie |isbn=82-521-5182-5 |language=Norwegian}}

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  • Povel Huitfeldt was appointed Governor-General of Norway.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stattholdere og visestattholdere i norge 1572–1873 |first=Tor Ragnar |last=Weidling |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/Stattholdere_og_visestattholdere_i_Norge_1572%E2%80%931873 |language=no|access-date=11 January 2013}}

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  • Anti-Catholicism in Norway: Ingeborg Kjeldsdatter from Skiptvet was flogged. Her crime was that she had practiced Catholic Marian devotion.{{Cite book |last=Laugerud |first=Henning |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1107654577 |title=Reformasjon uten folk: det katolske Norge i før- og etterreformatorisk tid |publisher=St. Olav forlag |year=2018 |isbn=9788270243518 |page=152 |language=no |oclc=1107654577 |access-date=2022-05-11 |archive-date=2022-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515155551/https://www.worldcat.org/title/reformasjon-uten-folk-det-katolske-norge-i-fr-og-etterreformatorisk-tid/oclc/1107654577 |url-status=live}}
  • 12 December – The Danzig rebellion began. The city of Danzig rebels against Poland–Lithuania, Denmark–Norway joins the side of the rebels.

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  • Hamar lost its townstatus, when merchants in Oslo got King Frederick II to move all of Hamar's market activities to Oslo (the town regained its status in 1849).

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  • 4 April – Christian IV of Denmark-Norway becomes king after the death of his father, Frederick II.
  • August – Axel Gyldenstierne was appointed Governor-General of Norway.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stattholdere og visestattholdere i norge 1572–1873 |first=Tor Ragnar |last=Weidling |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Stattholdere_og_visestattholdere_i_Norge_1572%E2%80%931873 |language=no|access-date=19 June 2018}}
  • 21 September – Santiago, a Spanish Armada supply ship, got wrecked near Mosterhamn in Hardanger Fjord.{{cite book|last1=Ødegaard|first1=T|title=Alonso de Olmos' etterlatte documenter: Om det spanske armadaskipet "Santiago" som forliste i Sunnhordland i året 1588|date=2001|publisher=Kystforlaget|location=Fredrikstad|isbn=8299453313}}

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  • 7 April – Anne Pedersdotter was burned alive at the stake in the city of Bergen. Her case is regarded as the starting point of the witch trials in Norway.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Anne_Pedersdotter|title= Anne Pedersdotter|publisher= Store norske leksikon |author= Erik Opsahl

|accessdate= 1 November 2017}}

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  • 8 June – King Christian IV was hailed as King of Norway in Oslo.
  • 31 July – The Sorenskriver office is introduced in Norway.Vemund Skard: Norsk språkhistorie bind 2 (page. 15), Universitetsforlaget, {{ISBN|82 00 0245 5}}
  • The district court system is established.{{fact|date=March 2025}}
  • The oldest document with the seal of Stavanger city coat of arms is made.{{Cite journal |date=June 1964 |title=The Coat of Arms of Norway |journal=The American-Scandinavian Review}}{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway – Norske Kommunevåpen |url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Stavanger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806085101/http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Stavanger |archive-date=6 August 2016 |access-date=4 May 2016 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}

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  • The first pharmacy in Norway opened (Svaneapoteket in Bergen).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Apotek |first=Tor |last=Waaler |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/apotek |language=no|access-date=28 February 2013}}

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Births

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:* 1 May – Jakob Bagge, Norwegian-born Swedish admiral (died 1577).{{cite web|url =https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=18993 |title=Jakob Bagge|publisher = Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |language=Swedish |access-date= 15 July 2018}}

:* Torbjørn Bratt, clergyman (died 1548).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Torbjørn Olavssøn Bratt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Torbjørn_Olavssøn_Bratt/utdypning |language=Norwegian |access-date=15 July 2018 }}

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:*Jens Nilssøn, bishop (died 1600).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jens Nilssøn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Jens_Nilssøn |language=no|access-date=29 October 2012}}

:*Enno Brandrøk, nobleman, mercenary and adventurer (died 1571).

:*Laurentius Nicolai, Jesuit, active in service of the Counter-Reformation (died 1622).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Laurentius_Nicolai_Norvegus |language=no |access-date=18 November 2019}}

  • 1539 – 7 April – Strange Jørgenssøn, bailiff and businessman (died 1610).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Strange Jørgenssøn|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anders Bjarne |last=Fossen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Strange_Jørgenssøn/utdypning |language=no |access-date=29 October 2012}}
  • 1545 – 1 April – Peder Claussøn Friis, author (died 1614)
  • 1561 – Christoffer Hjort, priest, expelled from the country for Catholicism in 1613 (died 1616).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christoffer Hjort |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christoffer_Hjort/utdypning |language=no |access-date=2 October 2012}}
  • 1564 – 28 June – Cort Aslakssøn astronomer, theologist and philosopher (died 1624).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cort Aslakssøn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Gunnar Christie |last=Wasberg |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Cort_Aslakssøn/utdypning |language=no |access-date=29 October 2012}}
  • 1579 – 3 June – Jens Munk, polar explorer (died 1628).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jens Munk |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rune Blix |last=Hagen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jens_Munk/utdypning |language=no |access-date=11 January 2013}}
  • 1580

:* 8 January – Jens Hermansson Juel, nobleman, Governor-general of Norway (died 1634).{{cite web |last1=Bricka |first1=Carl Frederick |title=Jens Juel |url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/8/0573.html |website=Runeburg.org |publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |access-date=9 September 2023 |language=Danish |date=1887–1905}}

:* 2 February – Jens Bjelke, nobleman, Chancellor of Norway (died 1659).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jens Bjelke |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jens_Bjelke/utdypning |language=no |access-date=29 October 2012}}

:* Peter Paulson Paus, provost (died 1653)

:* Probable – Magdalena Andersdotter, shipowner (died c.a 1650)

  • 1592 – Axel Mowat, admiral and land owner (died 1661).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Axel Mowat Til Hovland |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anders Bjarne |last=Fossen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Axel_Mowat_Til_Hovland/utdypning|language=no |access-date=28 February 2013}}

Deaths

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  • 1502 – 18 August – Knut Alvsson, nobleman and landowner (born c. 1455).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Alvsson|last=Mardal|first=Magnus A. |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_Alvsson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 October 2012}}
  • 1505 – Nils Ravaldsson, leader of Alvsson's rebellion{{Cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Opsahl |editor-first=Erik |orig-date=14 February 2009 |date=8 March 2023 |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |title=Nils Ravaldsson |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://snl.no/Nils_Ravaldsson}}
  • 1521 – Orm Eriksson, nobleman (born c. 1476).
  • 1523 – Nils Henriksson, knight, landowner, National Counselor, Lord High Steward of Norway (born c. 1455){{cite encyclopedia|title=Nils Henriksson |last=Salvesen |first=Helge |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Nils_Henriksson |language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 October 2012}}
  • 1535

:* 30 May – Olav Torkelsson, Roman Catholic bishop.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav Torkellsson |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Torkellsson | language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 June 2018}}

:* 24 December – Nils Lykke, nobleman.

:* Anders Mus, bishop.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anders Mus |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Anders_Mus|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 October 2012}}

:* Hans Glaser, bergmeister (b. c. 1480)

:* Hans Rev, bishop (b. c. 1489)

:* 12 June – Jens Olavssøn Bratt, clergyman (born c. 1505).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jens Olavssøn Bratt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Trygve |last=Lysaker |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Jens_Olavssøn_Bratt/utdypning |language=no |access-date=17 August 2013}}

:* Torbjørn Bratt, clergyman and bishop (born c. 1502).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Torbjørn Olavssøn Bratt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Torbjørn_Olavssøn_Bratt/utdypning |language=no |access-date=17 August 2013}}

  • 1555 – Inger Ottesdotter Rømer, wealthy landowner, Lady of Austraat (born c. 1475).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ingerd Ottesdotter |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Halvard |last=Bjørkvik |author-link=Halvard Bjørkvik |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ingerd_Ottesdotter/utdypning |language=no |access-date=11 January 2013}}
  • 1557 – 9 March – Gjeble Pederssøn, bishop (born c. 1490).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gjeble Pederssøn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anders Bjarne |last=Fossen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gjeble_Pederssøn/utdypning |language=no |access-date=11 January 2013}}
  • 1558 – 14 February – Trond Torleivsson Benkestok, nobleman, estate owner and overlord (born c. 1495).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Trond Benkestokk |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Halvard |last=Bjørkvik |author-link=Halvard Bjørkvik |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Trond_Benkestokk/utdypning |language=no |access-date=29 October 2012}}
  • 1570 – 18 September – Hans Olufsson, high-ranking cleric and nobleman (b.c 1495–1500)
  • 1575

:*9 April – Absalon Pederssøn Beyer, clergyman, writer, historian (born c. 1528).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Absalon Pederssøn Beyer |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anders Bjarne |last=Fossen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Absalon_Pederssøn_Beyer/utdypning |language=no |access-date=11 January 2013}}

:*29 July – Jon Simonssøn, city manager, lawspeaker, humanist (born 1512).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Simonssøn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jon_Simonssøn |language=no |access-date=19 January 2025}}

  • 1576 – Heine Havreki, priest (born 1514)
  • 1577 – 20 September – Jon Guttormssøn, Lutheran superintendent.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Guttormssøn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jon_Guttormssøn |language=no |access-date=26 December 2019}}
  • 1578 – 17 September – Hans Gaas, clergyman (born c. 1500).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hans Gaas |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Trygve |last=Lysaker |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Hans_Gaas/utdypning |language=no |access-date=16 August 2013}}
  • 1581 – Mogens Svale, military commander and landowner (born c.1530).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Mogens Svale |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/Mogens_Svale |language=no|access-date=9 June 2013}}
  • 1588

:* 4 April – Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway (born 1534)

:* Axel Gyntersberg, nobleman and overlord (born c. 1525).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Axel Gyntersberg |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Terje |last=Bratberg |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Axel_Gyntersberg/utdypning |language=no |access-date=11 January 2013}}

:* 7 April – Anne Pedersdotter, alleged witch (born c. 1530){{cite encyclopedia |title=Anne Pedersdotter |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rune Blix |last=Hagen |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anne_Pedersdotter/utdypning |language=no|access-date=2 May 2013}}

:* Gude Axelsen Giedde, military officer and priest (born 1510)

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