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1653 in Norway
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 âÂÂ
Prince George of Denmark and Norway
(d.
1708
)
Deaths
Peter Paulson Paus
, provost (born
1590
)
References