1660 in Norway

Events in the year 1660 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick III.

Events

• January - Swedish forces laid siege the town of Halden.
• 22 February - The siege of Halden ends, and the Swedish forces retreat to Bohuslen.
• 27 May - Trondhjems len was returned to Norway, following the Treaty of Copenhagen (after having been ceded to Sweden at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658).
• 8 December - Ove Bjelke became Chancellor of Norway.
• 24 December - Claus von Ahlefeldt was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army.
• Flekkefjord is given town status as a ladested.

Arts and literature

Births

• 4 November – Albert Angell, civil servant, landowner and businessperson (died 1705).
• Vincens Budde, military officer (died 1729).
• Henrik Adeler, civil servant and politician (died 1718).

Probable

• Ragnhild Abelset, merchant, landowner and lensmann (died 1733).

Deaths

See also

References