1665 in Norway

Events in the year 1665 in Norway:

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick III

Events

• 2 August – The Battle of VÃ¥gen, Bergen, a naval battle between an English flotilla of warships and a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet, as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
• 14 November – The King's Law or Lex Regia (Danish and Norwegian: Kongeloven) was introduced.
• Næs Iron Works starts to operate, it is operated from 1665 to 1959.
• The town of Fredrikshald is founded (now known simply as Halden).

Arts and literature

• The construction of Rosendal Manor was finished.

Births

• 5 December – Iver Huitfeldt, naval officer (d.1710).

Deaths

See also

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