1693 in Norway

Events in the year 1693 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian V.

Events

• was convicted of sodomy, in Kragerø. The only known person convicted for homosexuality in Norwegian history before 1842. He was sentenced to whipping, branding, and banishment from Kragerø.

Arts and literature

Births

• 21 October – Frederik Nannestad, bishop (died 1774).

Full date unknown

• Hartvig Jentoft, merchant (died 1739).
• Christian Stub, jurist, law historian and civil servant (died 1736).

Deaths

See also

References