1538 in Norway

Events in the year 1538 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian III

Events

 * Christian III starts a mining project in Telemark.

Births

 * Jens Nilssøn, bishop (died 1600).
 * Enno Brandrøk, nobleman, mercenary and adventurer (died 1571).
 * Laurentius Nicolai, Jesuit, active in service of the Counter-Reformation (died 1622).

Deaths

 * 7 February – Olav Engelbrektsson, Archbishop of Norway (born c. 1480).