1624 in Norway

Events in the year 1624 in Norway:

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian IV

Events

 * 28 February – A decree made it explicitly illegal for Jesuits and monks to appear in the country, with death penalty as a consequence for offenders.
 * 17-20 August – The great city fire of Oslo.
 * 25 October – Det Norske Jernkompani is granted a royal privilege, granting the company almost a monopoly on iron production on an industrial scale within Norway.
 * Fall – Three women were executed by decapitation at the Akershus witch trials.
 * The mining town of Kongsberg is founded.
 * Christian IV renames and moves Oslo after the great fire. He renames the city Christiania.

Deaths

 * 7 February – Cort Aslakssøn, astronomer, theologist and philosopher (born 1564).