Events in the year 1665 in Norway:

Incumbents Monarch: Frederick III

Events

2 August – The Battle of Vågen, 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

References