1695 in Norway
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Events in the year 1695 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Johanne Nielsdatter, was executed for witchcraft. Her execution is the last confirmed execution for witchcraft in Norway.[2]
- September – A crop failure due to cold weather leads to a great famine in Norway the next year.[3]
Deaths
[edit]- March – Edvard Edvardsen, educator and historian (born 1630).[4]
- Johanne Nielsdatter, executed for witchcraft.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Rian, Øystein. "Christian 5.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b Hagen, Rune Blix. "Johanne Nielsdatter". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2017). "9 - Nordic Europe". In Alfani, Guido; Ó Gráda, Cormac (eds.). Famine in European History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 192–194, 196, 210. ISBN 9781107179936. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
For an open-access near-equivalent of this chapter, see Dribe, Martin; Olsson, Mats; Svensson, Patrick (2015). "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536 - 1875". Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues (138). Department of Economic History, Lund University. Retrieved 20 April 2025. - ^ Fossen, Anders Bjarne. "Edvard Edvardsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 August 2013.