Overview

1537 is the year when Norway became a puppet state under the Danish Crown. Christian III did a coup d'état in Norway and made it a hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark that would last until 1814 when Frederick VI ceded the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden. King Christian III also made by force Lutheranism state religion in Norway, and it was the state religion until 2012.^[1] 1537 is known as one of the darkest years in Norwegian history. Its also the start year for the early modern period in Norway (1537-1814), and the period known as The Puppet State era (lydriketiden) (1537-1660).

Incumbents

Monarch: Olav Engelbrektsson as Regent (until 1 April); then Christian III

Events

The Reformation in Norway:
- January–February – The Commander of Bergenhus Fortress Eske Billes forces sacks farms of supporters of Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson in Møre og Romsdal.
- April 1 – The Archbishop of Norway Olav Engelbrektsson flees from Trondheim to Lier, Belgium.
- April – Christian III sends a fleet with soldiers to Norway.
- April – Steinvikholm Castle is besieged by the Protestant forces.
- May 17 – The Archbishops men surrenders Steinvikholm Castle to the Protestant forces.
- May – The forces sent by Christian III arrives in Norway. The army splits in two. One part plunders setesveins of Olav Engelbrektsson, the other part heads to Hamar to arrest Bishop Mogens Lauritssøn.
- June 20 – Siege of Hamar starts.
- June 23 – Siege of Hamar ends with the arrest of Bishop Mogens Lauritssøn, and the Catholic rebellion is definitively ended in Norway.^[2]
- September 2 – Gjeble Pederssøn becomes the first Lutheran bishop in Norway.^[3]

Full date unknown

Dissolution of all the monasteries in Norway, including:

Arts and literature

St. Olav's shrine was destroyed.

Births

Ludvig Munk, Stadtholder of Norway (d.1602)

Deaths

Probable

Hoskuld Hoskuldsson, Bishop of Stavanger (b. c. 1465/1470)

References

^ "2017 – et kirkehistorisk merkeår". Den norske kirke, Kirkerådet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Øystein Rian, Øystein Rian. "Olav_Engelbrektsson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Gjeble Pederssøn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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