1455 in Norway
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Events in the year 1455 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1-2 September – Hanseatic merchants attacked and destroyed Munkeliv Abbey in Bergen. Olav Nilsson, commander of Bergenhus Fortress was killed in the attack together with Leif Thor Olafsson, Bishop of Bergen and about 60 other Norwegians.[1][2]
Births
[edit]- Knut Alvsson, nobleman and landowner (d. 1502)
Deaths
[edit]- 1 September – Leif Thor Olafsson, bishop
- 2 September – Olav Nilsson, nobleman, land owner (born c. 1400).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Engdal 2006: 36
- ^ Øye 1994: 27
- ^ Opsahl, Erik. "Olav Nilsson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 January 2013.