Editing Christian IV of Denmark (section)

===Norwegian issue===
[[File:Dankaerts-Historis-9253.tif|thumb|Engraving of Christian IV]]
Christian IV spent more time in the kingdom of Norway than any other Oldenburg monarch and no Oldenburg king made such a lasting impression on the Norwegian people. He visited the country a number of times and founded four cities. He also established and took control over one silver mine ([[Kongsberg (town)|Kongsberg]]), one copper mine ([[Røros (town)|Røros]] in [[Trøndelag]]), and tried to make an iron plant with limited success in [[Eiker]]. In 1647 he gave the crown privileges of the [[Røros Copper Works]] to his banker and his privy councillor ([[Geheimrat]]) [[Joachim Irgens von Westervick]], including rights to forests and water resources within a circle of diameter 90 kilometers. Christian also restored and restructured the castle [[Akershus Fortress|Akershus]], where he invited the people of Norway to the official and age-old installment of the king in 1590, and again in 1610.

When the king was busy overseeing the reparations and re-building of the fortress at Oslo, he lived in the country all summer, and at the same time tried to establish a centre for producing iron at [[Eiker]] in [[Buskerud]]. History tells he actually ruled the entire kingdom from this area in the summer of 1603.

In 1623, Christian again visited Norway for an entire summer, this time to oversee the foundation of [[Kongsberg (town)|Kongsberg]]. He was also present in the area in 1624, when Oslo burned in August of that year. The king was able to reach the area in a few weeks, being in Eiker. Over the years, fire had destroyed major parts of the city many times, as many of the city's buildings were built entirely of wood. After the fire in 1624 which lasted for three days, Christian IV decided that the old city should not be rebuilt again. He decided that the new town be rebuilt in the area below [[Akershus Fortress]], a castle which later was converted into a palace and royal residence. His men built a network of roads in Akershagen and demanded that all citizens should move their shops and workplaces to the newly built city of Christiania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Oslo |url=http://www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/history/ |access-date=15 August 2016 |publisher=visitoslo}}</ref>