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Events relating to norway
Vikings from Norway capture Dublin and establish a Norse kingdom in Ireland
The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy
Haakon IV is the first ruler to build up a strong Norway, some two centuries after the region becomes a single kingdom
The Norwegian king, Haakon IV, annexes Iceland as his personal fief, bringing to an end the commonwealth established in AD 930
Edward I of England arranges for his 5-year-old heir to marry Margaret the Maid of Norway, the 7-year-old heiress to the kingdom of Scotland
With a victory near Falköping, Margaret becomes regent of Sweden as well as Denmark and Norway
With the coronation of the 16-year-old Eric of Pomerania, the crowns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are formally united for the first time
The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway
Christian III seizes the wealth of Danish churches and monasteries, before turning his attention to those of Norway
The reign of Christian III begins three centuries in which Norway is administered as little more than an annexe of Denmark
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden, in the Treaty of Kiel, following Bernadotte's successful Danish campaign
Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt has its premiere in Oslo, with incidental music by Edvard Grieg
Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House signals a new direction in drama in its frank treatment of tensions within a marriage
Henrik Ibsen publishes his play Hedda Gabler, with its powerfully manipulative central character, a year before it is first produced (in Germany)
Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark jointly declare their neutrality
German ships and marines occupy the harbours of neutral Denmark and Norway
The German invasion of Norway includes the world's first airborne assault, with troops arriving by plane to attack the airports of Oslo and Stavanger
Allied ships on patrol in the North Sea, soon followed by troops, rush to the defence of Norway
The last Allied forces withdraw from Norway, leaving the country entirely in the hands of its German occupiers
Vidkun Quisling, founder of the Norwegian Fascist party, is appointed president of German-occupied Norway
Vidkun Quisling, Fascist president of occupied Norway from 1942, is tried and executed for treason
Anders Behring Breivik shoots and kills 69 young people on the Norwegian island of Uteya after killing eight with a bomb in government buildings in Oslo
A pastel version of Edvard Munch's The Scream sells in Sotheby's New York for US $120 million, by far the record for any work of art