— about 55 years ago
Date | Event |
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1066-09-20 |
Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar |
1184-06-15 |
King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite. |
1194-06-29 |
Sverre is crowned King of Norway. |
1326-06-03 |
Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. |
1397-06-17 |
Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway |
1397-06-30 |
Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha |
1472-02-20 |
Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. |
1520-01-18 |
Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde |
1520-11-09 |
Height of the Stockholm Bloodbath - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden executes Swedish nobles |
1523-01-20 |
Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. |
1534-07-04 |
Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye. |
1582-12-15 |
Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar |
1700-02-12 |
The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe between Denmark—Norway, Saxony and Russia and the Swedish Empire. |
1715-12-24 |
Swedish troops occupy Norway |
1767-07-03 |
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date). |
1768-12-01 |
The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway. |
1814-01-14 |
King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel |
1814-02-11 |
Norway's independence proclaimed |
1814-05-17 |
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day) |
1818-02-05 |
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. |
1818-09-07 |
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. |
1844-03-08 |
King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway. |
1844-09-28 |
Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. |
1859-07-08 |
King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. |
1860-05-03 |
Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. |
1860-08-05 |
Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. |
1872-09-18 |
King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. |
1873-05-12 |
Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden. |
1893-05-19 |
Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) |
1895-01-01 |
Norway adopts Mid-European time |
1903-06-16 |
Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. |
1905-06-07 |
Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) |
1905-10-26 |
Union of Sweden & Norway ends |
1905-11-12 |
(November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic. |
1905-11-18 |
Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway |
1906-06-22 |
Haakon VII crowned king of Norway |
1907-06-14 |
Norway adopts female suffrage for middle class women only in parliamentary elections |
1909-01-27 |
The Young Left is founded in Norway. |
1912-12-21 |
Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war |
1914-06-06 |
1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway) |
1916-04-08 |
Norway approves active & passive female suffrage |
1924-07-10 |
Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim |
1925-01-01 |
Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo |
1925-08-15 |
Norway annexes Spitsbergen |
1928-01-28 |
Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway |
1929-05-08 |
Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway |
1931-05-01 |
Norway claims Peter I Island |
1931-06-10 |
Norway occupies East Greenland |
1933-05-17 |
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. |
1936-02-15 |
Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold |
1939-01-14 |
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica |
1940-02-16 |
British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway |
1940-02-17 |
Crew of the British destroyer Cossack board German Altmark in Jøssingfjord, Norway, and realised 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass. |
1940-04-09 |
Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders) |
1940-04-14 |
Allied troops land in Norway |
1940-04-15 |
British troops land at Narvik, Norway |
1940-05-28 |
British-French troops capture Narvik, Norway |
1940-06-08 |
Last British troops leave Narvik Norway |
1940-06-09 |
Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II |
1940-06-10 |
Norway surrenders to Nazis |
1940-09-25 |
German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government |
1943-11-16 |
World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway. |
1944-08-21 |
Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway" premieres in NYC |
1944-11-12 |
RAF sinks German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord, Norway |
1945-02-09 |
The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway. |
1945-05-04 |
German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender |
1952-02-14 |
6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway |
1952-02-25 |
6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway |
1957-09-21 |
Olav V becomes king of Norway |
1959-06-23 |
A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people. |
1962-06-13 |
Norway named ombudsman |
1967-07-24 |
Norway requests European Common Market membership |
1971-03-16 |
Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway. |
1972-09-25 |
Norway votes to join European common market |
1972-09-26 |
Norway rejects membership in European Common Market |
1975-01-14 |
Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m |
1981-02-03 |
Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway |
1983-08-07 |
Grete Waitz of Norway wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki, Finland) |
1986-04-21 |
15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 |
1986-05-27 |
Norway Showcase groundbreaking |
1986-07-05 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) |
1986-07-11 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 |
1986-08-05 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5km woman's record (14:37.33) |
1988-09-15 |
Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics |
1989-10-16 |
Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway |
1990-04-07 |
Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma |
1990-05-15 |
Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe |
1990-11-03 |
Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway |
1991-01-17 |
Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. |
1991-08-25 |
Norway & Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic republics |
1991-11-30 |
1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1 |
1992-06-16 |
Longest salami is 68'9 & 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway |
1993-08-20 |
After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month. |
1993-09-13 |
Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway. |
1994-02-12 |
17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway |
1994-02-27 |
17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway |
1994-04-26 |
26.9°C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) |
1994-11-28 |
Norway votes against joining European Union |
1995-01-01 |
The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. |
1995-01-30 |
Norway's Statoil announces a newly formed consortium that will supply Norwegian natural gas to the European continent |
1995-07-28 |
Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjorn Johnsen says that Norway should not lower its crude oil production in an attempt to boost world oil prices |
1997-01-18 |
Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. |
1997-05-20 |
Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful |
2004-08-22 |
A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. |
2006-06-19 |
Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway. |
2007-04-24 |
Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime. |
2011-07-22 |
Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. |
2013-09-09 |
Erna Solberg is elected Prime Minister of Norway after a centre-right coalition wins a majority in their elections |
2014-02-22 |
Marit Bjørgen of Norway becomes the most successful female Winter Olympian with 10 medals |
2016-05-16 |
Ryanair flight to Manchester evacuated in Norway over bomb scare |
2016-08-30 |
Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway |
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Date | Event |
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1238-05-01 |
Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) |
1261-02-28 |
Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) |
1394-06-04 |
Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) |
1461-12-25 |
Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) |
1471-09-07 |
Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway (1523-33) |
1481-07-01 |
Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559) |
1503-08-12 |
Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) |
1511-07-09 |
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571) |
1534-07-01 |
Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88) |
1557-09-04 |
Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631) |
1575-06-26 |
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) |
1609-03-18 |
Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist |
1628-03-24 |
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) |
1650-04-27 |
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) |
1667-08-28 |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) |
1671-10-11 |
Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) |
1693-04-16 |
Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743) |
1699-11-30 |
Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway |
1700-11-28 |
Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770) |
1723-03-31 |
Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66) |
1748-10-07 |
Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18) |
1751-07-11 |
Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775) |
1758-08-24 |
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) |
1759-03-22 |
Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818) |
1763-01-26 |
Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) |
1767-10-28 |
Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852) |
1768-01-28 |
Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) |
1799-07-04 |
F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59) |
1802-12-27 |
Thomas Fearnley, Norway, landscape painter |
1807-03-14 |
Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876) |
1826-05-03 |
Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet |
1828-03-20 |
Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) |
1828-08-05 |
WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands |
1829-01-21 |
Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet |
1843-06-15 |
Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One) |
1846-08-22 |
B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer (Hellemyrsfolket) |
1856-01-11 |
Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer |
1859-08-04 |
Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) |
1859-11-15 |
Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960) |
1861-10-10 |
Fridtjof Nansen, Store Frøen, Christiania, Norway, Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922), (d. 1930) |
1863-12-12 |
Edvard Munch, Løten, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream), (d. 1944) |
1869-09-17 |
Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) |
1869-11-26 |
Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938) |
1872-07-16 |
Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole |
1872-08-03 |
Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) |
1876-02-09 |
Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920) |
1882-05-20 |
Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) |
1883-01-21 |
Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet |
1884-03-06 |
Molla Mallory, Mosvik Norway, Tennis player (eight-time U.S. Open champion) |
1887-10-04 |
Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian) |
1896-07-16 |
Trygve Halvdan Lie, Norway, 1st UN secretary general (1946-52) |
1897-04-17 |
Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS] |
1897-05-10 |
Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987) |
1899-01-17 |
Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice) |
1901-06-16 |
Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl) |
1903-07-02 |
Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway (1957-91) |
1904-03-07 |
Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) |
1906-04-01 |
Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) |
1906-07-19 |
Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) |
1907-10-07 |
Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress (Whalers) |
1908-02-03 |
Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1909-05-31 |
Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) |
1911-02-12 |
Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1911-06-03 |
Olaf Okern, Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948) |
1911-08-23 |
Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 36) |
1912-04-08 |
Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36) |
1913-04-03 |
Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005) |
1914-10-06 |
Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku) |
1917-07-24 |
Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) |
1918-05-25 |
Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952) |
1919-03-18 |
Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1920-04-09 |
Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) |
1920-05-26 |
Roland Shaw, Song of Norway |
1920-10-09 |
Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet/writer (Dikt, Jonas) |
1920-9-15 |
Manoug Parikian, Song of Norway |
1923-01-16 |
Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952) |
1923-03-12 |
Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater (Oly-gold-1952), (d. 2013) |
1926-08-17 |
Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52), (d. 2013) |
1927-10-08 |
Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952) |
1927-12-11 |
Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952) |
1929-02-10 |
Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56) |
1930-04-16 |
John Robson, British ambassador (Norway) |
1930-10-24 |
Johan Galtung, Norway, polemologist (Meaning of Nonviolence) |
1931-06-20 |
Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland) |
1932-02-21 |
Harald V, King of Norway (1991- ) |
1933-11-06 |
Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1934-05-06 |
Johnny Bergh, To Norway, Home of Giants |
1937-02-04 |
Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) |
1937-12-21 |
Harald V, King of Norway (1991-present) |
1939-05-20 |
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist |
1942-02-09 |
Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1943-11-26 |
Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker (Kansas City Chiefs) |
1948-07-13 |
Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1950-02-20 |
John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart) |
1951-06-24 |
Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1951-08-19 |
Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year (Aug, 1975) |
1953-03-03 |
Jan Simonsen, This World: Norway's Massacre |
1953-10-01 |
Greta Andersen Waitz, Oslo Norway, marathoner (NYC - 1984) |
1956-03-21 |
Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89) |
1957-03-09 |
Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994) |
1959-03-16 |
Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway |
1959-09-14 |
Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) |
1960-10-14 |
John Aalberg, Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1961-09-06 |
Pal Waaktaar, Oslo Norway, rock guitarist/vocalist (A-ha) |
1961-11-01 |
Magne Furuholmen, Oslo Norway, keyboardist/vocalist (Aha-Take on Me) |
1963-01-15 |
Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer (South Pole) |
1969-06-04 |
Tine Moberg-Parker, Oslo Norway, Canada Europe class yachter (Oly-96) |
1970-07-31 |
Knut Holmann, Norway, rower (Olympics-gold-96) |
1971-08-01 |
Jay Alexander, Norway's Next Top Model |
1971-09-22 |
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway |
1972-08-24 |
Christian Ruud, Oslo Norway, tennis star (1989 Norwegian) |
1973-07-20 |
Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway |
1973-08-19 |
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway |
1976-07-23 |
Inger Lise Ebeltoft, Miss Universe-Norway (1996) |
1977-12-01 |
Håkon Briseid, NAV, Norway |
1992-04-18 |
Dzsenifer Marozsán, Germany vs. Norway |
2003-04-29 |
Maud Behn, Princess of Norway |
2004-01-21 |
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway |
2005-12-03 |
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway |
Date | Event |
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1857-06-06 |
Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway. |
2001-08-25 |
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, eldest son of King Harald V & heir married commoner Mette-Marit Tjessem H |
2002-05-24 |
Princess Martha Louise of Norway (30) weds author Ari Behn (29) in Trondheim |
Date | Event |
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1000-09-09 |
Olaf I of Norway |
1014-02-03 |
Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of Denmark, Norway and England (1013-14), dies |
1030-07-29 |
Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad |
1035-11-12 |
Cnut (Canute) "The Great", King of Denmark. England, Norway and parts of Sweden. Reigned 1016-1035. |
1047-10-25 |
Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies |
1066-09-25 |
Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51 |
1103-08-24 |
Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies |
1123-08-29 |
King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) |
1130-03-26 |
King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) |
1136-12-14 |
Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered |
1164-07-29 |
Olaf, King of Norway, dies |
1202-03-08 |
Sverre of Norway |
1202-03-09 |
King Sverre of Norway |
1204-01-01 |
King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) |
1204-08-11 |
King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) |
1217-04-23 |
King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185) |
1263-12-12 |
Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies |
1263-12-15 |
King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) |
1280-05-09 |
Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 |
1319-05-08 |
Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies |
1374-12-01 |
Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies |
1387-08-03 |
Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies |
1387-08-23 |
King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) |
1412-10-28 |
Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353) |
1448-01-06 |
Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies |
1481-05-21 |
Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies |
1533-04-10 |
Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 |
1559-01-01 |
Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies |
1588-04-04 |
Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 |
1648-02-21 |
Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies |
1670-02-09 |
Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 |
1718-11-30 |
Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway at 36 |
1718-12-11 |
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten |
1730-10-12 |
Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies |
1746-08-06 |
Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies |
1766-01-14 |
Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42 |
1818-02-15 |
Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 |
1839-12-03 |
Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 |
1844-05-08 |
Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies |
1859-07-08 |
F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 |
1860-12-17 |
Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777) |
1871-03-30 |
W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42 |
1872-09-18 |
Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies |
1899-08-09 |
Edward Frankland, British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence, dies on holiday in Norway at 74 |
1907-12-08 |
Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies |
1957-09-21 |
Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies |
1960-01-12 |
Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60 |
1987-09-19 |
Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897) |
1987-12-24 |
Manoug Parikian, Song of Norway |
1991-01-17 |
Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V, king of Norway (1957), dies |
1993-12-11 |
Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 |
1994-03-08 |
Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82 |
1997-09-17 |
Jan Peder Syse, PM of Norway (1989-90), dies |
2005-01-20 |
Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913) |
2007-03-21 |
Sven O. Høiby, the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (b. 1936) |
2012-05-11 |
Roland Shaw, Song of Norway |
2014-12-23 |
Johnny Bergh, To Norway, Home of Giants |