About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territory which is now Norway.

People began settling in Norway very early - in 9000 BC, in fact. This was after the end of the first ice age, so it was now an inhabitable location.

The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,151–1,152 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ...

The Viking era, unions, wars and independence has shaped Norwegian society and people through thousands of years.

4 дня назад · Norway, country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, ...

11 апр. 2018 г. · Here's a whistle-stop tour of Norwegian history, from prehistoric times to the oil era, via the Viking Age.

The first people began to come to Norway from Southern Europe – they followed the migration reindeer north as the ice retreated and lush vegetation grew. The ...

7 дек. 2022 г. · A chronology of key events in the history of Norway from 800 to the present.

The Norwegian monarchy dates back more than one thousand years. Harald Fairhair, regarded as the first Norwegian king, united the petty kingships of Norway ...

4 дня назад · Between 3000 and 2500 bce new immigrants settled in eastern Norway. They were farmers who grew grain and kept cows and sheep.