av Paal Leveraas | mar 26, 2026 | History of Norway, Oslo
One of the first things we were pointed to when the guide course started was 26 specific years. Here is a thorough walkthrough of these years. 793 — The Viking Age begins Photo: matthew Hunt CC BY 2.0 On 8 June 793, Norse raiders attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...
av Paal Leveraas | feb 9, 2026 | History of Norway, Norwegian Society, Oslo
Norwegian history is often told in fragments: a dramatic Viking Age, a long union period, a sudden constitutional moment in 1814, and then a rapid leap into modern prosperity. Seen together, however, it is a remarkably coherent story about how a small,...