| 9000 - 8000 B.C. | Earliest signs of settlement. |
| 8000 - 4000 B.C. | Old Stone Age. Hunters and fishermen. Rock carvings. Milder climate. |
| 4000 - 1500 B.C. | New Stone Age. Livestock. Early agriculture. |
| 1500 - 500 B.C. | Bronze Age. Agricultural tools, jewellery, glass, weapons. Foreign trade. |
| 500 B.C.-1000 A.D. | Iron Age. Iron ploughs and scythes. |
| 800 - 1000 A.D. | Viking period. Longships, trade and conquest. Runic inscriptions. Voyages of discovery. |
| 1030 | Unification of Norway into one kingdom. Introduction of Christianity |
| 1200 | The Norwegian empire |
| 1350 | The Black Death. Population reduced. |
| 1380 - 1814 | Union with Denmark. |
| 1814 | Constitution adopted. |
| 1814 - 1905 | Union with Sweden. |
| 1905 | End of Union. Haakon VII crowned king. |
| 1940-1945 | World War II. German occupation. |
| 1957 | Death of Haakon VII. Olav V becomes king. |
| 1970 | Oil and gas depostits discovered off the Norwegian coast. |
| 1981 | Norway´s first female Prime Minister |
| 1991 | Death of Olav V. Harald V becomes king. |
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