Between 1850 and 1950, Norwegian society transformed. The age-old fishing, hunting, and farming society gradually turned into a modern, industrialised country.
When the old Norway changed | The old Norwegian farm
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Timeline
Norwegian history timeline | From the ice ages until today
In what we today call Norway, human history began some 12,000 years ago, after the ice ages. In this post, we list the main historical eras between then and now.
Norwegian censuses | The 1769 census was the first
1769 was the year of the first complete Norwegian census – and the population was 723,618. Today, Norway has a population of more than 5 million.
Norwegian history timeline | The ice ages
In Scandinavia, there have been as many as 30 ice ages over the last 2.5 million years. The latest period stretched between 115,000 and 10,000 BC.