| 9000 BC - 8000 BC |
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Earliest signs of human settlement. |
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| 8000 BC - 4000 BC |
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Old Stone Age, hunters and fishermen, rock carvings. |
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| 4000 BC - 1500 BC |
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New Stone Age, early agriculture, livestock. |
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| 1500 BC - 500 BC |
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Bronze Age, agricultural tools, jewellery, glass, weapons. |
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| 500 BC - 800 AD |
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Iron Age, iron ploughs and scythes. |
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| 800 AD - 1050 AD |
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Viking Age, longships, trade and conquest, runic inscriptions, voyages of discovery, Leif Eiriksson discovers America and Vikings. |
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| 900 AD |
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Norway united into one kingdom. |
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| 1030 |
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Christianity adopted in Norway. |
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| 1130 |
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Start of High Middle Ages, population growth, and consolidation of power both of church and crown. |
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| 1100 – 1200 |
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Monarchy controls the church, slavery abolished. |
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| 1350 |
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The Black Death reduces the population by almost two-thirds. |
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| 1380 – 1536 |
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Union with Denmark through royal intermarriage. |
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| 1536 |
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Norway ceases to be an independent kingdom. |
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| 1814 |
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The Norwegian Constitution adopted, based on the American Declaration of Independence. |
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| 1814 – 1905 |
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Union with Sweden. |
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| 1905 |
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End of the union. Haakon VII crowned king of Norway. |
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| 1913 |
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Universal suffrage for women introduced. |
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| 1914 |
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Norway, Sweden and Denmark agree to remain neutral during World War I. |
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| 1920 |
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Norway joins the League of Nations. |
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| 1929 |
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Norway suffers considerably as a result of the world economic depression. |
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| 1939 |
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Norway declares its neutrality at the outbreak of World War II. |
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| 1940 |
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German forces invade Norway on 9 April. A government-in-exile is set up in London. Vidkun Quisling proclaims himself head of government in Norway. |
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| 1945 |
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German forces in Norway surrender on 8 May. Quisling is tried and executed for treason. Norway becomes a charter member of the United Nations. |
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| 1949 |
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Norway joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). |
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| 1957 |
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Death of Haakon VII - Olav V crowned king. |
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| 1959 |
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Norway becomes founder member of the European Free Trade Association (Efta). |
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| Late 1960s |
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Oil and gas deposits discovered in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. |
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| 1970s |
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Explotation of oil and gas deposits begins. By the early 1980s they constitute nearly one-third of Norway's annual export earnings. |
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| 1972 |
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In a referendum, Norwegians reject the Labour government's recommendation on European Economic Community (EEC) membership.
The government resigns. |
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| 1973 |
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Norway signs a free trade agreement with the EEC. |
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| 1981 |
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Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Norway's first female Prime Minister. |
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| 1986 |
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The International Whaling Commission imposes a temporary ban on whaling. Norway registers objections. |
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| 1991 |
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Death of Olav V - Harald V becomes king. |
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| 1993 |
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Norway brokers peace negotions between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which lead to the Oslo accords. Norway resumes commercial whaling depite international moratorium. |
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| 1994 |
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Winter Olympics at Lillehammer. |
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| 1994 |
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Norwegians again reject membership of the European union (EU) in a referendum. |
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| 1995 |
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Norway becomes the second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia. |
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| 2000 |
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Norway begins mediation between the government of Sri Lanka and Tamil seperatists. The government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigns over questions on how Norway should generate its power. He is succeeded by Labour leader Jens Stoltenberg. |
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| 2001 |
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The Conservatives, Christian People's Party and Liberals agree to form a coalition government with Kjell Magne Bondevik as prime minister. |
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| 2005 |
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Prime Minister Bondevik loses general election to the centre-left alliance led by Labour leader Jens Stoltenberg. |