Encyclopedia - History Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Norway - Independent Monarchy
Norway's kings (Norges Konge is the official style) in modern times, with periods of reign, are: Haakon VII (1905-1957) Olav V (1957-199...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thor Heyerdahl: Encyclopedia Ii - Thor Heyerdahl - Other Work
Thor Heyerdahl also investigated the pyramidal mounds found on the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean. There, he found sun-oriented moun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Norway - Union With Sweden
Main article: Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway In 1814 Denmark-Norway was defeated in the Napoleonic wars and the king was forced to cede No...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Norway - The Kalmar Union And The Union With Denmark
Norway was relegated to a virtual provincial status from 1396 until 1814; this period was called "the 400-year-night" by Henrik Ibsen dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Norway - The Viking Kings
See also: Viking Age By the time of the first historical records of Scandinavia, about the 700s AD, some 29 petty kingdoms existed in Nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Norway - Earliest Times 10 000 Bc -
Recent archeological finds (2005) have it that hunters from the south - most likely the Hamburg culture - in summer time could travel far...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thor Heyerdahl: Encyclopedia Ii - Thor Heyerdahl - The Kon-tiki Expedition
This expedition demonstrated there were no technical reasons to prevent people from South America from having settled the Polynesian Isla...   » Read the article