Bergen History

Bergen waterfront © Innovation Norway / Jens Henrik Nybo
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1070 Bergen is founded by King Olav Kyrre
1240
The city is declared the capital of Norway in place of Trondheim
1299
Oslo replaces Bergen as the capital of Norway
1319
Norway is linked with Sweden
1349
The Black Death kills half the Norwegian community
1360
The Hanseatic League establishes Bergen as a Kontor
1380
Norway and Denmark are united under the same king
1599
The power of the Hanseatic League is broken by feudal lord Kristofer Walckendorf
1702
The Great Fire destroys much of Bergen
1754
Bergen ceases trading as a Kontor
1814
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
1872
Bergen yacht club is established
1874
First public library is opened
1882
First telephone switchboard is installed
1898
Bergen Exhibition
1900
Bergen receives electricity for the first time
1905
Union with Sweden is dissolved
1913
New railway station is constructed
1916
The Great Fire: 400 properties are destroyed, 3000 people are made homeless
1917
Bergen's first modern quay for larger overseas vessels opens at Skoltegrunn Quay
25 Sep 1972
Public referendum votes against Norway becoming a member of the EC
1978
Grieghallen concert hall is built
1980
Hanseatic wharf of Bryggen is put on UNESCO's World Heritage List
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