This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway.
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Norway, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Viking invasions of England (793–1066) | Norse Vikings |
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms | Victory (first phase)
Defeat (second phase)
|
Halfdan the Mild's revolt (ca. 813) |
Halfdan the Mild | Kingdom of Denmark | Revolt successful
|
Battle of 839 (839) | Norse Vikings | Picts Dál Riata |
Norwegian Viking victory
|
Siege of Paris (845) | Norse Vikings | Francia | Viking victory
|
Viking raid on Nekor[1][2][3] (ca. 859) |
Norse Vikings | Kingdom of Nekor | Viking victory
|
Great Heathen Army's invasion of England (865-878) | Norse Vikings Norse–Gaels |
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: | Viking victory
|
Siege of Dumbarton (870) | Norse Vikings | Britons of Strathclyde | Viking victory
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Hakadal (ca. 860) |
Vestfold | Álfheimr | Vestfold victory
|
Battle of Orkdal (ca. 870) |
Vestfold | Orkdal | Vestfold victory
|
First Battle of Solskjel (ca. 870) |
Vestfold | Nordmøre Romsdal |
Vestfold victory
|
Second Battle of Solskjel (ca. 870) |
Vestfold | Sunnmøre Firda |
Vestfold victory
|
Götaland Campaign (ca. 870) |
Vestfold | Geats | Vestfold victory
|
Battle of Fjaler (ca. 870) |
Earldom of Lade | Earldom of Sogn | Indecisive
|
Battle of Hafrsfjord (872) |
Vestfold | Hordaland Rogaland Agder |
Vestfold victory
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
War between King Haakon the Good and the sons of Eirik Bloodaxe (955-961) |
Haakon the Good | The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe Denmark |
The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe Victory
|
Sack of Santiago de Compostela (968) |
Norwegian Vikings | Kingdom of Galicia | Victory |
Norwegian-Jomsviking War (986) |
Kingdom of Norway | Denmark Jomsvikings |
Victory
|
Battle of Maldon (991) |
Kingdom of Norway | Anglo-Saxons | Victory
|
Battle of Svolder (999/1000) |
Kingdom of Norway | Denmark Sweden Earls of Lade |
Defeat
|
Battle of Thetford (1004) | Norway Anglo-Saxons |
Kingdom of Denmark | Anglo-Norwegian Victory |
Battle of Vinland (1003) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
|
Olav II's landing in Osilia (1008) |
Kingdom of Norway | Osilians | Victory
|
Battle at Herdaler (1007/8) |
Kingdom of Norway | Finns of Herdaler | Defeat
|
Battle of Ringmere (1010) |
Norway Anglo-Saxons |
Danish Vikings | Victory
|
Battle of Vinland (1010) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
|
Swedish-Norwegian War (1015-1018) |
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden | Victory
|
Cnut the Great's invasion of England (1016) | Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway |
Kingdom of England | Dano-Norwegian victory
|
Olav II's conquest of Norway (1015-1016)
|
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Denmark Earldom of Orkney |
Victory
|
Battle of the Helgeå (1026) |
Kingdom of Norway Sweden |
Anglo-Danish Kingdom | Defeat
|
Battle of Boknafjorden (1028) |
Kingdom of Norway | Erling Skjalgsson | Victory
|
Cnut's invasion of Norway (1028-1029) |
Kingdom of Norway | North Sea Empire Norwegian chieftains |
Danish and Norwegian chieftain victory
|
Battle of Stiklestad (1030) |
Olaf II | Peasant Army | Peasant victory
|
Norwegian-Wendish War (1043) |
Kingdom of Norway | Wends | Victory
|
Magnus the Good's conquest of Denmark (1043-1045) |
Kingdom of Norway | Denmark |
Victory
|
Invasions of Denmark (1048–1064) |
Kingdom of Norway | Denmark | Stalemate
|
Swedish–Norwegian War (1063) (1063/4) |
Kingdom of Norway | Haakon Ivarsson Kingdom of Sweden |
Victory
|
Revolt in the Uplands (1064-1065) |
Kingdom of Norway | Revolting farmers | Victory
|
Invasion of England (1066) |
Kingdom of Norway | England | Defeat
|
First Irish Sea Campaign (1098) |
Kingdom of Norway | England
Irish Kingdoms[clarification needed] |
Victory
|
Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101) | Kingdom of Norway | Sweden | Inconclusive
|
Second Irish Sea Campaign (1101/1102–1103) |
Kingdom of Norway | England
Irish Kingdoms[clarification needed] |
Defeat
|
Norwegian Crusade (1107–1110)
|
Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of Norway Republic of Venice |
Fatimid Caliphate Almoravid Empire Taifa of Badajoz Taifa of Majorca Barbary pirates of Majorca |
Victory
|
Kalmare ledung (1123) |
Kingdom of Norway | Norse pagans | Victory
|
Civil war era in Norway (1130–1240) |
Birkebeiners | Baglers | Birkebeiner victory
|
Age of the Sturlungs (1220–1264) |
Icelandic Gothis | Commonwealth Gothis | Old Covenant
|
Campaign in Värmland (1225) |
Kingdom of Norway | Värmland | Inconclusive |
Battle of the Neva (1240) |
Sweden Finns Tavastia Kingdom of Norway |
Novgorod Republic Karelians |
Defeat
|
Halland Campaign (1256) | Norway | Denmark | Peace treaty signed
|
Scottish–Norwegian War (1261–1264) |
Kingdom of Norway | Scotland | Indecisive
|
Danish-Norwegian War (1289-1295) | Norway Danish outlaws |
Denmark | Victory
|
Second Swedish Brother's Feud (1304–1310) |
Kingdom of Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar |
Denmark Birger Magnusson |
Defeat |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars (1142–1323) |
Sweden
Norway (1319-1323) |
Novgorod Republic | Stalemate
|
Campaign against Ingeborg
(1323)[5] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Ingeborg of Norway | Peace of Skara
|
Sten Bielkes war against Novgorod
(1338-1339) |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Novogrod | Peace of Skara
|
Johan Offessons Uprising
(1339) |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Johan Offesson | Victory
|
Kalundborg War (1341-1343) | Swedish-Norwegian Union | Denmark | Victory
|
Saint George's Night Uprising (1343-1345)[6] | Swedish-Norwegian Union Estonians |
Denmark Teutonic Order |
Indecisive
|
Magnus's war against Russia (1348-1351)[7] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Novgorod | Truce of Dorprat
|
Campaign between Magnus and his son (1356-1359)[8] |
Magnus IV | Eric | Inconclusive
|
Valdemar Atterdags reconquest of Scania (1360)[9] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Denmark | Defeat
|
Valdemar Atterdags conquest of Gotland (1361)[10] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Denmark | Defeat
|
Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) | First Phase (1361–1365)
Second Phase (1367–1370)
|
First Phase (1361–1365)
Kingdom of Denmark Second Phase (1367–1370) |
First Phase: Danish Victory
Second Phase: Hanseatic victory
|
War against Albert of Mecklenberg (1363–1371) |
Kingdom of Norway | Albert of Mecklenberg Mecklenburg |
Stalemate
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
War with the Victual Brothers (1392–1398) |
Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | Victory
|
Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) |
Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg Hanseatic League |
Defeat
|
Amund Sigurdsson Bolt Rebellion (1436) |
Amund Sigurdsson Bolt | Kalmar Union | Ceasefire |
Graatop Rebellion (1438) |
Hallvard Graatop | Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed |
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud (1448 - 1502) |
Krummedige family Denmark |
Tre Rosor family Sweden |
Krummedige victory
|
War of the Norwegian Succession (1448–1451) |
Denmark Pro-Danish Norwegians |
Sweden Pro-Swedish Norwegians |
Pro-Danish Victory
|
Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck Norwegian rebels[11] |
Victory |
Alvsson Rebellion (1501–1504) |
Knut Alvsson (until 1502) Nils Ravaldsson (from 1502) Sweden |
Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed
|
Orm Eriksson Tax Revolt (1519) |
Orm Eriksson Jon Eilivsson |
Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed |
Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck |
Defeat
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Prime Minister | Casualties |
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Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) |
Norway | Sweden | Defeat (but Swedish acceptance of the Eidsvoll Constitution)
|
~400 killed
| |
World War II (1940–1945) |
Soviet Union United States British Empire China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Philippines Mongolia |
Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia |
Victory
|
10,262 killed
| |
Congo Crisis (1960–1964) |
Congo-Léopoldville |
Katanga South Kasai |
Victory
|
None
| |
Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
Republika Srpska | Victory
|
None
| ||
Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
UÇK |
FR Yugoslavia | Victory | None
| |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Afghanistan |
Taliban | Defeat
|
10 killed
| |
Libyan Civil War (2011) |
NTC |
Libya | Victory
|
None
|