Timeline of Bergen

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* 1070s CE - Bergen founded by Olaf Kyrre (approximate date).[1][2][3]
* 1080 - Catholic diocese of Bergen established (approximate date).[4]
* 1153 - Bergen Cathedral School founded.
* 1163 - Coronation of Magnus V of Norway.
* 1180 - St Mary's Church, Bergen built (approximate date).
* 1181

* Battle of Bergen (1181) [no] occurs.[5]
* First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.[3]

* 1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway.[6]
* 1247 - 29 July: Coronation of Haakon IV of Norway.
* 1261

* 11 September: Magnus-Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall.[7]
* 14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.

* 1280 - Coronation of Eric II of Norway.
* 1350s - Hanseatic merchants set up kontor in Bryggen.[7]
* 1393 - Sacking of Bergen (1393).
* 1429 - Battle of Bergen (1429) [no] occurs.
* 1531 - Christ Church, Bergen demolished.
* 1665 - 2 August: Naval Battle of Vågen occurs.[3]
* 1684 - Birth of Ludvig Holberg, writer and poet.[3]
* 1702 - Fire.[3]
* 1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.[8][9]
* 1769 - Population: 18,827.[10]
* 1764 - End of membership of the Hanseatic League.[3]
* 1794 - Foundation of the local branch of the theatrical society Det Dramatiske Selskab.

* Birgithe Kühle publishes the magazine Provincial-Lecture.

## 19th century[edit]

* 1800 - The first theater, Komediehuset på Engen, is built.
* 1807 - Birth of Johan Sebastian Welhaven, "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature".[3]
* 1825 - Bergen Museum founded.[11][3]
* 1837 - Carsten B. Conradi [no] becomes mayor.
* 1838 - Bergen Art Union [no] founded.[11]
* 1843 - Birth of Edvard Grieg, future composer and pianist.[3]
* 1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.[11]
* 1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.
* 1853 - Stølen School established.[12][13]
* 1855
* Fire.[3]
* Bergens Privatbank[14] and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard)[citation needed] established.
* 1867 - Bergen kretsfengsel [no] (prison) built.
* 1868
* Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.[9]
* Christiestøtten [no] (monument) erected.
* 1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.[15]
* 1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.[16]
* 1875 - Population: 54,436.[10][17]
* 1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.[14]
* 1882
* Bergen Telefonkompani [no] (phone company) begins operating.[7]
* Bergens Moralvernforening [no] ("moral protection" group) founded.
* 1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.[7]
* 1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.
* 1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.[citation needed]
* 1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.[18]
* 1900 - Population: 72,179.[3]

## 20th century[edit]

* 1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen [no] (teaching facility) established.
* 1909
* Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
* Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole [no] (school) founded.[citation needed]
* 1910
* Braille library established.[19]
* Population: 104,224.[10][20]
* 1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.[9]
* 1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.
* 1917 - Grieg statue erected in Byparken (Bergen) [no].
* 1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.[9]
* 1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.[9]
* 1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.[9]
* 1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus [no] built.
* 1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.[citation needed]
* 1933 - Bergen Courthouse [no] built.
* 1935
* Fana Gymnas (school) active.
* Asbjørn Stensaker becomes mayor.
* 1936 - Norwegian School of Economics established.
* 1944
* 20 April: Harbour explosion in Bergen 1944.
* 4 October: Bombing of Laksevåg [no] near Bergen.
* Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.
* 1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.
* 1946
* University of Bergen established.[21]
* Forum kino [no] (cinema) built.
* 1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum [no] established.
* 1950 - Population: 162,381.[10]
* 1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
* 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[22]
* 1970
* 29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.
* Population: 209,066.[10]
* 1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and Laksevåg become part of city.[7]
* 1973
* Vestlandets kunstakademi [no] (art school) opens.
* Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.
* 1974 - Bergen City Hall [no] built.
* 1975 - Bergen Bank established.
* 1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.[23]
* 1979
* Bergen byarkiv [no] (city archives) established.
* Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1982 - Studentradioen i Bergen [no] (radio) begins broadcasting.
* 1986
* 3 May: Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held.
* Electronic toll collection introduced.
* 1992
* TV 2 (Norway) begins broadcasting.[9]
* Islamic Cultural Centre established.[23]
* 1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.

## 21st century[edit]

* 2001
* Bergen Kunsthall [no] (art space) active.
* Population: 232,989.[10]
* 2002
* Hordaland Police District headquartered in Bergen.
* Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment begins.
* 2005
* 14 September: Hatlestad mudslide occurs.
* Bergen City Museum foundation established.
* 2006 - 1 September: Musical group Rolling Stones perform.[24]
* 2009
* November: Gingerbread house sacked.[25]
* Bergensbanen minutt for minutt [no] slow television programme created.[26]
* 2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
* 2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
* 2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election [no] held.

## See also[edit]

* Bergen history
* History of Bergen [no]
* List of mayors of Bergen
* List of cultural heritage sites in Bergen [no]
* List of fires in Bergen [no]
* List of monuments in Bergen [no]
* List of years in Norway
* Timelines of other cities in Norway: Oslo

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
2. ^ Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 772–773.
4. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
5. ^ Charles Francis Keary (1892). Norway and the Norwegians. London: Percival & Co.
6. ^ Sigvart Sörensen (1899). Norway. New York: P. F. Collier.
7. ^ a b c d e "Bergen: historie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015. (includes timeline)
8. ^ Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20720-2.
9. ^ a b c d e f g "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
10. ^ a b c d e f "Kommune: Bergen: Tabeller" (PDF), Folke- og boligtelling 2001 (in Norwegian), Statistics Norway, 2007
11. ^ a b c Christian Koren-Wiberg (1912). By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.
12. ^ "Bergen Map". Bergen: Histos. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
13. ^ "Publikasjoner". Bergen Byarkiv (in Norwegian). Bergen Kommune. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
14. ^ a b "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
15. ^ "Store norske leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
16. ^ Irgens L (2002). "The discovery of the leprosy bacillus". Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 122 (7): 708–9. PMID 11998735.
17. ^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
18. ^ "Bergens Historiske Forening" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
19. ^ World Guide to Special Libraries. K. G. Saur Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091785-7.
20. ^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
21. ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4\. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
22. ^ "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
23. ^ a b Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.
24. ^ Ivar Peersen (21 September 2015), "Insider's cultural guide to Bergen", The Guardian, UK
25. ^ Cops on trail of 'gingerbread town' vandals, Reuters, 23 November 2009
26. ^ "Big in Norway: Slow TV", The Atlantic, USA, January 2014

This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

## Bibliography[edit]

in English

* W. Pembroke Fetridge (1883), "Bergen", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (22nd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers, hdl:2027/nyp.33433066588371.
* "Bergen", Hand-book for Travellers in Norway (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892
* "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 772–773.
* "Bergen", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912, hdl:2027/uva.x030531120
* United States Secretary of the Navy (1932), "Bergen Havn", Sailing directions for the southwest and south coasts of Norway (3rd ed.), hdl:2027/uc1.31822033787201 (fulltext)

in Norwegian

* Bergens fundas [no], 1560+[no]&rft.date=1560&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Bergen" class="Z3988">
* Yngvar Nielsen (1877). Bergen fra de ældste tider indtil nutiden (in Norwegian). Christiania: C. Tønsberg.
* Henrik Jæger (1889). Bergen og Bergenserne (in Norwegian). Bergen: F. Beyer.
* "Skrifter Udgivne af Bergens Historiske Forening" [Publications of the Bergen Historical Society] (in Norwegian) - via HathiTrust. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help) 1895-
* Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1899). "Bergen". Norges officielle statistik (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Statistiske Centralbureau.

## External links[edit]

* Europeana. Items related to Bergen, various dates
* Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Bergen, various dates.

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Neighbourhoods of Bergen, Norway

Arna|

* Espeland
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Årstad|

* Gyldenpris
* Kronstad
* Landås
* Løvstakksiden
* Minde
* Nattland
* Solheim
* Slettebakken

Åsane|

* Breistein
* Eidsvåg
* Flaktveit
* Hylkje

Bergenhus|

* Bryggen
* Eidemarken
* Engen
* Fjellet
* Kalfaret
* Ladegården
* Marken
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* Nordnes
* Nygård
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* Sentrum
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* Skuteviken
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* Stølen
* Sydnes
* Verftet
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Fana|

* Fanahammeren
* Krokeidet
* Nattland
* Nesttun
* Paradis

Fyllingsdalen|

* Bønes
* Nedre Fyllingen
* Traudalen

Laksevåg|

* Alvøen
* Bjørndal
* Drotningsvik
* Godvik
* Gravdal
* Hetlevik
* Håkonshella
* Kjøkkelvik
* Loddefjord
* Loddefjorddalen
* Mathopen
* Olsvik
* Vadmyra

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* Flesland
* Milde
* Steinsvik

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