List of wars involving Norway
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway in some capacity, both the modern polity and its predecessor states.
List[]
Unification of Norway (860–872)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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[1][2][3] (ca. 859) |
Norse Vikings | Kingdom of Nekor | Viking victory
|
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
|
Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Battle of Rastarkalv (955) |
Haakon the Good | Eric Bloodaxe Denmark |
Victory of Haakon the Good
|
Battle of Fitjar (961) |
Haakon the Good | Eric Bloodaxe Denmark |
Pyrrhic victory to Haakon the Good
|
Sack of Santiago de Compostela (968) |
Norwegian Vikings | Kingdom of Galicia | Victory |
Battle of Hjörungavágr (986) |
Norway | Jomsvikings | Victory
|
Battle of Maldon (991) |
Norway | Anglo-Saxons | Victory
|
Battle of Svolder (999/1000) |
Norway | Denmark Sweden Earls of Lade |
Defeat
|
Battle at Herdaler (1007/8) |
Norway | Finns of Herdaler | Defeat
|
Battle of Nesjar (1016) |
Olaf II | Sweyn Haakonsson Various farmer-chieftains |
Victory to Olaf II
|
Battle of the Helgeå (1026) |
Norway Sweden |
Anglo-Danish Kingdom | Defeat
|
Battle of Stiklestad (1030) |
Olaf II | Peasant Army | Peasant victory
|
Invasions of Denmark (1048–1064) |
Norway | Denmark | Stalemate
|
Battle of Fulford (1066) |
Norway | England | Victory
|
Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066) |
Norway | England | Defeat
|
First Irish Sea Campaign (1098) |
Norway | England
Irish Kingdoms[clarification needed] |
Victory
|
Campaign in Sweden (1099) |
Norway | Sweden | Victory
|
Second Irish Sea Campaign (1101/1102–1103) |
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
|
Civil war era in Norway (1130–1240) |
Birkebeiners | Baglers | Birkebeiner victory
|
Battle of the Neva (1240) |
Sweden Finns Tavastia Norway |
Novgorod Republic Karelians |
Defeat
|
Halland Campaign (1256) |
Norway | Denmark | Defeat
|
Scottish–Norwegian War (1261–1264) |
Norway | Scotland | Defeat
|
War of the Outlaws (1288–1295) |
Norway Danish outlaws |
Denmark | Victory
|
(1304–1310) |
Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar |
Denmark Birger Magnusson |
Defeat |
Kalmar Union (1397–1523)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
War with the Victual Brothers (1392–1398) |
Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | Victory
|
Dano-Hanseatic War (1410–1435) |
Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg Hanseatic League |
Defeat
|
Dano-Swedish War (1501–12) (1501-1512) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck Norwegian Rebels[5] |
Victory |
Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck |
Defeat
|
Denmark–Norway (1523–1814)[]
Kingdom of Norway (1814–present)[]
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)
|
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World War II (1940–1945) |
Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Philippines Mongolia |
Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia |
Victory
|
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Congo Crisis (1960–1964) |
Congo-Léopoldville ONUC
|
Katanga South Kasai |
Victory
|
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Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
NATO
|
Republika Srpska | Victory
|
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Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
UÇK NATO
|
FR Yugoslavia | Victory
|
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Afghanistan
|
Taliban | Defeat
|
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Libyan Civil War (2011) |
NTC NATO and allies
|
Libya | Victory
|
References[]
- ^ http://www.smashcompany.com/philosophy/the-vikings-raided-africa-and-then-took-slaves-back-to-ireland
- ^ "History: The Viking Adventure In Morocco".
- ^ Ibn-Adhari, translated in Stefansson, Jon, "The Vikings in Spain. From Arabic (Moorish) and Spanish Sources". In Saga-Book of the Viking Club: Vol. VI Proceedings. University of London King's College, 1909, pp. 40–41.
- ^ "Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part I". mcllibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ Erik Opsahl. "Knut Alvsson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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