Category: Norway

the Arctic 1818

Treaty of 1818

Fighting between Britain and the United States...

Europe 1848

Truce of Malmö

In Northern Europe, international pressure...

the Arctic 1882

First International Polar Year

By the 1870s polar exploration was becoming...

the Arctic 1892

Opening up Greenland

For more than a century, Denmark’s Royal...

the Arctic 1898

Klondike Gold Rush

On August 16, 1896, gold was discovered on the...

the Arctic 1905

Norwegian Independence

After more than ninety years of personal...

Northern Eurasia 1905

1905 Revolution

Dissatisfaction with the Tsarist government...

Europe 1906

Tangier Crisis

Germany viewed the Entente Cordiale as a...

the Arctic 1920

Far Eastern Republic

The Great War ended in November 1918 with an...

the Arctic 1921

Wrangel Island Fiasco

While Soviet Russia faced off against the...

the Arctic 1926

Arctic Flights

Following its peace with the Soviet Union,...

the Arctic 1932

Erik the Red's Land

In return for Denmark abandoning any claims on...

the Arctic 1939

Outbreak of World War II

While Norway and Denmark were disputing...

the Arctic 1940

Invasion of Denmark and Norway

Germany had agreed to a partition of Eastern...

Europe 1940

Invasion of Denmark and Norway

For over six months after the invasion of...