List of wars involving Norway
Appearance
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway in some capacity, both the modern polity and its predecessor states.
Pre-unification Viking Age (793–872)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Viking invasions of England (793–1066) | Norse Vikings |
Kingdom of England | 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
|
Unification of Norway (860–872)[edit]
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
|
Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Victory to Haakon the Good
|
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 |
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
|
Swedish-Norwegian War (1015-1018) |
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden | Victory
|
Olav II's conquest of Norway (1015-1016)
|
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Denmark Earldom of Orkney |
Victory
|
Battle of Nesjar (1016) |
Olaf II | Sweyn Haakonsson Various farmer-chieftains |
Victory to Olaf II
|
Battle of the Helgeå (1026) |
Kingdom of Norway Sweden |
Anglo-Danish Kingdom | Defeat
|
Battle of Stiklestad (1030) |
Olaf II | Peasant Army | Peasant victory
|
Sweyn Estridssons Rebellion (1043) |
Kingdom of Norway | Denmark |
Victory
|
Battle of Lyrskov Heath (1043) |
Kingdom of Norway | Wends | Victory |
Norwegian-Wendish War (1043) |
Kingdom of Norway | Wends | 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
|
Battle of Fulford (1066) |
Kingdom of Norway | England | Victory
|
Battle of Stamford Bridge (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
|
Siege of Lisbon (1109) | Kingdom of Norway | Almoravid Empire | Victory |
Kalmare ledung (1123) |
Kingdom of Norway | Norse pagans | Victory
|
Civil war era in Norway (1130–1240) |
Birkebeiners | Baglers | Birkebeiner victory
|
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
|
Danish-Norwegian War (1289-1295) | Norway Danish outlaws |
Denmark | Victory
|
Scottish–Norwegian War (1261–1264) |
Kingdom of Norway | Scotland | Treaty of Perth
|
Second Swedish Brother's Feud (1304–1310) |
Kingdom of Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar |
Denmark Birger Magnusson |
Defeat |
Siege of Ragnhildsholmen (1308) |
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden | Defeat |
Battle of Kalvsund (1309) |
Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden | Victory |
War against Albert of Mecklenberg (1363–1371) |
Kingdom of Norway | Albert of Mecklenberg Mecklenburg |
Stalemate
|
First Swedish–Norwegian union[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars (1142–1323) |
Sweden
Norway (1319-1323) |
Novgorod Republic | Stalemate
|
Campaign against Ingeborg
(1323)[6] |
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)[7] | Swedish-Norwegian Union Estonians |
Denmark Teutonic Order |
Indecisive
|
Magnus's war against Russia (1348-1351)[8] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Novgorod | Truce of Dorprat
|
Campaign between Magnus and his son (1356-1359)[9] |
Magnus IV | Eric |
|
Valdemar Atterdags reconquest of Scania (1360)[10] |
Swedish-Norwegian Union | Denmark | Defeat
|
Valdemar Atterdags conquest of Gotland (1361)[11] |
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
|
Kalmar Union (1397–1523)[edit]
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
|
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud (1448 - 1502) |
Krummedige family Denmark |
Tre Rosor family Sweden |
Krummedige victory
|
Swedish Invasions of Norway (1449, 1453) |
Pro-Danish Norwegians Denmark |
Pro-Swedish Norwegians Sweden |
Eventual Pro-Danish victory
|
Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck Norwegian rebels[12] |
Victory |
Alvsson Rebellion (1501–1504) |
Knut Alvsson (until 1502) Nils Ravaldsson (from 1502) Sweden |
Kalmar Union | Defeat
|
Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523) |
Kalmar Union | Sweden Free City of Lübeck |
Defeat
|
Denmark–Norway (1523–1814)[edit]
Kingdom of Norway (1814 – present)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Prime Minister | Casualties |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
|
See also[edit]
- List of wars involving Denmark
- List of wars involving Finland
- List of wars involving Iceland
- List of wars involving Sweden
References[edit]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780192801340. Battle of Lyrskov Hede.
- ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 135. ISBN 9189080262.
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- ^ Erik Opsahl. "Knut Alvsson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2017.