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1000 Oslo, Norway
is founded. (The exact year is debatable, but the 1000 year anniversary was held in year 2000.)
1048 The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway
.
1070 Bergen, Norway is founded by the king Olav Kyrre. This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until it is replaced by Oslo in 1314.
1290 Construction on the Akershus Fortress of Oslo, Norway
is begun.
1299 King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway
from Bergen to Oslo, and builds Akershus fortress in Oslo. Norway is ruled from this fortress the next 500 years.
1299 King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway
from Bergen to Oslo, and builds Akershus fortress in Oslo. Norway is ruled from this fortress the next 500 years.
1624 Oslo is destroyed by fire. When rebuilt by Christian IV, it would be renamed Christiania.
1758 Fire destroys part of Oslo, then called Christiania.
1952 February 14 to February 25 - Winter Olympics in Oslo
1953 Estonia
n emigres find a government in exile in Oslo
1966 Long-term potentiation (LTP), the putative cellular mechanism of learning and memory, is first observed by Terje Lømo in Oslo, Norway
.
1994 Edvard Munch
's painting, "The Scream," is stolen in Oslo. It is recovered on May 7.
2004 Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch
's ''The Scream'', ''Madonna'', and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway
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