List of battles and sieges involving Norway
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This is a list of battles and sieges involving Norway.
Pre-Unification Viking Age (793–872)
- Halfdan the Mild's revolt (ca. 813)
- Battle of 839 (839)
- Siege of Paris (845)
- Viking raid on Nekor (ca. 859)
- Battle of York (867)
- Siege of Dumbarton (870)
- Battle of Basing (871)
- Battle of Meretun (871)
Unification of Norway (860-872)
- Battle of Hakadal (ca. 860)
- Battle of Orkdal (ca. 870)
- First battle of Solskjel (ca. 870)
- Second battle of Solskjel (ca. 870)
- Battle of Fjaler (ca. 870)
- Harald Fairhair's campaign in Götaland (870s)
- Battle of Hafrsfjord (ca. 872)
872–1030
- Battle of Chippenham (878)
- Battle of Stamford (878)
- Battle of Corbridge (918)
- Battle of Brunanburh (937)
- Battle of Blodeheia (953)
- Battle of Rastarkalv (955)
- Battle of Fitjar (961)
- Battle of Hjörungavágr (ca. 985)
- Battle of Maldon (991)
- Battle of Svolder (1000)
- Battle of Thetford (1004)
- Battle of Ringmere (1010)
- Battle of Nesjar (1016)
- Battle of Helgeå (1026)
- Battle of Boknafjorden (1028)
- Battle of Stiklestad (1030)
The claim to Denmark (1040–1064)
- Battle of Lyrskov Heath (1043)
- Battle of Rügen (1043)
- Battle of Aarhus (1043)
- Battle of Niså (1062)
The British Isles (1066–1103)
- Norwegian invasion of England (1066)
- Battle of Fulford (1066)
- Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
- Magnus Barefoot's First Irish Sea campaign (1098–1099)
- Battle of Anglesey Sound (1098)
Crusades (1107–1123)
- Norwegian Crusade (1107–1111), in the aftermath of the First Crusade
- Raid on Santiago de Compostela (1109)
- Raid on Sintra (1109)
- Siege of Lisbon (1109)
- Sack of Alkasse (1109)
- Battle of Gibraltar (1109)
- Battle of Formentera (1109)
- Battle of Menorca (1109)
- Raid on the Balearic Islands (1109)
- Siege of Sidon (1110)
- Kalmare ledung (1123)
Civil war era (1130–1240)
- Battle of Fyrileiv (1134)
- Battle of Bergen (1135)
- Battle of Minne (1137)
- Battle of Holmengrå (1139)
- Battle of Hising (1161)
- Battle of Oslo (1161)
- Battle of Sekken (1162)
- Battle of Re (1163)
- Battle of Djurså (1165)
- Battle of Re (1177)
- Conquest of Jemtland
- Battle of Storsjön (1178)
- Battle of Kalvskinnet (1179)
- Battle of Ilevollene (1180)
- Battle of Fimreite (1184)
- Battle of Florvåg (1194)
- Battle of Tunsberg (ca. 1200)
- Battle of Oslo (1218)
- Battle of bergen (1237)
- Siege of Rothesay Castle (1230) 1230
- Battle of Oslo (1239)
The Golden Age (1240-1319)
- Scottish–Norwegian War (1262–66)
- Battle of Largs (1263)
- Siege of Rothesay Castle (1263) (1263)
- War of the Outlaws (1289-1296)
- Siege of Copenhagen (1289)
- Battle of Skanör (1289)
- Second Swedish brothers feud (1304–1310)
- Battle of Oslo (1308)
- Battle of Dalaland (1308)
- Battle of Kalvsund (1309)
House of Bjälbo (1319–1387)
- First Norwegian Noble Rising
- Siege of Tunsberg (1332) (1332)
- Kalundborg War
- Siege of Kalundborg (1341)
- War against Albert of Mecklenberg
- Battle of Gataskogen (1365)
- Siege of Stockholm (1371)
Kalmar Union (1389/1397–1523)
- Vitalian Brotherhood
- Sacking of Bergen (1393)
- Conflict with Novgorod
- Raid on the White Sea (1419)
- Conflict with the Hanseatic League (Schleswig War) (1426–1435)
- Battle of Bergen (1428)
- Battle of Bergen (1429)
- Conflict with Novgorod
- Raid on the White Sea (1449)
- Conflict with Sweden
- Assault on Karlsborg (1456)
Denmark–Norway (1523/1537–1807)
- Olav Engelbrektssons rebellion (1536-1537)
- Siege of Steinvikholm Castle (1537)
- Siege of Hamar (1537)
- Kalmar War (1611–13)
- Battle of Kringen (1612)
- Hannibal controversy (1643–45)
- Battle of Bysjön (1644)
- Battle of Frösöen (1644)
- Battle of Vänersborg (1644)
- Battle of Vänersborg (1645)
- Dano-Swedish Wars (1657–58, 1658–60)
- Battle of Frösöen (1657)
- Battle of Eda (1658)
- Battle of Trondheim (1658)
- Battle of Halden (1658–60)
- Battle of Borge (1660)
- Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67)
- Battle of Vågen (1665)
- Scanian War (1675–79)
- Battle of Oviken (1677)
- Battle of Vänersborg (1677)
- Battle of Marstrand (1677)
- Battle of Køge Bay (1677)
- Battle of Ålen (1679)
- Danish-Dutch conflict over Greenland (1739)
- Battle of Jakobshavn (1739)
- Great Northern War (1700–21)
- Battle of Køge Bay (1710)
- Battle of Høland (1716)
- Battle of Fredriksten (1716)
- Battle of Dynekilen (1716)
- Battle of Moss (1716)
- Battle of Nordkleiva (1716)
- Battle of Norderhov (1716)
- Battle of Harestuskogen (1716)
- Siege of Fredriksten (1718)
- Theatre War (1788-1789)
- Battle of Kvistrum (1788)
- French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
- Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
Napoleonic Wars (1807–1814)
- Gunboat War (1807–14)
- Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
- Battle of Kristiansund (1808)
- Battle of Alvøen (1808)
- Battle of Lista (1808)
- Battle of Lyngør (1808)
- Battle of Kragerø (1808)
- Battle of Kjerringvik (1808)
- Battle of Hammerfest (1809)
- Battle of Silda (1810)
- Battle of Anholt (1811)
- Battle of Grimstad Bay (1811)
- Battle of Tromsø (1812)
- Battle of Lyngør (1812)
- Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809)
- Battle of Lier (1808)
- Battle of Toverud (1808)
- Battle of Rødenes (1808)
- Battle of Trangen (1808)
- Battle of Furuholm (1808)
- Battle of Mobekk (1808)
- Battle of Prestebakke (1808)
- Battle of Berby (1808)
- Jämtland Campaigns of (1808–1809)
- Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)
- Battle of Tistedalen (1814)
- Battle of Lier (1814)
- Siege of Fredrikstad (1814)
- Battle of Matrand (1814)
- Battle of Rakkestad (1814)
- Battle of Langnes (1814)
- Battle of Kjølberg Bridge (1814)
World War II (1940–1945)
- Invasion of Norway (1940)
- Battle of Drøbak Sound (1940)
- Battle of Midtskogen (1940)
- Battle of Dombås (1940)
- Åndalsnes landings (1940)
- Namsos Campaign (1940)
- Battle of Vinjesvingen (1940)
- Battle of Hegra Fortress (1940)
- Battles of Narvik (1940)
- Battle of Gratangen (1940)
- Operation Juno (1940)
- Pacific War
- German attacks on Nauru (1940)
- Continuing the war in exile
- Operation Gauntlet (1941)
- Operation Kitbag (1941)
- Operation Anklet (1941)
- Operation Archery, aka Måløy raid (1941)
- Operation Musketoon (1942)
- Operation Fritham (1942–1943)
- Operation Cartoon (1943)
- Operation Zitronella (1943)
- Battle of the Atlantic (1940–1945)
- Battle of the North Cape (1943)
- Western Front
- Invasion of Normandy (1944)
- Normandy landings (1944)
- Battle of the Scheldt (1944)
- Invasion of Normandy (1944)
- The end of the war in Norway
- Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive (1944)
- Black Friday (1945)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–1998)
- Lebanese Civil War (1978-1990)
- Battle of Kaukaba (1978)
Balkans
Kashmir
War on terror (2001–2021)
- War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
- Operation Anaconda (2002)
- Operation Jacana (2002)
- Operation Mongoose (2003)
- Operation Pickaxe-Handle (2007)
- Operation Harekate Yolo (2007)
- Operation Karez (2008)
- Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (2009–2014)
- Task Force K-Bar
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Uzbin Valley ambush
- Release of hostage Christina Meier
- April 2012 Afghanistan attacks
- Hostage incident at Qargha Reservoir / Lake Qara june 2012
- May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Resolute Support Mission
- Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
- Operation Active Endeavour
- 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack
- Hostage situation at Hetal Hotel, Kabul May 2015
- 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
- American University of Afghanistan attack
- Operation Atalanta
- Operation Ocean Shield
Arab Spring (2010–2012)
Houthi-led attacks on shipping in the Red Sea
Russo-Ukrainian War (2022-
Sources
- Norsk forsvarshistorie Bind 1, Geir Atle Ersland and Terje Holm, Eide Forlag (Norway)