Norway (Chaos)

In 1217, the Civil War in Norway between the Baglers and Birkebeiners ended.

1261/62/64, and  became Norwegian. OTOH, 1266 bought the Hebrides and Man from Norway. The two countries started to get closer. In the year 1286, the "" didn't drown, arrived in Scotland. (She would still die soon, however.)

Since 1350-75: Due to growing demand for food, Norway (like other countries) extended fishery in the North Atlantic, going farther and farther west. Soon, tales of strange islands in the far west started to spread among fishermen and sailors.

In 1319, the Norwegians had made Eriksson of  their king ; but 1361-64, the  defeated Sweden-Norway in a trade war. The Norwegians became unhappy with king Magnus, made their king in 1365 instead.

1407, the Hanseatic League had defeated the Bornholm brotherhood of pirates, who fled partly to Norway, partly to.

In 1409 Robert, the younger brother of king -Norway, tried to conspire with some Norwegians to become king of Norway himself - without success. 1416, he tried to murder his brother, but his conspiracy was prevented, and he was incarcerated for the rest of his life. (Unfortunately for him, he'd become 80 years old.)

Scotland-Norway also entered the 1477-83 on 's side, but had to pay for it. 1479/80 Sweden invaded Norway, occupied and annexed the Norwegian province of Jämtland. And 1487, the English took the Scottish capital of ; king and his three sons had to flee to Norway. The Shetland and Orkney islands became English, too.

1506, king died. His heir, / Alexander, was only three years old. The nobles used the opportunity and set up a nobles' republic, similar as. They planned to kill the prince, but he was smuggled by some loyal Scottish followers out of Norway; they first fled to, later to the and France.

1521, Prince Alasdair went to, where he spent some time around the Caribbean. He also approached the Tenochca and learns about their gold riches. Since the threatened to conquer these lands, he went back to Europe and persuaded the French king to start the, successful.

Meanwhile in 1523, also had been elected new king of Norway, after Sweden. He now reigned all of Scandinavia. But 1541, his son Gerhard was deposed for complete madness. Denmark fell into Civil War, Norway became a nobles' republic again, Sweden declared independence too.

1562, Alasdair finally was elected king of Norway, returning in triumph. In 1588, he died and his vast lands are divided: Scotland and went to his elder son, Scandinavia to his younger son Christian /. He would lose Sweden quite soon, however.

In the 1607-11 Sweden defeated Denmark-Norway, took Göteborg, Trondheim and Narvik.

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