List of wars involving Norway

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway in some capacity, both the modern polity and its predecessor states.

List

Unification of Norway (860–872)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Viking raid on Nekor [1][2][3]
(ca. 859)
Norse Vikings Kingdom of Nekor Viking victory
  • Vikings occupied Nekor for 8 days.
Battle of Hakadal
(ca. 860)
Vestfold Álfheimr Vestfold victory
  • Death of Hake Gandalfsson.
Battle of Orkdal
(ca. 870)
Vestfold Orkdal Vestfold victory
First Battle of Solskjel
(ca. 870)
Vestfold Nordmøre
Romsdal
Vestfold victory
  • Death of the kings of Nordmøre and Romsdal.
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)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Battle of Rastarkalv
(955)
Haakon the Good Eric Bloodaxe
Denmark
Victory of Haakon the Good
  • Destruction of Danish force
Battle of Fitjar
(961)
Haakon the Good Eric Bloodaxe
Denmark
Pyrrhic victory to Haakon the Good
Sack of Santiago de Compostela
(968)
Norwegian Vikings  Kingdom of Galicia Victory
Battle of Hjörungavágr
(986)
Norway Jomsvikings Victory
  • Danish fleet defeated
Battle of Maldon
(991)
Norway Anglo-Saxons Victory
Battle of Svolder
(999/1000)
Norway Denmark
Sweden
Earls of Lade
Defeat
Battle at Herdaler
(1007/8)
Norway Finns of Herdaler Defeat
Battle of Nesjar
(1016)
Olaf II Sweyn Haakonsson
Various farmer-chieftains
Victory to Olaf II
  • Sweyn Haakonsson driven into exile
Battle of the Helgeå
(1026)
Norway
Sweden
Anglo-Danish Kingdom Defeat
Battle of Stiklestad
(1030)
Olaf II Peasant Army Peasant victory
  • Death of Olaf II
Invasions of Denmark
(1048–1064)
Norway Denmark Stalemate
  • Peace agreement, mutual recognition and withdrawal
Battle of Fulford
(1066)
Norway England Victory
  • Norwegians gain Fulford and later York
Battle of Stamford Bridge
(1066)
Norway England Defeat
First Irish Sea Campaign
(1098)
Norway England

Irish Kingdoms

Victory
Campaign in Sweden
(1099)
Norway Sweden Victory
Second Irish Sea Campaign
(1101/11021103)
Norway England

Irish Kingdoms

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
Civil war era in Norway
(1130–1240)
Birkebeiners Baglers Birkebeiner victory
Battle of the Neva
(1240)
Sweden
Finns
Tavastia
Norway
Novgorod Republic
Karelians
Defeat
Halland Campaign
(1256)
Norway Denmark Defeat
  • Norway renounces its claim on Halland
Scottish–Norwegian War
(1261–1264)
Norway Scotland Defeat
War of the Outlaws
(1288–1295)
Norway
Danish outlaws
Denmark Victory
  • The outlaws were granted their demands
Swedish Brother's Feud
(1304–1310)
Norway
Duke Eric and Valdemar
Denmark
Birger Magnusson
Defeat

Kalmar Union (1397–1523)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
War with the Victual Brothers
(1392–1398)
 Kalmar Union Victual Brothers Victory
  • Formation of the Kalmar Union.
Dano-Hanseatic War
(1410–1435)
 Kalmar Union House of Schaumburg
Hanseatic League
Defeat
  • Treaty of Vordingborg
Dano-Swedish War (1501–12)
(1501-1512)
 Kalmar Union  Sweden
Free City of Lübeck
Norwegian Rebels[5]
Victory
Swedish War of Liberation
(1521–1523)
 Kalmar Union  Sweden
Free City of Lübeck
Defeat

Denmark–Norway (1523–1814)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Livonian War
(1558–1583)
Livonian Confederation
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)
Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Sweden
Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia
Victory
Northern Seven Years' War
(1563–1570)
Denmark–Norway
Poland-Lithuania
 Lübeck
Sweden Stalemate
Kalmar War
(1611–1613)
Denmark–Norway Sweden Victory
Thirty Years' War
(1625–1629)
Denmark–Norway
Sweden
 Holy Roman Empire
The Catholic League
Defeat
Torstenson War
(1643–1645)
Denmark–Norway
 Holy Roman Empire
Sweden Defeat
First Karl Gustav War
(1657–1658)
Denmark–Norway Sweden Defeat
Second Karl Gustav War
(1658–1660)
Denmark–Norway
 Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire
Poland-Lithuania
Brandenburg-Prussia
Sweden Victory
Battle of Vågen
(1665)
Denmark–Norway
 Dutch Republic
England Victory
  • British fleet repelled with Norwegian aid
Scanian War
(1675–1679)
Denmark–Norway
 Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia
Sweden
 France
Stalemate
Great Northern War
(1700–1721)
Russia
Denmark–Norway
 Saxony
Poland–Lithuania
 Prussia
Hanover
 Great Britain
Sweden
Poland–Lithuania
 Ottoman Empire
Cossack Hetmanate
 England
 Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Victory
Danish–Algerian War
(1770–1772)
Denmark–Norway Dey of Algiers Defeat
Theatre War
(1788-1789)
Denmark–Norway  Sweden Defeat
Action of 16 May 1797
(1797)
Denmark–Norway Tripolitania Victory
  • Peace treaty with the Bey of Tripoli
Battle of Copenhagen
(1801)
Denmark–Norway  United Kingdom Defeat
  • Strategical defeat of the Danish-Norwegian fleet
Gunboat War
(1807–1814)
Denmark–Norway  United Kingdom Defeat
  • Contributed to the loss of Norway
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09
(1808–1809)
Denmark–Norway
 France
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
Stalemate
Dano-Swedish War of 1813–14
(1813–1814)
Denmark–Norway  Sweden
 United Kingdom
Defeat

Kingdom of Norway (1814–present)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Prime Minister Casualties
Swedish–Norwegian War
(1814)
Norway  Sweden Defeat (but Swedish acceptance of the Eidsvoll Constitution)
Peder Anker
~400 killed
World War II
(1940–1945)
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Ethiopia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Colombia
Cuba
Philippines
Mongolia
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Romania
 Hungary
 Bulgaria
Slovakia
 Croatia
Victory
Johan Nygaardsvold
10,262 killed
Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)
Congo-Léopoldville
 Katanga
 South Kasai
Victory
Einar Gerhardsen
None
Bosnian War
(1992–1995)
 Republika Srpska Victory
Gro Harlem Brundtland
None
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
UÇK
 FR Yugoslavia Victory
Kjell Magne Bondevik
None
War in Afghanistan
(2001)
 Afghanistan
Taliban Ongoing
  • Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
10 killed
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
NTC
Libya Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya
Jens Stoltenberg
None

References

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  2. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/03/210206/history-viking-adventure-morocco/
  3. 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.
  4. "Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part I". mcllibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  5. Erik Opsahl. "Knut Alvsson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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