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

Obelisk Memorial for Egil Ullserk and his men who died at the Battle of Rastarkalv

• 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)

Battle of Stamford Bridge

• 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)

Battle of Kringen

• 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)

HMS Tartar attacked by Dano-Norwegian gunboats in the Battle of Alvøen

• 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)

Blücher sinking in the Oslofjord

• 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)

Commandos in action during the Måløy-raid

• 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)
• 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

• • Bosnian war
  • Kosovo war
  • Operation Allied Force
  • Operation Joint Guardian
  • Incident at Pristina airport
  • 2001 Macedonia conflict
  • Operation Essential Harvest
  • Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kashmir

• • 1995 Kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir

War on terror (2001–2021)

Norwegian special forces soldiers (FSK) unload from a MH-47 Chinook during Operation Anaconda

• 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)

• Libyan Civil War (2011)
  • 2011 military intervention in Libya
    • Operation Odyssey Dawn (2011)
    • Operation Unified Protector (2011)

Houthi-led attacks on shipping in the Red Sea

• • Operation Prosperity Guardian

Russo-Ukrainian War (2022-

• Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)
• Operation Interflex

Sources

• Norsk forsvarshistorie Bind 1, Geir Atle Ersland and Terje Holm, Eide Forlag (Norway)