Timeline of Bergen

Prior to 19th century

1070s CE - Bergen founded (approximate date).

1080 - Catholic diocese of Bergen established (approximate date).

1153 - Bergen Cathedral School founded.

1163 - Coronation of Magnus V of Norway.

1180 - St Mary's Church, Bergen built (approximate date).

1181 - Battle of Bergen (1181) occurs.

1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway.

1247 - 29 July: Coronation of Haakon IV of Norway.

1261

11 September: Magnus-Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall.

14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.

1280 - Coronation of Eric II of Norway.

1350s - Hanseatic merchants set up kontor in Bryggen.

1393 - Sacking of Bergen (1393).

1429 - Battle of Bergen (1429) occurs.

1531 - Christ Church, Bergen demolished.

1665 - 2 August: Naval Battle of Vågen occurs.

1702 - Fire.

1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.

1769 - Population: 18,827.

19th century

1825 - Bergen Museum founded.

1837 - Carsten B. Conradi becomes mayor.

1838 - Bergen Art Union founded.

1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.

1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.

1853 - Stølen School established.

1855

Fire.

Bergens Privatbank and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard) established.

1867 - Bergen kretsfengsel (prison) built.

1868

Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.

Christiestøtten (monument) erected.

1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.

1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.

1875 - Population: 54,436.

1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.

1882

Bergen Telefonkompani (phone company) begins operating.

Bergens Moralvernforening ("moral protection" group) founded.

1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.

1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.

1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.

1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.

20th century

1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen (teaching facility) established.

1909

Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.

Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole (school) founded.

1910

Braille library established.

Population: 104,224.

1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.

1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.

1917 - Grieg statue erected in Byparken (Bergen).

1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.

1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.

1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.

1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus built.

1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.

1933 - Bergen Courthouse built.

1935

Fana Gymnas (school) active.

Asbjørn Stensaker becomes mayor.

1936 - Norwegian School of Economics established.

1944

20 April: Harbour explosion in Bergen 1944.

4 October: Bombing of Laksevåg near Bergen.

Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.

1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.

1946

University of Bergen established.

Forum kino (cinema) built.

1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum established.

1950 - Population: 162,381.

1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.

1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.

1970

29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.

Population: 209,066.

1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and Laksevåg become part of city.

1973

Vestlandets kunstakademi (art school) opens.

Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.

1974 - Bergen City Hall built.

1975 - Bergen Bank established.

1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.

1979

Bergen byarkiv (city archives) established.

Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1982 - Studentradioen i Bergen (radio) begins broadcasting.

1986

3 May: Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held.

Electronic toll collection introduced.

1992

TV 2 (Norway) begins broadcasting.

Islamic Cultural Centre established.

1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.

21st century

2000

2001

Bergen Kunsthall (art space) active.

Population: 232,989.

2002

Hordaland Police District headquartered in Bergen.

Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment begins.

2005

14 September: Hatlestad mudslide occurs.

Bergen City Museum foundation established.

2006 - 1 September: Musical group Rolling Stones perform.

2009

November: Gingerbread house sacked.

Bergensbanen minutt for minutt slow television programme created.

2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.

2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.

2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election held.