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A union between Norway and Sweden, including Greenland and Iceland existed between 1319 and 1355 through Magnus IV of Sweden (In Norway crowned Magnus VII after claims of birthright) and between 1362 and 1364 through Haakon VI, the son ”Håkan Magnusson”. During this period Greenland runs were made at intervals.
The Bitter Years; The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 (1974) Riste, Olav et al. Norway and the Second World War (1996) Stenius, H., Österberg, M. and Östling, J., eds. Nordic Narratives of the Second World War: National Historiographies Revisited (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2011).
1263: Greenland then becomes crown dependency of Norway. 1355: In 1355 union king Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway (Magnus VII of Norway; The Swedish king had been crowned king of Norway through birthright) sent a ship (or ships) to Greenland to inspect its Western and Eastern Settlements. Sailors found settlements entirely Norse and Christian.
Norway and Denmark agreed to submit the matter in 1933 to the Permanent Court of International Justice, which decided against Norway. [60] Greenland's connection to Denmark was severed on 9 April 1940, early in World War II, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany.
Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century.
The German invasion of Denmark on April 9, 1940 complicated the legal status of Greenland in World War II. Because of its proximity to mainland North America and being the only known significant source of cryolite , and German attempts to use the island during the North Atlantic weather war , the United States for the first time applied the ...
Erik Thorvaldsson was born in Rogaland, Norway in 950 CE, and was the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson (also spelled Osvaldsson). [3] Thorvald would later be banished from Norway for committing acts of manslaughter. [7] Thorvald would then proceed to sail west from Norway with his family, including a 10-year-old Erik.
Cnut's invasion of Norway (1028–1029) Kingdom of Norway: North Sea Empire Norwegian chieftains Danish and Norwegian chieftain victory. Norway conquered by King Cnut; King Olaf II was driven into exile to Kievan Rus; Battle of Stiklestad (1030) Olaf II: Peasant Army Peasant victory. Death of Olaf II; Tryggvi the Pretender's invasion of Norway ...