- Komsa culture (10,000 BC)
- Nostvet culture (6200 - 3200 BC)
- Lihult culture (6200 - 3200 BC)
- Viking Age (793 - 1066 AD)
- Norway kingdom (872 - 1397 AD)
- Battle of Svolder (999 or 1000 AD)
- Battle of Stiklestad (1030)
- Civil War era in Norway (1130-1240)
- Kalmar Union (1397-1537)
- Denmark Norway (1523-1814)
- Kalmar War (1611-1613)
- Dano-Swedish War (1808-1809)
- Swedish-Norwegian War (1814)
- Norway declares independence (1814)
- Sweden-Norway union (1814-1905)
- Norway gains independence (1905)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Germany occupies Norway (1940-1945)
- Legal purge in Norway (1945-1948)
- Oil is discovered in the North Sea (1969)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Norway at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Norway.)