What we do know is that the Hitra man lived in a very turbulent period. Up to that point, most people lived as hunter-gatherers
Witchcraft trials in Norway ended in the 18th century; when it came to the Sámi people, a persistent fight continued against what was termed the art of witchcraft, and missionaries took over from the judicial system
Far more female infants than male infants died in Europe from 1700–1950. Researchers have been investigating why
In 1274, King Magnus VI, the Law Mender, united the entire Norwegian kingdom under one common law: the Code of the Realm
Herlaugshaugen burial, in mid-Norway, shows Scandinavia’s oldest known ship burial; the mound was constructed during the Merovingian period
Early whaling, before the 19th century, was enough for at least two species to disappear completely from European waters
More than 80 years ago, Norwegian teachers refused to teach Nazi ideology to their students. They were tortured, imprisoned and starved, but they won
True crime in 19th century Norway; Gjest Baardsen was one of Norway’s most notorious criminals in the 19th century and inspired a number of songs
Hermann Göring’s Luftwaffe and the $6 billion deal: the lightning-fast occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in 1940
Nothing beats broadside ballads when it comes to the contemporary orientation and thematic breadth in the Norwegian folk song tradition
