Overview
Events from the 13th century in Norway.
1201–1209
;1202 * 25 January – The siege of Tønsberg Fortress ends. The commander of the fort Reidar Sendemann and his men surrenders to King Sverre of Norway. * 9 March – Death of Sverre of Norway, King (born c. 1145/1151 ). * Death of Inge Magnusson, pretender to the Norwegian throne (born c. 1182). ;1204 * 1 January – Death of Haakon III of Norway, king (assumed born 1170s). * 11 August – Death of Guttorm of Norway, king (child ruler) (born c. 1200). * After the death of King Haakon III, his stepmother Queen Margaret was suspected of poisoning the king. One of her men had to undergo a trial by ordeal on her behalf to prove her innocence, but the man was badly burned.
The servant was drowned and Margareta fled to Sweden. * Birth of Haakon IV of Norway, king (died 1263). ;1207 * Death of Erling Steinvegg, candidate of the Bagler to the Norwegian throne. ;1209 * Marriage between Princess Christina of Norway and Philip Simonsson. * Death of Margrete Eriksdotter, queen consort of Norway (born ).
1210s
;1213 * Death of Christina of Norway, Queen consort, daughter of Sverre Sigurdsson, spouse of Philip Simonsson. ;1214 * King Inge II suppressed a rising by the farmers in Trøndelag. * Death of Haakon the Crazy, earl. ;1217 * 23 April – Death of Inge II of Norway, king (born 1185). * June – Haakon Haakonson becomes King of Norway as Haakon IV. * Death of Philip Simonsson, pretender to the throne.
1220s
;1225 * 25 May – Margaret Skulesdatter married King Haakon IV. * 7 November – Death of Nicholas Arnesson, bishop (born c. 1150). * King Haakon IV led a large army into the Värmland district of Sweden, to punish the inhabitants for their support of the pretender to the throne of Norway, Sigurd Ribbung. ;1226 * Rein Abbey was founded. * Death of Sigurd Ribbung, nobleman and pretender to the throne (born 1203).
1230s
;1232 * 10 November – Birth of Haakon the Young, (Junior) King (died 1257). ;1234 * Birth of Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile (died 1262). * Death of Inga of Varteig, mother of king Haakon IV of Norway (born ) ;1238 * Birth of Magnus VI of Norway, king (died 1280).
1240s
;1240 * 1 April – Haakon the Young was hailed as king and co-ruler of Norway, in Nidaros. * 12 April – Haakon the Young was hailed as king and co-ruler of Norway, in Bergen. * 24 May – The civil war era in Norway ends, after Elgeseter Priory is burned down and Duke Skule Bårdsson was killed. * 15 July – Norwegian troops fought in the Battle of the Neva. * Birth of Audun Hugleiksson, nobleman (died 1302).
1250s
;1257 * 3 May – Death of Haakon the Young, (Junior) King (born 1232). * A peace agreement was made between Christopher I of Denmark and Haakon IV, ending a war between Denmark and Norway that had started the year before.
1260s
;1261 * 11 September – Prince Magnus married Princess Ingeborg of Denmark in Bergen. * The Norse community in Greenland agreed to submit to the Norwegian king. * Death of Knut Haakonsson, nobleman and claimant to the throne (born ). ;1262 * Iceland agreed to submit to the Norwegian king. ;1263 * 2 October – Battle of Largs, between Norway and Scotland. * 6 December – Death of Haakon IV of Norway, king (born 1204). ;1266 * 2 July – Treaty of Perth, ending the Scottish–Norwegian War.
1270s
;1270 * Birth of Haakon V of Norway, king (d. 1319). * Death of Margaret Skulesdatter, queen (born c. 1210). ;1274 * King Magnus VI promulgated a new national law, known as Magnus Lagabøtes landslov, the first unified code of laws to apply for the whole country.
1280s
;1280 * Death of Magnus VI of Norway, king (b. 1238). ;1283 * 9 April – Death of Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, Queen consort (born 1261). ;1287 * Death of Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway, Queen consort (born ). ;1289 * Start of the War of the Outlaws, between Norway and Denmark.
1290–1300
;1293 * Birth of Erling Vidkunsson nobleman and regent of Norway (died 1355). ;1296 The War of the Outlaws ends, North Halland is ceded to Norway. ;1299 * 13 July – Death of Eric II of Norway, King (born ). * Euphemia of Rügen married Duke Håkon V of Norway.