# Timeline of Bergen

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergen, Norway.

## Prior to 19th century

* 1070s CE - Bergen founded by Olaf Kyrre (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) [no] occurs.
** First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral.
* 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) [no] occurs.
* 1531 - Christ Church, Bergen demolished.
* 1665 - 2 August: Naval Battle of Vågen occurs.
* 1684 - Birth of Ludvig Holberg, writer and poet.
* 1702 - Fire.
* 1721 - Peter Nørvig printer in business.
* 1769 - Population: 18,827.
* 1764 - End of membership of the Hanseatic League.
* 1794 - Foundation of the local branch of the theatrical society Det Dramatiske Selskab.
** Birgithe Kühle publishes the magazine Provincial-Lecture.

## 19th century

* 1800 - The first theater, Komediehuset på Engen, is built.
* 1807 - Birth of Johan Sebastian Welhaven, "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature".
* 1825 - Bergen Museum founded.
* 1837 - Carsten B. Conradi [no] becomes mayor.
* 1838 - Bergen Art Union [no] founded.
* 1843 - Birth of Edvard Grieg, future composer and pianist.
* 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 [no] (prison) built.
* 1868
** Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.
** Christiestøtten [no] (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 [no] (phone company) begins operating.
** Bergens Moralvernforening [no] ("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.
* 1900 - Population: 72,179.

## 20th century

* 1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen [no] (teaching facility) established.
* 1909
** Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
** Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole [no] (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) [no].
* 1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.
* 1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.
* 1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.
* 1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus [no] built.
* 1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.
* 1933 - Bergen Courthouse [no] 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 [no] near Bergen.
** Submarine "Operation Guidance" occurs in harbour.
* 1945 - Nils Handal becomes mayor.
* 1946
** University of Bergen established.
** Forum kino [no] (cinema) built.
* 1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum [no] 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 [no] (art school) opens.
** Eilert Eilertsen becomes mayor.
* 1974 - Bergen City Hall [no] built.
* 1975 - Bergen Bank established.
* 1976 - Muslim Association of Bergen founded.
* 1979
** Bergen byarkiv [no] (city archives) established.
** Bryggen designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1982 - Studentradioen i Bergen [no] (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

* 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 [no] slow television programme created.
* 2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
* 2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
* 2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election [no] held.