Norway (Earth-7642)

**Norway** is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

## History

### Ancient History

Norway had been settled more than 10,000 years ago after the last Ice Age by hunters following the herds of various herds to newly uncovered pastures, and brought their gods with them.

They existed in various independent clans

### Vikings

In 872 AD, the clans were united by Harold Haarfager into the Vikings, these Norse sailors then went forth to trade, explore, and raid much of Europe

#### Battle of Tønsberg

In 965 A.D., the Frost Giants of Jotunheim led by Laufey, arrived to Tønsberg, planning to conquer Midgard, freezing everything in their path using the Casket of Ancient Winters to plunge the world in a new glacial period. However, the army of Einherjar led by Odin, defended Midgard and engaged in a war against the Frost Giants, forcing them to abandon Earth and retreat to their own world.
Around this time, the Tesseract was lost on Earth and made its way to Tønsberg, where it was kept safe for centuries by a set of Odin worshipers. The Vikings later converted to Christianity and the Asgardians drew from Midgard.

### 14th Century

In 1319 AD, the nations of Norway and Sweden merged when Magnus Eriksson of Sweden became first in line on the throne of both countries (at three-years-old). This did not last long, but a few decades later the two nations merged again under the rule of Eric of Pomerania who was crowned King of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Sweden later split while Denmark and Norway remained one nation.

### 16th Century

By 1586, Norway became part of the Danish Kingdom.

### 19th Century

In 1814, A.D., as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, Norway split from Denmark and entered into another union with Sweden.

### 20th Century

#### Independence

In 1905, Norway became an independent nation once again.

#### World War I

Norway declared itself neutral during both World War I.

#### World War II

During WWII, Norway again declared its neutrality, but was still invaded by Nazi Germany. Norway was occupied by Third Reich. In 1942, HYDRA forces led by Johann Schmidt, organized an incursion in Norway searching for the Tesseract. Following its trail until reaching a church full of Viking warriors entombed within its walls, Schmidt interrogated the Church Keeper, who tried to make Schmidt cease his search, claiming the Tesseract was a simple myth.

Schmidt, convinced of its existence as the most valuable object in Odin's Vault, located a fake replica inside one of the tombs, and threatened the Church Keeper to kill all the inhabitants of the village if he did not help him locate the real Tesseract. Schmidt then focused his attention in a sculptured mural of Yggdrasil world tree, finding a hidden box behind a Nidhogg depiction in the mural with the actual Tesseract inside. The Church Keeper warned Schmidt that he would not control the power of the Tesseract, but Schmidt simply killed him and ordered his army to destroy the village.

By April 1945, the Nazi forces were suffering defeats on almost all battlefields of Europe. Around the time of Adolf Hitler's death, the commanders of German garrisons in Norway were negotiating the surrender to the Allies.