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History

1070 Bergen is founded by King Olav Kyrre

1240
The city is declared the capital of Norway in place of Trondheim

1299
Oslo replaces Bergen as the capital of Norway

1319
Norway is linked with Sweden

1349
The Black Death kills half the Norwegian community

1360
The Hanseatic League establishes Bergen as a Kontor

1380
Norway and Denmark are united under the same king

1599
The power of the Hanseatic League is broken by feudal lord Kristofer Walckendorf

1702
The Great Fire destroys much of Bergen

1754
Bergen ceases trading as a Kontor

1814
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden

1872
Bergen yacht club is established

1874
First public library is opened

1882
First telephone switchboard is installed

1898
Bergen Exhibition

1900
Bergen receives electricity for the first time

1905
Union with Sweden is dissolved

1913
New railway station is constructed

1916
The Great Fire: 400 properties are destroyed, 3000 people are made homeless

1917
Bergen's first modern quay for larger overseas vessels opens at Skoltegrunn Quay

25 Sep 1972
Public referendum votes against Norway becoming a member of the EC

1978
Grieghallen concert hall is built

1980
Hanseatic wharf of Bryggen is put on UNESCO's World Heritage List



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