Magnus Erlingsson (1156-1184) was a king of Norway, from Etne in Hordaland. He was son of Erling Skakke and Kristin Jorsaldatter, daughter of Sigurd I Magnusson. He was named king in 1161, but his father reigned on his behalf until 1177. He died in the battle against Sverre Sigurdsson at Fimreite in 1184. County Hordaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-0434 Administrative centre Etne Mayor (2003) Amund Enge (H) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 148 735 km² 693 km² 0. ... Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ... Sigurd I Magnusson (1089?-1130), nicknamed Sigurd Jorsalfar (Sigurd the Crusader) was king of Norway 1103-1130. ... Sverre Sigurdsson (Old Norse Sverrir Sigurðsson) (c. ... Events Abbeville receives its commercial charter. ...
The civil wars period of Norwegian history lasted from 1130 to 1217. During this period there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between Church and King. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the ruke of king from the contesting party. According to traditional Icelandic sagas, the Nor in Norway is from king Nor Thorrasson, who after founding his sister went home to his territory. ... Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... Events April 9 - Peter of Courtenay crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III May 20 - First Barons War, royalist victory at Lincoln. ... Introduction Succession laws are used for determining who will be the next heir to the throne of a kingdom, principality, etc. ...
Haakon II Sigurdsson (Herdebrei), king of Norway from 1157 until 1162. ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Sverre Sigurdsson (Old Norse Sverrir Sigurðsson) (c. ...
Norway's power was weakened during this period by the loss of a large part of the population during the Black Death pandemic of 1349–1351.
In 1814 Denmark-Norway was defeated in the Napoleonic wars and the king was forced to cede Norway to the king of Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel (January 14).
Norway is today one of the worlds biggest oil exporters(Behind Saudi Arabia).The national economy is heavily based upon the oil.The nations shipping fleet is on a decline, after being the largest in the world during the 1980's and 1990's.
The snow-line in Norway is estimated at 3080 ft. in Seiland, 5150 ft. on Dovre Fjeld, and from 4100 to 4900 ft. in Jotunheim.
Magnus saw the worthlessness of a doubtful suzerainty over islands which had lost their value to Norway since the decay of Viking enterprise.
Their young son Olaf V., already king of Denmark, succeeded to his father's throne on Haakon's death in 1380, but died in 1387, leaving the royal line extinct, and the nearest successor to the throne the hostile King Albrecht of Sweden, of the Mecklenburg family.
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