Timeline_of_Bergen Knowpia

1800 - The first theater, Komediehuset på Engen, is built.
1807 - Birth of Johan Sebastian Welhaven, "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature".^[3]
1825 - Bergen Museum founded.^[11]^[3]
1837 - Carsten B. Conradi [no] becomes mayor.
1838 - Bergen Art Union [no] founded.^[11]
1843 - Birth of Edvard Grieg, future composer and pianist.^[3]
1850 - Det norske Theater (Bergen) opens.^[11]
1851 - Bergen Steamship Company in business.
1853 - Stølen School established.^[12]^[13]
1855
- Fire.^[3]
- Bergens Privatbank^[14] and Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (shipyard)^{[citation needed]} established.
1867 - Bergen kretsfengsel [no] (prison) built.
1868
- Bergens Tidende (newspaper) begins publication.^[9]
- Christiestøtten [no] (monument) erected.
1872 - Hanseatic Museum established.^[15]
1873 - Causative agent of leprosy, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, identified by Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.^[16]
1875 - Population: 54,436.^[10]^[17]
1876 - Bergens Kreditbank established.^[14]
1882
- Bergen Telefonkompani [no] (phone company) begins operating.^[7]
- Bergens Moralvernforening [no] ("moral protection" group) founded.
1883 - Voss Line railway begins operating.^[7]
1887 - West Norway Museum of Decorative Art established.
1890 - Gulating Court of Appeal established.^{[citation needed]}
1894 - Bergen Historical Society founded.^[18]
1900 - Population: 72,179.^[3]

20th century edit

1905 - Arbeidsstuer for barn i Bergen [no] (teaching facility) established.
1909
- Den Nationale Scene (theatre) built.
- Bergen Kunsthåndverksskole [no] (school) founded.^{[citation needed]}
1910
- Braille library established.^[19]
- Population: 104,224.^[10]^[20]
1915 - Bergen Chamber of Commerce founded.^[9]
1916 - January: Bergen fire of 1916.
1917 - Grieg statue erected in Byparken (Bergen) [no].
1919 - Protestant Dagen newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1920 - Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (utility) established.^[9]
1927 - Bergensavisen newspaper in publication.^[9]
1929 - Grand Hotel Terminus [no] built.
1930 - Chr. Michelsen Institute established.^{[citation needed]}
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.^[21]
- Forum kino [no] (cinema) built.
1949 - Gamle Bergen Museum [no] established.
1950 - Population: 162,381.^[10]
1955 - Medieval Bryggen inscriptions discovered.
1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.^[22]
1970
- 29 November: Body of Isdal Woman found.
- Population: 209,066.^[10]
1972 - Arna, Åsane, Fana, and Laksevåg become part of city.^[7]
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.^[23]
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.^[9]
- Islamic Cultural Centre established.^[23]
1996 - Bergen National Academy of the Arts established.

21st century edit

2001
- Bergen Kunsthall [no] (art space) active.
- Population: 232,989.^[10]
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.^[24]
2009
- November: Gingerbread house sacked.^[25]
- Bergensbanen minutt for minutt [no] slow television programme created.^[26]
2010 - Bergen Light Rail begins operating.
2011 - Trude Drevland becomes mayor.
2015 - 2015 Bergen municipal election [no] held.

References edit

^ Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.
^ Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 772–773.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Charles Francis Keary (1892). Norway and the Norwegians. London: Percival & Co.
^ Sigvart Sörensen (1899). Norway. New York: P. F. Collier.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bergen: historie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015. (includes timeline)
^ Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20720-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Kommune: Bergen: Tabeller" (PDF), Folke- og boligtelling 2001 (in Norwegian), Statistics Norway, 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c Christian Koren-Wiberg (1912). By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.
^ "Bergen Map". Bergen: Histos. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ "Publikasjoner". Bergen Byarkiv (in Norwegian). Bergen Kommune. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
^ "Store norske leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Irgens L (2002). "The discovery of the leprosy bacillus". Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 122 (7): 708–9. PMID 11998735.
^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
^ "Bergens Historiske Forening" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ World Guide to Special Libraries. K. G. Saur Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091785-7.
^ "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
^ "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.
^ Ivar Peersen (21 September 2015), "Insider's cultural guide to Bergen", The Guardian, UK
^ Cops on trail of 'gingerbread town' vandals, Reuters, 23 November 2009
^ "Big in Norway: Slow TV", The Atlantic, USA, January 2014

This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

in English

W. Pembroke Fetridge (1883), "Bergen", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (22nd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers, hdl:2027/nyp.33433066588371.
"Bergen", Hand-book for Travellers in Norway (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892
"Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 772–773.
"Bergen", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912, hdl:2027/uva.x030531120
United States Secretary of the Navy (1932), "Bergen Havn", Sailing directions for the southwest and south coasts of Norway (3rd ed.), hdl:2027/uc1.31822033787201 (fulltext)

in Norwegian

Bergens fundas [no], 1560
Yngvar Nielsen (1877). Bergen fra de ældste tider indtil nutiden (in Norwegian). Christiania: C. Tønsberg.
Henrik Jæger (1889). Bergen og Bergenserne (in Norwegian). Bergen: F. Beyer.
"Skrifter Udgivne af Bergens Historiske Forening" [Publications of the Bergen Historical Society] (in Norwegian) – via HathiTrust. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) 1895-
Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1899). "Bergen". Norges officielle statistik (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Statistiske Centralbureau.

External links edit

Europeana. Items related to Bergen, various dates
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Bergen, various dates.

[Sjavik2008chronology-1] Jan Sjåvik (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6408-5.

[2] Hans Andersson (2003). "Urbanization". In Knut Helle (ed.). Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47299-9.

[brit1910-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bergen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 772–773.

[katolsk-4] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Norway". Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[Keary1892-5] Charles Francis Keary (1892). Norway and the Norwegians. London: Percival & Co.

[Sörensen1899-6] Sigvart Sörensen (1899). Norway. New York: P. F. Collier.

[SNL-bergen-7] "Bergen: historie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015. (includes timeline)

[Dahl2011-8] Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20720-2.

[europa2004-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Norway". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

[statistics2007-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Kommune: Bergen: Tabeller" (PDF), Folke- og boligtelling 2001 (in Norwegian), Statistics Norway, 2007

[Koren1912-11] Christian Koren-Wiberg (1912). By og brygge: billeder fra Bergen (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.

[Histos-12] "Bergen Map". Bergen: Histos. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[13] "Publikasjoner". Bergen Byarkiv (in Norwegian). Bergen Kommune. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[banking1920-14] "Norway". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.

[SNL-15] "Store norske leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[Irgens_2002-16] Irgens L (2002). "The discovery of the leprosy bacillus". Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 122 (7): 708–9. PMID 11998735.

[17] "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.

[18] "Bergens Historiske Forening" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[saur2007-19] World Guide to Special Libraries. K. G. Saur Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091785-7.

[20] "Norway". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[Ruegg2011-21] Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

[22] "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[Larsson2009-23] Göran Larsson, ed. (2009). Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-01292-3.

[peersen2015-24] Ivar Peersen (21 September 2015), "Insider's cultural guide to Bergen", The Guardian, UK

[25] Cops on trail of 'gingerbread town' vandals, Reuters, 23 November 2009

[26] "Big in Norway: Slow TV", The Atlantic, USA, January 2014

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