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1201–1209 1202 25 January – The siege of Tønsberg Fortress ends. The commander of the fort Reidar Sendemann and his men surrenders to King Sverre of Norway. 9 March – Death of Sverre of Norway, King (born c. 1145/1151 ). Death of Inge Magnusson, pretender to the Norwegian throne (born c. 1182).
1204 1 January – Death of Haakon III of Norway, king (assumed born 1170s). 11 August – Death of Guttorm of Norway, king (child ruler) (born c. 1200). After the death of King Haakon III, his stepmother Queen Margaret was suspected of poisoning the king. One of her men had to undergo a trial by ordeal on her behalf to prove her innocence, but the man was badly burned. The servant was drowned and Margareta fled to Sweden. Birth of Haakon IV of Norway, king (died 1263).
1207 Death of Erling Steinvegg, candidate of the Bagler to the Norwegian throne.
1209 Marriage between Princess Christina of Norway and Philip Simonsson. Death of Margrete Eriksdotter, queen consort of Norway (born ).
1210s 1213 Death of Christina of Norway, Queen consort, daughter of Sverre Sigurdsson, spouse of Philip Simonsson.
1214 King Inge II suppressed a rising by the farmers in Trøndelag. Death of Haakon the Crazy, earl.
1217 23 April – Death of Inge II of Norway, king (born 1185). June – Haakon Haakonson becomes King of Norway as Haakon IV. Death of Philip Simonsson, pretender to the throne.
1220s
1225 25 May – Margaret Skulesdatter married King Haakon IV. 7 November – Death of Nicholas Arnesson, bishop (born c. 1150). King Haakon IV led a large army into the Värmland district of Sweden, to punish the inhabitants for their support of the pretender to the throne of Norway, Sigurd Ribbung.
1226 Rein Abbey was founded. Death of Sigurd Ribbung, nobleman and pretender to the throne (born 1203).
1230s 1232 10 November – Birth of Haakon the Young, (Junior) King (died 1257).
1234 Birth of Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile (died 1262). Death of Inga of Varteig, mother of king Haakon IV of Norway (born )
1238 Birth of Magnus VI of Norway, king (died 1280).
1240s 1240 1 April – Haakon the Young was hailed as king and co-ruler of Norway, in Nidaros. 12 April – Haakon the Young was hailed as king and co-ruler of Norway, in Bergen. 24 May – The civil war era in Norway ends, after Elgeseter Priory is burned down and Duke Skule Bårdsson was killed. 15 July – Norwegian troops fought in the Battle of the Neva. Birth of Audun Hugleiksson, nobleman (died 1302).
1250s 1257 3 May – Death of Haakon the Young, (Junior) King (born 1232). A peace agreement was made between Christopher I of Denmark and Haakon IV, ending a war between Denmark and Norway that had started the year before.
1260s 1261 11 September – Prince Magnus married Princess Ingeborg of Denmark in Bergen.Ingeborg, Dronning af Norge (Dansk biografisk Lexikon) The Norse community in Greenland agreed to submit to the Norwegian king. Death of Knut Haakonsson, nobleman and claimant to the throne (born ). 1262 Iceland agreed to submit to the Norwegian king. 1263 2 October – Battle of Largs, between Norway and Scotland. 6 December – Death of Haakon IV of Norway, king (born 1204). 1266 2 July – Treaty of Perth, ending the Scottish–Norwegian War.
1270s 1270 Birth of Haakon V of Norway, king (d. 1319). Death of Margaret Skulesdatter, queen (born c. 1210).
1274 King Magnus VI promulgated a new national law, known as Magnus Lagabøtes landslov, the first unified code of laws to apply for the whole country.
1280s 1280 Death of Magnus VI of Norway, king (b. 1238).
1283 9 April – Death of Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, Queen consort (born 1261).
1287 Death of Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway, Queen consort (born ).
1289 Start of the War of the Outlaws, between Norway and Denmark.
1290–1300 1290 Death of Alv Erlingsson, earl. 1293 Birth of Erling Vidkunsson nobleman and regent of Norway (died 1355). 1296 The War of the Outlaws ends, North Halland is ceded to Norway. 1299 13 July – Death of Eric II of Norway, King (born ). Euphemia of Rügen married Duke Håkon V of Norway. 1300 The cathedral chapter at St Mary's Church was established.S. H. Finne-Grønn (1943). Slekten Paus : dens oprindelse og 4 første generasjoner. Oslo: Cammermeyer.
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