The Stone age | 10,000 – 1800 BC
When the ice finally melted, plants and animals settled more long-term – and with them came the first humans. They were hunter-gatherers and lived a nomadic life, following the prey and the seasons. First, they populated the emerging coastline, then they moved further inland.
Around 2400 BC, a section of the population took up farming and created more permanent settlements, possibly as a result of people migrating in from the south. The hunter-gatherers and the farmers lived side-by-side, and utilised different parts of the land and its resources. Tools and weapons from this early era were made of stone, wood, or animal bones.
Norwegian history timeline
- The latest ice age
115,000-10,000 BC - The Stone age
10,000-1800 BC - The Bronze age
1800-500 BC - The Iron age
500 BC-AD 1050 - The High middle ages
AD 1050-1350 - The Late middle ages
AD 1350-1537 - The Early modern period
AD 1537-1814 - Norway reborn as a sovereign state
AD 1814 - Norway in union with Sweden
AD 1814-1905 - Full independence at last
AD 1905 - Prosperity, war and depression
AD 1905-1940 - World War 2 and occupation
AD 1940-1945 - The post World War 2 era
AD 1945-1970 - Transformation and neoliberalism
AD 1970-1990 - Technology and globalisation
AD 1990-today
BC = before Christ | AD = anno domini = after Christ
Main source: Store norske leksikon – snl.no
