Germanic tribes populated Norway about 3700 years ago.
The Vikings conquered and ruled large areas of northern Europe in the 7th, 8th and 9th century, and even visited north America.
The Norwegian Vikings united to a kingdom in ...872 . This lasts till 1387 when Norway goes in union with Denmark.
The union with Denmark ends in 1814 and Norway joins Sweden in a new union.
In 1905 Sweden recognizes the independent Kingdom of Norway, and the Norwegian parliament elects Danish prince Carl of Denmark to be king of Norway. He takes the name king Haakon the 7th.
Norway is occupied by German during WW2. In the years after the war, Norway built itself up to the modern country it is today, receiving a big boost with the discovery of oil in the North Sea.