Other decades 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th Events from the 10th century in Norway.
930s
Death of Harald Fairhair, king (b. ).
King Eric Bloodaxe is deposed as King of Norway.
950s 955 Battle of Rastarkalv took place on the southern part of the island of Frei.
960s 961 Battle of Fitjar took place in Fitjar at Stord in the county of Hordaland, Norway.Norwegian kings (Christine Juul) Death of Haakon the Good, king (b. ).
962 Death of Sigurd Haakonsson, earl (b. ).
970s 970 Death of Harald Greycloak, king (b. ). Earl of Lade Haakon Sigurdsson becomes de facto ruler of Norway, nominally under King Harald Bluetooth.
980s
Battle of Hjörungavágr took place of the coast of Sunnmøre.
990–1000
995 Death of Haakon Sigurdsson, earl (born ). Olaf Tryggvason becomes King of Norway.
997 The city of Nidaros is founded.
Death of Olaf Tryggvason, king (b. 968).
1000 Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland. This journey became the first European journey in which the continents of the Americas were discovered by European inhabitants, many years before the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. 9 September - Battle of Svolder.
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