Medieval Ánsló · event 4 of 8

1299

The capital, and a fortress. Håkon V moves the seat of the Norwegian kingdom from Bergen to Oslo and begins building Akershus on the headland. It is besieged repeatedly over the following centuries and never taken by force.

The Medieval Ánsló era

  1. 1040
  2. 1070
  3. 1147
  4. 1299
  5. 1349
  6. 1380
  7. 1536
  8. 1567

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