Stories

We know that in Norway’s history there have been difficult times when society was struck by epidemics. Between 1349 and 1654 there may have been around twenty plague outbreaks. In some places they claimed the lives of up to 40% of the population. However, this time we will look at a different period — The…

Travel history in Norway begins long before stories.At first, the road exists without words, then words without a story — until in the Viking Age, travel becomes a story in itself. After the Vikings, travel becomes a record. In the Middle Ages, movement is documented in chronicles, letters, and reports — no longer as an…