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Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King Christian IV...

Timeline of Events

1314

8.31.1314

King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.

1903

6.16.1903

Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.

1945

6.7.1945

King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.

2004

8.22.2004

A version of ''The Scream'' and ''Madonna'', two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.