Advancement of Christianization in Norway

Name: Advancement of Christianization in Norway
Start: 1000
End: 1015

Type Event Region Norway Time c. 1000–1015

Around 1006 CE, following the martyrdom of Olaf Tryggvason (1000), Christianization in Norway continued amid rivalries among various powers.

Timeline

1000–1003Svolder Sound · NorwayOlaf Tryggvason, the first Norwegian king to vigorously promote Christianization, fell in the Battle of Svolder; Norway fell into fragmentation among chieftains, with Christianity and the old Norse faith repeatedly contending in various regions.
c. 1004–1006Nidaros (Trondheim) · NorwayEnglish and German missionaries worked in Norway's coastal trading ports; some chieftains accepted baptism and built small chapels; Danish influence intervened in Norwegian affairs, and the Christian faith gradually spread in towns and coastal areas.
1006–1015Norway · NorwayBy around 1006, most trading posts along the Norwegian coast had Christian communities, and pro-Christian factions among local chieftains gradually gained the upper hand, laying the social foundation for Olaf Haraldsson's enforced nationwide Christianization after his accession in 1015.

The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe — Anders Winroth (2012)
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway — Snorri Sturluson (1230)