Coronations in Norway in Bergen in 1163 or 1164. The Christ Church (Old Cathedral) in Bergen remained the place of coronations in Norway until the capital was moved to Oslo with King Haakon V. When King Haakon V succeeded his brother, the capital of Norway was moved from Bergen to Oslo, where it has remained. The other coronations in Oslo took place during the Kalmar Union (note the overlap with Trondheim). With King Charles I in 1449 the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim became the place of coronations in Norway, and, with the exception of King Christian II, has remained so. The first three
History of the Jews in Norway about what happened to them in the Holocaust". However, this survey has been critiqued for being unreasonably simplistic in its classification of "harboring antisemitic attitudes". History of the Jews in Norway The Jews in Norway are one of the country's smallest ethnic and religious minorities, but have lived in Norway since the late fifteenth century. The population was devastated during the Holocaust, in which a significant portion of Norwegian Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany. Although there likely were Jewish merchants, sailors and others who entered Norway during the Middle Ages, no efforts were made to establish a Jewish community.