Bergen, Norway

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"By the 15th century, competition from Dutch and English shipping companies, internal disputes and, especially, the Black Death (which entered Norway through Bergen, wiping out 70% of the city's population in the process) ensured the Hanseatic League's decline, and with it, a setback to Bergen's fortunes."
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"Bergen was one of the most important bureau cities of the Hanseatic League, interconnecting the continental Europe with the northern and coastal parts of Norway, thus becoming a central spot for the vending of stockfish and the commercial hot spot in Norway."
wikitravel.org

"1070 Bergen is founded by King Olav Kyrre 1240 The city is declared the capital of Norway in place of Trondheim 1299 Oslo replaces Bergen as the capital of Norway 1319 Norway is linked with Sweden 1349 The Black Death kills half the Norwegian community 1360 The Hanseatic League establishes Bergen as a Kontor 1380 Norway and Denmark are united under the same king 1599 The power of the Hanseatic League is broken by feudal lord Kristofer Walckendorf 1702 The Great Fire destroys much of Bergen 1754 Bergen ceases trading as a Kontor 1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden 1872 Bergen yacht club is established 1874 First public library is opened 1882 First telephone switchboard is installed 1898 Bergen Exhibition 1900 Bergen receives electricity for the first time 1905 Union with Sweden is dissolved 1913 New railway station is constructed 1916 The Great Fire: 400 properties are destroyed, 3000 people are made homeless 1917 Bergen's first modern quay for larger overseas vessels opens at Skoltegrunn Quay 25 Sep 1972 Public referendum votes against Norway becoming a member of the EC 1978 Grieghallen concert hall is built 1980 Hanseatic wharf of Bryggen is put on UNESCO's World Heritage List."
cityguide.travel-guides.com

"Economic success was further assured in the 14th century when the Hanseatic League ,a German organisation created to promote trade between the eastern and western parts of Northern Europe, chose Bergen as one of its four main bases."
cityguide.travel-guides.com

"It stands as a reminder of Bergen’s prominent role in the days of the Hanseatic League, an organisation founded by a group of northern German towns to protect their mutual trading interests in the 13th to 15th centuries."
worldtouristattractions.travel-guides.com

"In 1360 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and as the town developed into an important trading centre, the wharfs were improved."
world66.com

"Towards the end of the 13th century, Bergen became one of the Hanseatic League 's most important bureau cities."
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