Eirik Sigurdson Galte

Born: ABT 1300
Parents: Sigurd Gautson Galte

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ABT 1300

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1300

The place and the tree
Befolkning
Eirik is born

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300-450.000 mennesker i Norge.
1319

The place and the tree
Kongeslekten dør ut
Eirik is 19

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Den norske kongeslekten dør ut på mannssiden ved Håkon Magnussons død. Den lange unionstiden begynner.
1348

The place and the tree
Svartedauden
Eirik is 48

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Befolkningen reduseres med mellom halvparten og 2/3 og når ikke sitt gamle nivå før etter 150 år.
1349

Norway
The Black Death
Eirik is 49

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The plague raged in Norway in 1349 and 1350 and took a great many lives. In the time after, many farms were abandoned and lay empty – many of them for more than a hundred years.

Source: svartedauden

Picture: Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) · Public domain
1397

The place and the tree
Kalmarunionen
Eirik is 97

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Kalmarunionen. Norge, Sverige og Danmark forenes under felles kongemakt ledet av dronning Margrete. Unionen ble aldri formelt oppløst, men motsetningene mellom Sverige og Danmark førte til at den opphørte ca. 1520.
1397

Norway
The Kalmar Union
Eirik is 97

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Eric of Pomerania was crowned joint king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden at Kalmar. The union finally ended when Sweden chose a king of its own in 1523.

Source: Kalmarunionen

Picture: Agnes Slott-Møller · Public domain

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