Orkneyinga saga
Scandinavian-Scottish literary work
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| April 11 2022 | Eastern Airways resumed scheduled flights to Wick Airport, establishing a route from Aberdeen. |
| 2021 | Wick Airport had no scheduled flights throughout the entire year. |
| 2021 | Caithness recorded a resident population of 25,347, a decrease from 26,486 in 2011. |
| 2020 | Loganair and Eastern Airways cancelled scheduled flights to and from Wick Airport, ending regular air service. |
| January 1 2020 |
Møre og Romsdal
Multiple significant municipal mergers occurred: Molde Municipality merged with Eresfjord og Vistdal, Nesset, Bolsøy, Midsund, and Sør-Aukra Municipalities; Ålesund Municipality merged with Ørskog, Skodje, Vatne, Borgund, Haram, and part of Sandøy Municipalities; Fjord Municipality was created from Norddal and Stordal Municipalities; Hustadvika Municipality was formed from Fræna, Bud, Hustad, and Eide Municipalities.
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| January 1 2020 |
Møre og Romsdal
Halsa Municipality became part of the new Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county.
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| January 1 2020 |
Møre og Romsdal
Molde Municipality formed by merging Eresfjord og Vistdal, Nesset, Bolsøy, Midsund, and Sør-Aukra Municipalities
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| 2019 |
Møre og Romsdal
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research discovered a 17-meter-long Viking ship buried on the island of Edøya, estimated to be over 1,000 years old from the Merovingian or Viking period.
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| 2019 | Linnea Hartsuyker published 'The Golden Wolf', the final novel in The Golden Wolf Saga, inspired by the Orkneyinga saga. |
| 2019 | A review of community council areas in Caithness was conducted, establishing the current community council structure. |
| January 1 2019 |
Møre og Romsdal
Rindal Municipality was transferred from Møre og Romsdal county to Trøndelag county.
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| 2018 | Linnea Hartsuyker published 'The Sea Queen', the second novel in The Golden Wolf Saga, inspired by the Orkneyinga saga. |
| 2017 | Linnea Hartsuyker published 'The Half-Drowned King', the first novel in The Golden Wolf Saga, inspired by the Orkneyinga saga. |
| 2016 | A new flag for Caithness was adopted after a design competition organized by the Highland Council. The winning flag features a black background symbolizing the county's dark flagstone, a Nordic cross in yellow and blue representing Norse heritage, and a galley with a raven on its sail, a traditional county symbol previously seen on the old county council's coat of arms. |
| 2014 | Orkney Commercial Radio (Superstation Orkney) ceases broadcasting. |
| 2014 | The eastern coastline of Caithness between Helmsdale and Wick was declared a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area, named East Caithness Cliffs, which was also designated as a Special Protection Area and Special Area of Conservation. |
| 2013 | A bilingual road sign on the A99 road near Wick Airport is damaged by gunfire, described as an 'extreme anti-Gaelic incident' by Councillor Alex MacLeod |
| 2012 | First bilingual road sign erected in Caithness |
| 2011 | Scottish Parliament constituency is replaced by the larger constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Ross. |
| 2011 | Caithness had a resident population of 26,486, which later decreased by 2021. |
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