The various epochs:
Mesolitic	10000 - 5000 B.C.
Neolitic	5000 - 2000 B.C.
Early Metal Age	2000 - 1 B.C.
Iron Age	A.D. 1 - 1050
Middle ages	A.D. 1050 - 1550
The Recent Epoch	From A.D. 1550

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Editor:	Tore Ruud
Idea and text for pre-Reformation periods:	Lars Børge Myklevoll, Marianne Skandfer
Idea and text for historic periods:	Tore Ruud
Photos:	Riksarkivet, Edvard Ruud, Tore Ruud, Tromsø museum
Illustrations:	Karl Erik Harr, Lars Børge Myklevoll, Marianne Skandfer
English translation:	Niall Armstrong

Thanks to all persons and institutions who have made
it possible to publish this history.