Events
- 20 April - The German ammunition transport Voorbode accidentally explodes in the harbour of the Western Norway city of Bergen, killing around 160 people and leaving some 5,000 homeless.
- 3 October - Soviet troops cross the border to Norway.
- 4 October - British aircraft bomb the U-boat bunker "Bruno" and the dock area in Bergen harbour. As a result, 194 civilians, including 60 children, are killed.
- 25 October - the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive the Red Army liberates Kirkenes, the first town in Norway to be liberated.
- 28 October - Hitler orders the German forces to withdraw from northern Norway. The Germans were determined to leave nothing of value to the Soviets, as Hitler had ordered to leave the area devoid of people, shelter and supplies.
- 29 October - The Laksevåg borough of Bergen was bombed again. 52 civilians were killed.
- 10 November - The first Norwegian troops (300 men from the brigade in Scotland) arrive in Finnmark.
- 12 November - 29 Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bombers bomb and sink down the German battleship Tirpitz anchored in a fjord at Tromsø, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs.
- 27 November - The German prisoner ship Rigel is sunk off Sandnessjøen by Fleet Air Arm bombers in the deadliest ship disaster in Norwegian history.
- 31 December - Allied bombers tried to bomb the Victoria Terrasse building in Oslo, which was used as the Gestapo headquarters, but missed the target and instead hit civilian targets. 77 civilians are killed.
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The town of Kirkenes burning after withdrawal of German forces, October 1944
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A reconnaissance photo of the capsized German battleship Tirpitz after the November 12 attack.
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The prisoner ship Rigel under attack and on fire on 27 November.
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