In 1840, Norwegian women's status was considered as incapable meaning it was impossible to enter into any agreement, debts, or even control their own money.

On their wedding day, married women transitioned from living under the authority of their fathers to under that of their husbands During the reign of Magnus VI Lagabøter (1263–1280), the age of majority was set at twenty years for both sexes.

His regime issued the Law in Norway (1687) which, following the Danish rules of that time, defined unmarried women as minors.

In the first part of the 19th century, women worked in the early textile mills (1840) and in the tobacco factories, which were reserved for their employment.

The literature marketed to women of the time was still a reflection of society's value system: only the quest for a husband was to be found in these novels.

Among the women writers published in Norway during the era were Hanna Winsnes, Marie Wexelsen and Anna Magdalene Thoresen.

During this period, new laws were passed, and although they did not at once revolutionize the status of women, barriers were being crossed regularly and rapidly.

In 1854 the law on royal succession granting full equal inheritance for both sexes was passed after heated debate and resistance.

In 1866, a law was passed establishing free enterprise (except for married women) so that anyone could obtain a license in their city.

The writers who took up the case for women would claim Camilla Collett as their inspiration, and thus created the first wave of feminism in Norway.

In 1871, Georg Brandes initiated the movement of The Modern Breakthrough: he asked that literature serve progress and not reactionary views.

It was then that Norway had the writers who became known as the "Big Four", namely Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander Kielland and Jonas Lie.

Camilla Collett and Aasta Hansteen wrote to defend the cause of feminist theories that were an integral parity of a larger program for the authors of the Modern Breakthrough.

For the latter, it will be to defend the oppressed people against the social expectations of the time, of which the wife was one: women who received a primary education whose sole purpose was marriage, women who were unable to continue to fully enjoy intellectual lives, who could not freely dispose of their own life and body.

The latter play in particular had a significant influence on the feminist movement even outside Norway, as it was translated into several languages and performed widely across Europe and beyond.

The explosion of prostitution and the proliferation of brothels cause strong reactions, which focused public attention on the problem of sexual morality.

For the authors of The Bohemia of Kristiania, it was more radical: marriage was not a foundation of society, and the debate should focus on a more political solution to women's inequality.

Not sharing the same views expressed by the Bohemia of Kristiania, writer Amalie Skram became the most radical character during the period.

Literature enabled a real challenge by Ibsen and Bjørnson to the middle classes, with The Bohemia of Kristiania spreading through the popular consciousness.

The economic situation in Norway remained fragile, with rising unemployment that mainly affected low-skilled occupations and women.

However, there were gains as well, as the 1927 Law on Spouses awarded equal legal weight to the verbal testimony of the housewife in parity with men.

The issue of birth control, and the fierce opposition of conservatives, slowed the development of legislation on contraception and abortion, which for the time, were relatively liberal.

The writers of the time, Hulda Garborg, Nini Roll Anker and Sigrid Undset in particular, believed that if the feminist struggles of the 1880s were necessary, they were now outdated.

That same year, the question of the right of each woman to freely assume control over her own body became a reality in the Norwegian National Council of Women.

The founding act of the new feminist movement was in August 1970, when the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights decided to organize a large meeting in Oslo with, as keynote speaker Jo Freeman.

In Storting, female representation is experiencing a rapid evolution: The first woman to hold the post of prime minister in Norway was Gro Harlem Brundtland.

In 2018, Norway's then Prime Minister Erna Solberg gave an apology to the estimated 50,000 Norwegian women who had relations with Germans during World War II (as well as those suspected of having them), stating in part, "Young Norwegian girls and women who had relations with German soldiers or were suspected of having them, were victims of undignified treatment.

Our conclusion is that Norwegian authorities violated the rule fundamental principle that no citizen can be punished without trial or sentenced without law.

Marianne Gulli, the president of FRI Oslo and Viken, stated that the Initiative for Inclusive Feminism "is important for creating a feminist community that has room for everyone.

[21] In a 2019 report, Amnesty International stated that "Despite being among the top-ranking countries in the world in terms of gender equality, four Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) have disturbingly high levels of rape and survivors of sexual violence are being failed by their justice systems".