10000 BC – Oldest traces of humans in Western Norway
8500 BC – Traces of leather boats in Norway
5000 BC – Traces of dugout log boats
2400 BC – Traces of plank boats
400 BC – Boats are assembled using willow or roots
Year 0 – Oarlocks are used on the boats, and the transition is made from paddling to rowing
300 – The Halsnøy boat is built
700 – The sail became common in the Nordic countries
900 – The Gokstad four-oared boat is built
1500-1850 – Export of Oselvar boats to Shetland
1664 – 31 active boat builders were registered around the Bjørnefjord
1750 – The Tøsdal men started building boats on the Oselvo river, giving the boat its name
1847 – First place in rowing competition with an Oselvar on Lungegårds lake in Bergen
1898 – “Os Baatbyggerforening” (Os boat builder association) is founded
1978 – The first Norwegian championship in sailing Oselvar boats
1990 – The Oselvarlaget (Oselvar association) is founded
1997 – The Oselvar workshop opens
Source: Kjell Magnus Økland: “Oselvaren, den levande båten”, Einar Østmo, Professor, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
