Editing Bergen (section)

=== Modern history ===
[[File:Vista general d'un carrer amb gent passejant-hi i les vies del ferrocarril.jpeg|thumb|Bergen in 1909]]
[[File:Bergen, carrer de Sant Joan.jpeg|thumb|Bergen in 1909]]
Bergen was separated from Hordaland as a county of its own in 1831.<ref name="distriktsinnd">{{Cite web |title=Distriktsinndeling og navn |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fad/dok/Veiledninger_og_brosjyrer/1995/Fylkesmannboka/4-Fylkesmannsembetene/43-Distriktsinndeling-og-navn.html?id=464957 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328030818/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fad/dok/Veiledninger_og_brosjyrer/1995/Fylkesmannboka/4-Fylkesmannsembetene/43-Distriktsinndeling-og-navn.html?id=464957 |archive-date=28 March 2008 |access-date=16 September 2007 |publisher=Fornyings- og administrasjonsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> It was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see {{lang|no|[[formannskapsdistrikt]]}}). The [[rural municipality]] of {{lang|no|[[Bergen landdistrikt]]}} was merged with Bergen on 1 January 1877. The rural municipality of [[Årstad, Bergen|Årstad]] was merged with Bergen on 1 July 1915.<ref name="kommuneendringer">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

During World War II, Bergen was occupied on the first day of the German invasion on 9 April 1940, after a brief fight between German ships and the Norwegian [[coastal artillery]]. The [[Norwegian resistance movement]] groups in Bergen were [[Osvald Group|Saborg]], [[Milorg]], ''"{{lang|no|[[Theta (SIS radio group)|Theta-gruppen]]}}"'', [[Sivorg]], ''{{lang|no|[[Stein-organisasjonen]]}}'' and the Communist Party.<ref name="Prosjektbeskrivelse">{{Cite news |last1=Jenny Heggsvik |last2=Lars Borgersrud |author-link2=Lars Borgersrud |last3=August Rathke |last4=Egil Christophersen |last5=Ole-Jacob Abraham |title=Prosjektbeskrivelse for det historiske forskningsprosjektet SABORG I BERGEN |url=http://www.fagforbundet.no/file.php?id=11179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313131238/http://www.fagforbundet.no/file.php?id=11179 |archive-date=13 March 2017 |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> On 20 April 1944, during the German occupation, the Dutch cargo ship ''{{lang|nl|[[Voorbode]]}}'' anchored off the [[Bergenhus Fortress]], loaded with over 120 tons of explosives, and blew up, killing at least 150 people and damaging historic buildings. The city was subject to some Allied [[strategic bombing|bombing raids]], aimed at German naval installations in the harbour. Some of these caused Norwegian civilian casualties numbering about 100.

Bergen is also well known in Norway for the [[Isdal Woman]] ({{langx|no|Isdalskvinnen}}), an unidentified person who was found dead at Isdalen ("Ice Valley") on 29 November 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=21 November 2017 |title=The Isdalen Mystery |url=https://www.nrk.no/isdal/en/ |access-date=25 June 2019 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref> The unsolved case encouraged international speculation over the years and it remains one of the most profound mysteries in recent Norwegian history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Marit Higraff and Neil |date=25 June 2019 |title=Death in Ice Valley: New clues in a Norwegian mystery |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48736937 |access-date=25 June 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="BT">{{Cite news |last=Tønder |first=Finn Bjørn |date=26 November 2002 |title=Viktig nyhet om Isdalskvinnen |trans-title=Important news about Isdal Woman |url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Viktig-nyhet-om-Isdalskvinnen-2405382.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110140937/http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Viktig-nyhet-om-Isdalskvinnen-2405382.html |archive-date=10 November 2013 |access-date=21 October 2012 |work=Bergens Tidende |language=no}}</ref>

The rural municipalities of [[Arna, Bergen|Arna]], [[Fana, Bergen|Fana]], [[Laksevåg]], and [[Åsane]] were merged with Bergen on 1 January 1972. The city lost its status as a separate county on the same date,<ref name="styringssystembk">{{Cite web |last=Bergen Kommune |year=2007 |title=Styringssystemet i Bergen kommune |url=http://byfjellene.no/bystyre_/ekstern/Styringssystemet_korrektur_fra_kommuneforlaget.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227085411/http://byfjellene.no/bystyre_/ekstern/Styringssystemet_korrektur_fra_kommuneforlaget.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 |access-date=14 August 2007 |language=no}}</ref> and Bergen is now a [[list of municipalities of Norway|municipality]], in the county of [[Vestland]].