Obsolete by the time of the German invasion, both Eidsvold class ships were sunk during the first Battle of Narvik.
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Sinking the outdated Norwegian coastal defence ships Norge and Eidsvold with great loss of life and bluffing the Norwegian land forces into surrender.
The Evertsen class or Kortenaer class was a class of coastal defense ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Fredrik Melius Christiansen, the son of a Norwegian factory worker, was born in Eidsvold, municipality in Akershus county, Norway and emigrated to the United States at the age of 17.
Eidsvold was named after the Norwegian town of Eidsvoll, where the Norwegian declaration of freedom was signed in 1814.