Norwegian royal and ecclesiastical centre with direct connections to the medieval Kingdom of Mann and the Isles.

The Chronicle of Mann and related Norwegian material repeatedly place Bergen within the political world to which the Manx kings belonged. In 1230 King Håkon IV gathered forces for an expedition to the western seas after conflict among the rulers of the Hebrides. Olave, King of Mann, was described as remaining loyal to Håkon while other western rulers opposed him.

The connection became especially clear in 1263. After reports of Scottish pressure in the Hebrides, Håkon ordered troops and provisions to assemble at Bergen. He arrived there in the spring, held a general council near the city at Baeka and prepared the fleet which sailed west against Scotland. Prince Magnus asked to command the expedition in Håkon's place, but the king replied that he was older and had greater knowledge of the western lands; Magnus was left with authority to govern Norway during his absence.

Mann was still part of the Norwegian sphere during that expedition. Håkon died in Orkney after the campaign, and his remains were subsequently carried back to Norway.

Bergen also appears in the ecclesiastical history of the Manx diocese. A note to the Chronicle records that the marriage of King Harald of Mann to Cecilia, the widow of Gregor Anderson, was celebrated at Bergen in 1248. Following the death of Bishop Simon, Laurence, Archdeacon of Mann, travelled to Norway after being elected bishop by the Manx chapter.

A later agreement concerning the Hebrides and Mann was negotiated at Bergen in 1423 and recorded in a document dated 1426, long after direct Norwegian rule over Mann had ended.