Territorial change of Norway (Old Kingdom of Norway)

“Norway”(Old Kingdom of Norway) — appears in this map’s data from AD 866 to 1401. Its territory was largest in AD 1395 – 1401, at ≈ 520 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1395 – 1401 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1344: number 148 of 8.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Swedish Empire — 50 frames
• Kingdom of Alba — 46 frames
• Vikings — 40 frames
• Vendel Period — 28 frames
• Jämtland — 28 frames
• Dál Riata — 13 frames
• Norman Conquest — 9 frames
• Kingdom of the Isles — 9 frames
• Danish Realm — 8 frames
• Strathclyde — 7 frames
• Angevin Empire — 2 frames
• North Sea Empire — 2 frames
• Kingdom of England — 1 frames
• Kingdom of the Isles — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 7 by area.

Wikipedia summary

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

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