Territorial change of Norway (Kingdom of Norway)

“Norway”(Kingdom of Norway) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1814 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1932 – 1935, at ≈ 463 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1814 – 1814≈ 346 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1921≈ 346 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1925≈ 347 thousand km²
AD 1926 – 1931≈ 421 thousand km²
AD 1932 – 1935≈ 463 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1940≈ 420 thousand km²
AD 1941 – 1944≈ 372 km²
AD 1945 – 2023≈ 421 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 421 thousand km²
AD 1814AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1932 – 1935 (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.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1814≈ 346 thousand km²30 of 142
AD 1905≈ 346 thousand km²39 of 83
AD 1908≈ 346 thousand km²39 of 79
AD 1911≈ 346 thousand km²39 of 76
AD 1912≈ 346 thousand km²39 of 77
AD 1913≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 78
AD 1914≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 76
AD 1915≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 75
AD 1916≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 71
AD 1917≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 71
AD 1918≈ 346 thousand km²40 of 80
AD 1919≈ 346 thousand km²40 of 88
AD 1920≈ 346 thousand km²38 of 84
AD 1922≈ 347 thousand km²40 of 87
AD 1924≈ 347 thousand km²40 of 86
AD 1926≈ 421 thousand km²38 of 84
AD 1927≈ 421 thousand km²38 of 84
AD 1928≈ 421 thousand km²38 of 85
AD 1929≈ 421 thousand km²38 of 85
AD 1930≈ 421 thousand km²39 of 86
AD 1932≈ 463 thousand km²39 of 88
AD 1936≈ 420 thousand km²41 of 89
AD 1938≈ 420 thousand km²42 of 88
AD 1939≈ 420 thousand km²42 of 86
AD 1940≈ 420 thousand km²42 of 77
AD 1941≈ 372 km²73 of 74
AD 1942≈ 372 km²74 of 75
AD 1943≈ 372 km²72 of 73
AD 1944≈ 372 km²71 of 73
AD 1945≈ 421 thousand km²38 of 76
AD 1946≈ 421 thousand km²40 of 83
AD 1947≈ 421 thousand km²43 of 92
AD 1948≈ 421 thousand km²43 of 96
AD 1949≈ 421 thousand km²43 of 96
AD 1950≈ 421 thousand km²42 of 94
AD 1953≈ 421 thousand km²42 of 97
AD 1956≈ 421 thousand km²42 of 103
AD 1958≈ 421 thousand km²41 of 101
AD 1960≈ 421 thousand km²45 of 107
AD 1961≈ 421 thousand km²50 of 122
AD 1962≈ 421 thousand km²50 of 122
AD 1963≈ 421 thousand km²51 of 129
AD 1967≈ 421 thousand km²53 of 140
AD 1969≈ 421 thousand km²52 of 145
AD 1973≈ 421 thousand km²52 of 152
AD 1974≈ 421 thousand km²52 of 152
AD 1976≈ 421 thousand km²53 of 157
AD 1979≈ 421 thousand km²53 of 161
AD 1983≈ 421 thousand km²53 of 162
AD 1987≈ 421 thousand km²53 of 164
AD 1990≈ 421 thousand km²55 of 164
AD 1991≈ 421 thousand km²55 of 164
AD 1992≈ 421 thousand km²58 of 185
AD 1996≈ 421 thousand km²58 of 186
AD 2000≈ 421 thousand km²58 of 188
AD 2006≈ 421 thousand km²57 of 187
AD 2008≈ 421 thousand km²57 of 187
AD 2011≈ 421 thousand km²57 of 187
AD 2014≈ 421 thousand km²59 of 191
AD 2022≈ 421 thousand km²59 of 191
AD 2024≈ 421 thousand km²58 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1814: number 142 of 30.

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).

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 2 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1945gainedNazi Germany≈ 336 thousand km²
AD 1936lostGreenland≈ 41 thousand km²

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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