Territorial change of Vikings (Viking settlements)

“Vikings”(Viking settlements) — appears in this map’s data from AD 793 to 1332. Its territory was largest in AD 876 – 877, at ≈ 134 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 793 – 799	≈ 5,754 km²
AD 800 – 805	≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 806 – 813	≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 814 – 824	≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 825 – 839	≈ 25 thousand km²
AD 840 – 849	≈ 45 thousand km²
AD 850 – 859	≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 860 – 865	≈ 72 thousand km²
AD 866 – 869	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 870 – 874	≈ 120 thousand km²
AD 875 – 875	≈ 134 thousand km²
AD 876 – 877	≈ 134 thousand km²
AD 878 – 879	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 880 – 881	≈ 81 thousand km²
AD 882 – 885	≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 886 – 891	≈ 50 thousand km²
AD 892 – 910	≈ 48 thousand km²
AD 911 – 921	≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 922 – 925	≈ 86 thousand km²
AD 926 – 935	≈ 86 thousand km²
AD 936 – 946	≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 947 – 979	≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 980 – 999	≈ 25 thousand km²
AD 1000 – 1002	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1003 – 1017	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 1018 – 1027	≈ 47 thousand km²
AD 1028 – 1325	≈ 47 thousand km²
AD 1326 – 1332	≈ 396 km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 876 – 877 (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.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 793	≈ 5,754 km²	71 of 78
AD 800	≈ 14 thousand km²	62 of 77
AD 806	≈ 14 thousand km²	59 of 73
AD 814	≈ 15 thousand km²	62 of 76
AD 825	≈ 25 thousand km²	55 of 77
AD 830	≈ 25 thousand km²	54 of 77
AD 840	≈ 45 thousand km²	48 of 80
AD 850	≈ 70 thousand km²	46 of 86
AD 860	≈ 72 thousand km²	48 of 89
AD 866	≈ 83 thousand km²	48 of 95
AD 870	≈ 120 thousand km²	44 of 94
AD 875	≈ 134 thousand km²	41 of 97
AD 876	≈ 134 thousand km²	41 of 97
AD 878	≈ 82 thousand km²	48 of 100
AD 880	≈ 81 thousand km²	49 of 102
AD 882	≈ 62 thousand km²	51 of 101
AD 884	≈ 62 thousand km²	51 of 102
AD 886	≈ 50 thousand km²	56 of 104
AD 887	≈ 50 thousand km²	59 of 107
AD 888	≈ 50 thousand km²	62 of 108
AD 892	≈ 48 thousand km²	62 of 108
AD 896	≈ 48 thousand km²	59 of 109
AD 898	≈ 48 thousand km²	62 of 115
AD 899	≈ 48 thousand km²	63 of 117
AD 900	≈ 48 thousand km²	62 of 114
AD 911	≈ 56 thousand km²	68 of 123
AD 922	≈ 86 thousand km²	56 of 117
AD 926	≈ 86 thousand km²	53 of 112
AD 936	≈ 62 thousand km²	63 of 116
AD 947	≈ 28 thousand km²	81 of 117
AD 960	≈ 28 thousand km²	82 of 118
AD 961	≈ 28 thousand km²	82 of 119
AD 962	≈ 28 thousand km²	84 of 120
AD 970	≈ 28 thousand km²	81 of 115
AD 980	≈ 25 thousand km²	79 of 111
AD 990	≈ 25 thousand km²	85 of 126
AD 1000	≈ 35 thousand km²	78 of 126
AD 1003	≈ 36 thousand km²	75 of 125
AD 1010	≈ 36 thousand km²	75 of 130
AD 1015	≈ 36 thousand km²	76 of 141
AD 1018	≈ 47 thousand km²	63 of 138
AD 1028	≈ 47 thousand km²	64 of 130
AD 1034	≈ 47 thousand km²	62 of 129
AD 1040	≈ 47 thousand km²	62 of 136
AD 1046	≈ 47 thousand km²	62 of 136
AD 1056	≈ 47 thousand km²	75 of 146
AD 1066	≈ 47 thousand km²	74 of 138
AD 1072	≈ 47 thousand km²	78 of 138
AD 1085	≈ 47 thousand km²	77 of 137
AD 1094	≈ 47 thousand km²	78 of 135
AD 1099	≈ 47 thousand km²	79 of 139
AD 1111	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 140
AD 1126	≈ 47 thousand km²	82 of 138
AD 1139	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 140
AD 1147	≈ 47 thousand km²	82 of 148
AD 1152	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 140
AD 1169	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 137
AD 1177	≈ 47 thousand km²	79 of 136
AD 1188	≈ 47 thousand km²	78 of 134
AD 1192	≈ 47 thousand km²	80 of 132
AD 1202	≈ 47 thousand km²	78 of 135
AD 1206	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 149
AD 1210	≈ 47 thousand km²	80 of 146
AD 1216	≈ 47 thousand km²	81 of 143
AD 1220	≈ 47 thousand km²	83 of 143
AD 1227	≈ 47 thousand km²	82 of 139
AD 1236	≈ 47 thousand km²	74 of 137
AD 1241	≈ 47 thousand km²	66 of 130
AD 1250	≈ 47 thousand km²	59 of 118
AD 1260	≈ 47 thousand km²	57 of 123
AD 1270	≈ 47 thousand km²	57 of 123
AD 1272	≈ 47 thousand km²	55 of 121
AD 1279	≈ 47 thousand km²	53 of 122
AD 1285	≈ 47 thousand km²	56 of 128
AD 1294	≈ 47 thousand km²	66 of 145
AD 1305	≈ 47 thousand km²	67 of 152
AD 1314	≈ 47 thousand km²	67 of 151
AD 1326	≈ 396 km²	140 of 144

Its highest rank was in AD 876: number 97 of 41.

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).

Kingdom of Alba — 46 frames
Norway — 40 frames
Strathclyde — 32 frames
Obotrites — 29 frames
Norse settlement of North America — 24 frames
Dál Riata — 20 frames
Kingdom of England — 15 frames
West Francia — 14 frames
Kingdom of the Isles — 14 frames
Kingdom of the Isles — 9 frames
East Francia — 8 frames
Wessex — 8 frames
Mercia — 5 frames
Angevin Empire — 5 frames
Northumbria — 4 frames
Holy Roman Empire — 3 frames
Celtic Britons — 3 frames
Kingdom of Germany — 3 frames
Kingdom of Poland — 2 frames
Kingdom of Scotland — 2 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 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 922	gained	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 38 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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