List of possessions of Norway explained

This is a list of current and former territorial possessions of the Kingdom of Norway.

Current overseas territories

Integral areas of Norway which are unincorporated:

Svalbard with Bear Island are subject to the provisions of the Svalbard Treaty. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are sometimes grouped together for some categorization purposes.Current dependencies of Norway are all in the southern polar region:

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Former dependencies and homelands

See also: Kingdom of Norway (872–1397).

The so-called Greater Norway[1] includes these entities:

Dependencies ceded to Scotland (1st phase)

Vassals

National homelands ceded to Sweden (2nd phase)

Early entity

Dependencies ceded to Denmark (3rd phase)

The actual time of cession of the islands is somewhat disputed. Some claim it took place with the Union of Denmark and Norway in 1536/37, as the possessions of the Norwegian crown were claimed by the Oldenburg king. Nevertheless, they were still referred to as "dependencies of Norway" in later official documents. Also the Treaty of Kiel states: "...and provinces, constituting the kingdom of Norway, [..], together with their dependencies (Greenland, the Faroe Isles, and Iceland, excepted); [...] shall belong in full and sovereign property to the King of Sweden,...", clearly indicating that they were until 1814 regarded as a part of Norway.[3]

Eastern Greenland Case

Briefly-ruled areas

Welsh homeland

Danish homelands

Suzerainties – Dublin and Mann

Former territorial claims

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Scotland Back in the Day: Young Margaret, the first Queen of Scotland. The National. 4 October 2016 . 3 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Norgesveldet under lupen - Gemini.no. 22 June 2015. Gemini.no. 3 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Scotland Back in the Day: How Scotland ended its enmity with Norway. The National. 30 August 2016 . 3 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Bohuslän. 11 April 2017. Snl.no. 3 October 2017. Store norske leksikon.
  6. Web site: Idre. 28 September 2014. Snl.no. 3 October 2017. Store norske leksikon.
  7. Web site: Jämtlands historie. Helge. Salvesen. Erik. Opsahl. 30 May 2017. Snl.no. 3 October 2017. Store norske leksikon.
  8. Web site: Härjedalens historie. 20 June 2017. Snl.no. 3 October 2017. Store norske leksikon.
  9. http://blog.svd.se/historia/2012/09/22/nar-blev-varmland-en-del-av-det-svenska-riket/ "När blev Värmland en del av det svenska riket?" by Dick Harrison, Professor of history at the University of Lund
  10. Book: Smilely, Jane. The Sagas of the Icelanders. 24 February 2005. Penguin UK. 9780141933269. 3 October 2017. Google Books.
  11. Web site: Haralds saga hins hárfagra – heimskringla.no. heimskringla.no. 3 October 2017.
  12. Web site: Legal Status of Eastern Greenland, Denmark v. Norway, Judgment, 5 September 1933, Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). Worldcourts.com. 3 October 2017.
  13. Book: The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. 1844. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 3 October 2017. Internet Archive.
  14. Web site: Tillbaka till tiden då Halland var ett land. Hn.se. 16 January 2015 . 3 October 2017.
  15. Web site: Skandinaviens historia under konungarne of Folkunga-Ätten. Per A.. Granberg. 3 October 2017. Elmén och Granberg. 3 October 2017. Google Books.
  16. https://books.google.com/books?id=Adp0AQAAQBAJ Somerled: Hammer of the Norse
  17. Web site: BBC – History : British History Timeline. Bbc.co.uk. 3 October 2017.
  18. Web site: Invasion of England, 1066. Eyewitnesstohistory.com. 3 October 2017.
  19. Odd Gunnar Skagestad. Norsk Polar Politikk: Hovedtrekk og Utvikslingslinier, 1905–1974. Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1975
  20. Thorleif Tobias Thorleifsson. Bi-polar international diplomacy: The Sverdrup Islands question, 1902–1930. Master of Arts Thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2004.
  21. Barr (1995): 96
  22. Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole. Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd., 1988, p. 629.
  23. Web site: The Cold War that Wasn't: Norway Annexes Greenland. Frank. Jacobs. Bigthink.com. 4 March 2015 . 3 October 2017.
  24. Book: Kurt D. Singer . 1943 . Duel for the northland: the war of enemy agents in Scandinavia . R. M. McBride & company . 200 . 2020-12-11.
  25. Book: Norge i krig: Frigjøring . Skodvin, M.. 1990. Aschehoug. 9788203114236. 2015-04-03.
  26. News: . Norway's Nazi collaborators sought Russia colonies . . . 9 April 2010 . 4 March 2017 .
  27. Dahl (1999), p. 296
  28. Hans Fredrik Dahl (1999). Quisling: a study in treachery. Cambridge University Press, p. 343 https://books.google.com/books?id=GaR-7WVcVjgC&dq=quisling+bjarmeland&pg=PA296
  29. Web site: Medieval Iceland: The Rise and Fall of the Commonwealth AD 870–1264. nicolejwallace.freeservers.com. 3 October 2017.