State · 872 – 1397
Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)
A state of 872 – 1397 — 525 years in Europe. It replaced Vingulmark, Land and Ringerike and 23 more. The atlas records 21 things within it — wars and battles 6 · people 15. Its line of rulers holds 11 people.
- Wikidata's English label: Kingdom of Norway.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 525 years
- 872 – 1397
- Rulers
- 11
- the King of Norway
- Most ground
- 516,700 km²
- in 1333
- Within it
- 21
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
872 · first mapped · 245,100 km²
1333 · at its largest · 516,700 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Vingulmark · replaces · 1000 – 1100
- Uplands · replaces
- Kingdom of Agder · replaces
- Kingdom of Telemark · replaces
- Kingdom of Voss · replaces
- Kingdom of Namdalen · replaces
- Kingdom of Nordmøre · replaces
- Ranrike · replaces · 700
- Hadeland · replaces
- Solør · replaces
- Kingdom of Hedmark · replaces
- Land · replaces · 700
- Kingdom of Rogaland · replaces
- Ringerike · replaces · 700
- Kingdom of Romsdal · replaces
- Kingdom of Vestfold · replaces
- Kingdom of Vestmar · replaces
- Kingdom of Sunnmøre · replaces
- Kingdom of Hordaland · replaces
- Kingdom of Sogn · replaces
- Kingdom of Gudbrandsdalen · replaces
- Orkdalen Kingdom · replaces
- Kingdom of Grenland · replaces
- Kingdom of Hardanger · replaces
- Kingdom of Toten · replaces
- Kingdom of Trøndelag · replaces
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harald Fairhair | 872 – 930 | 58 years | ending not on record | |
| Eric Bloodaxe | 931 – 933 | 2 years | ending not on record | child |
| Gunnhild | 931 – 933 | 2 years | ending not on record | spouse |
| Haakon the Good | 934 – 961 | 27 years | ending not on record | |
| Harald Greycloak | 961 – 970 | 9 years | ending not on record | nephew or niece |
| Harald Bluetooth | 970 – 985 | 15 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Olaf Haraldsson | 1015 – 1028 | 13 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Cnut the Great | 1028 – 1035 | 7 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Isabel Bruce | 1293 – 1299 | 6 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Magnus Eriksson | 1319 – 1355 | 36 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Margaret I of Denmark | 1387 – 1397 | 10 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | in-law |
11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 872 – 1397. Median reign 10 years. 4 of 10 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
245,100 km² in 872, 516,700 km² in 1397; at its largest 516,700 km² in 1372. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Norway · Public domain .svg/120px-Royal_Banner_of_Norway_(14th_Century).svg.png)
flag, undatedRoyal Banner of Norway (14th Century) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samhanin , Roede (tif file author)
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
800 – 8991 row · 1 wars and battles
- Battle of Hafrsfjord · battle · 872
900 – 99911 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Erik the Red · explorer · 950 – 1003
- Olaf Haraldsson · ruler · 995 – 1030
- Olaf Tryggvason · ruler · 960 – 1000
- Haakon the Good · ruler · 920 – 961
- Haakon Sigurdsson · ruler · 930 – 995
- Ohthere of Hålogaland · explorer · 900 – 901
- Battle of Hjörungavágr · battle · 984
- Thorir Hund · explorer · 990 – 1035
and 3 more in the atlas.
1000 – 10996 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Harald Hardrada · ruler · 1015 – 1066
- Sigurd the Crusader · commander · 1089 – 1130
- Magnus Barefoot · ruler · 1073 – 1103
- Battle of Stiklestad · battle · 1030
- Thorfinn the Mighty · person · 1009 – 1065
- Battle of Nesjar · battle · 1016
1100 – 11991 row · 1 wars and battles
- Battle of Fimreite · battle · 1184
1200 – 12991 row
- Haakon IV · person · 1204 – 1263
1300 – 13991 row
- Ingeborg of Norway · politician · 1301 – 1361
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood525 years
stood longer than 88% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held516,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 75% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 23 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 819 – 1450, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1333, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2196956 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.