State · 1905 – present
Norway
A state of 1905 – present — 121 years, still standing in Europe. The atlas records 58 things within it — wars and battles 33 · unrest and atrocity 3 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · treaties 1 · people 19. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 121 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 5
- the Monarch of Norway
- Most ground
- 459,500 km²
- in 1932
- Within it
- 58
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 4
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
The line of Monarch of Norway - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar II | 1872 – 1905 | 33 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Haakon VII | 1905 – 1957 | 52 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Olav V | 1957 – 1991 | 34 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Harald V | 1991 – 2026 | 35 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Haakon VIII | 2026 – in office | in office since 2026 | still in office | child |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1872 – 2026. Median reign 34.5 years. 1 of 4 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”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Norway, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Vidkun Quisling | lived 1887 – 1945 |
| Johannes Steen | 1898 – 1902 |
| Otto Blehr | 1902 – 1903 |
| Francis Hagerup | 1903 – 1905 |
| Christian Michelsen | 1905 – 1907 |
| Jørgen Løvland | 1907 – 1908 |
| Gunnar Knudsen | 1908 – 1910 |
| Wollert Konow | 1910 – 1912 |
| Jens Bratlie | 1912 – 1913 |
| Gunnar Knudsen | 1913 – 1920 |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | 1920 – 1921 |
| Otto Blehr | 1921 – 1923 |
| Abraham Berge | 1923 – 1924 |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | 1923 – 1923 |
| Johan Ludwig Mowinckel | 1924 – 1926 |
| Ivar Lykke | 1926 – 1928 |
| Christopher Hornsrud | 1928 – 1928 |
| Johan Ludwig Mowinckel | 1928 – 1931 |
| Peder Kolstad | 1931 – 1932 |
| Jens Hundseid | 1932 – 1933 |
| Johan Ludwig Mowinckel | 1933 – 1935 |
| Johan Nygaardsvold | 1935 – 1945 |
| Einar Gerhardsen | 1945 – 1951 |
| Oscar Torp | 1951 – 1955 |
| Einar Gerhardsen | 1955 – 1963 |
| Einar Gerhardsen | 1963 – 1965 |
| John Lyng | 1963 – 1963 |
| Per Borten | 1965 – 1971 |
| Trygve Bratteli | 1971 – 1972 |
| Lars Korvald | 1972 – 1973 |
| Trygve Bratteli | 1973 – 1976 |
| Odvar Nordli | 1976 – 1981 |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | 1981 – 1981 |
| Kåre Willoch | 1981 – 1986 |
| Svenn Stray | 1984 – 1984 |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | 1986 – 1989 |
| Jan P. Syse | 1989 – 1990 |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | 1990 – 1996 |
| Thorbjørn Jagland | 1996 – 1997 |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik | 1997 – 2000 |
| Anne Enger | 1998 – 1998 |
| Jens Stoltenberg | 2000 – 2001 |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik | 2001 – 2005 |
| Jens Stoltenberg | 2005 – 2013 |
| Erna Solberg | 2013 – 2021 |
| Jonas Gahr Støre | 2021 – … |
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.
344,100 km² in 1915, 417,900 km² in 2015; at its largest 459,500 km² in 1935. 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, undatedRoyal coat of arms of Norway · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedGreater royal coat of arms of Norway · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1285Coat of arms of Norway · Public domain 
flag, from 1821Flag of Norway · Public domain
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.
1900 – 199952 rows · 33 wars and battles
- Willy Brandt · politician · 1913 – 1992
- Roald Dahl · writer · 1916 – 1990
- Harald V · ruler · 1937 – present
- Jens Stoltenberg · politician · 1959 – present
- Gro Harlem Brundtland · scientist · 1939 – present
- Anders Behring Breivik · politician · 1979 – present
- Thor Heyerdahl · explorer · 1914 – 2002
- Erna Solberg · politician · 1961 – present
and 44 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20995 rows · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2011 Norway attacks · atrocity · 2011
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway · plague · 2020
- 2022 Oslo shooting · atrocity · 2022
- Kongsberg attack · atrocity · 2021
- 2020 Gjerdrum landslide · disaster · 2020
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 stood121 years
stood longer than 51% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held459,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 73% 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 median35 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 89% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 17 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, 1893 – 2038, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1932, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q20 (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.