Atlas of Norway

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Norway

	Norge / Noreg

Norsk (Bokmål)	Norge - Kongeriket Norge Kongeriket Norge er et skandinavisk land vest på den skandinaviske halvøy. Til lands grenser Norge mot Sverige, Finland og Russland i øst. Landet er langt og smalt, og kysten strekker seg langs Nordatlanteren med havområder som Skagerrak, Nordsjøen, Norskehavet og Barentshavet, hvor også Norges kjente fjorder befinner seg. Øya Jan Mayen i nordvest er administrert som en del av hovedlandet og grenser til havs mot islandsk farvann. Øygruppen Svalbard er under norsk suverenitet med de begrensninger Svalbardtraktaten setter, men er i likhet med Jan Mayen en del av kongeriket. Bouvetøya i Sydatlanteren er derimot et norsk biland. Norge gjør også krav på Peter 1.s øy i det sørlige Stillehavet og territoriet Dronning Maud Land i Antarktis, men begge disse omfattes av Antarktis-traktaten, som legger territoriale krav i Antarktis på is. På grunn av uenighet om delelinjen mellom norsk og russisk territorialfarvann i Barentshavet, finnes det et område som inntil videre blir administrert av begge statene, det såkalte omstridte området.
Norsk (Nynorsk)	Noreg - Kongeriket Noreg Kongeriket Noreg er eit nordisk land vest på den skandinaviske halvøya. Til lands grenser Noreg mot Sverige i aust, Finland og Russland i nordaust, og til havs mot Danmark i sør og Storbritannia i sørvest. Noreg er langt og smalt, og kysten strekkjer seg langsmed Nordatlanteren med havområda Skagerrak, Nordsjøen, Norskehavet og Barentshavet. Den arktiske øygruppa Svalbard er under norsk suverenitet med dei avgrensingane som gjeld i Svalbardtraktaten, men Svalbard er til liks med øya Jan Mayen ein del av kongeriket. Bouvetøya i Søratlanteren er derimot eit norsk biland. Noreg gjer òg krav på Peter 1.s øy i det sørlege Stillehavet og territoriet Dronning Maud Land i Antarktis, men begge desse er omfatta av Antarktistraktaten som legg territoriale krav i Antarktis på is.
Sámegiella	Norga - Norga gonagasriika Norga gonagasriika lea riika Eurohpas. Norgga oaivegávpot lea Oslo. Norggas lea oktasaš eanarádji Ruoŧain, Suomain ja Ruošain ja mearrarádji Dánmárkkuin ja Ovttastuvvan gonagasriikkain.
English	Norway - Kingdom of Norway The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, located in Europe, and bordering ► Sweden, ► Finland and ► Russia. Norway has a very elongated shape; the country's extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean is home to its famous fjords. The Kingdom of Norway also includes the Arctic island territories of ► Svalbard and ► Jan Mayen. The Norwegian sovereignty on Svalbard is based on the Svalbard Treaty, but this does not apply to Jan Mayen. ► Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and a claim for Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are also external dependencies, but these are not part of the Kingdom. Norway also claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica where it has established the Troll permanent research station. To the west of Norway are located ► Iceland and the ► Faroe Islands.

Short name	Norway
Official name	Kingdom of Norway
Status	Independent country since 1905
Location	North Europe
Capital	Oslo
Population	4,760,000 inhabitants
Area	385,155 km²
Languages	Norwegian (bokmål and nynorsk)(official), Sami
Religions	Protestantism
More information	Norway, Geography of Norway, History of Norway and Politics of Norway
More images	Norway - Norway (Category).

General maps

Map of Norway

Same map in Norwegian

A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties")

Counties of Norway, with administrative "county numbers". Please note that there is no county no. 13. Previously Bergen was a separate county (no. 13), but has since been incorporated into Hordaland without this affecting the numbers of the other counties. Svalbard is not a county but a territory under Norwegian sovereignty.

Municipalities of Norway

Regions

Nord-Norge
Sørlandet
Trøndelag
Vestlandet
Østlandet

Counties

Location of Akershus
Location of Aust-Agder
Location of Buskerud
Location of Finnmark
Location of Hedmark
Location of Hordaland
Location of Møre og Romsdal
Location of Nord-Trøndelag
Location of Nordland
Location of Oppland
Location of Oslo
Location of Rogaland
Location of Sogn og Fjordane
Location of Sør-Trøndelag
Location of Telemark
Location of Troms
Location of Vest-Agder
Location of Vestfold
Location of Østfold

Location of Akershus
Location of Aust-Agder
Location of Buskerud
Location of Finnmark
Location of Hedmark
Location of Hordaland
Location of Møre og Romsdal
Location of Nordland
Location of Nord-Trøndelag
Location of Oppland
Location of Oslo
Location of Rogaland
Location of Sogn og Fjordane
Location of Sør-Trøndelag
Location of Telemark
Location of Troms
Location of Vest-Agder
Location of Vestfold
Location of Østfold

Akershus municipalities
Aust-Agder municipalities
Buskerud municipalities
Finnmark municipalities
Hordaland municipalities
Jamtland municipalities
More og Romsdal municipalities
Nordland municipalities
Nord-Trondelag municipalities
Oppland municipalities
Ostfold municipalities
Rogaland municipalities
Vest-Agder municipalities
Vestfold municipalities

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Norway, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Norway.

A map of the area covered by the Pre-Roman Iron Age, 4th century BC - 1st century BC

Voyages of the Vikings 795-1000

Norway under the Vikings (in German)

Map showing Scandinavian settlement in the eighth (dark red), ninth (red), tenth (orange) and eleventh (yellow) centuries. Areas denoted in green are those affected by frequent viking incursions but with little or no Scandinavian settlement.

Norwegian petty kingdoms ca. 820 at the death of Gudrød the Hunter. The most important kingdoms were Vestfold (red), Hålogaland (purple), Alvheim (yellow) and Agder (green).

Petty kingdoms ca. 860 at the death of Halfdan the Black. In red is the kingdom inherited by Harald Fairhair.

The kingdom of Harald Fairhair ca 860

Petty kingdoms ca. 872 (the unified kingdom shown in red) before the defining Battle of Hafrsfjord

King Harald I's division of the kingdom ca. 930. The yellow areas are petty kingdoms, the purple is the domain of the earls of Lade, orange is the domain the earls of Møre

The division of the kingdom after the Battle of Svolder (1000) between Sweden (yellow), Denmark (red) and the earl of Lade (purple).

Unified Norway during the reign of Saint Olav ca. 1020. In pale red the Finnmarken ("Marches#Norway of the Sami") most of which paid tribute to the kings of Norway.

Scandinavia in 1219. The realms of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Sword Brethren. In yellow, the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Ösel) claimed by Denmark (conquered by the Sword Brethren in 1227) and the territories conquered by Denmark in northern Germany.

The Kalmar Union 16th Century

Denmark-Norway in 1646 (Treaty of Brömsebro)

Denmark-Norway in 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde)

Denmark-Norway in 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde)

Denmark-Norway 1780

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Norway 1570

Denmark-Norway 1595

Norway 1599

Norway 1662

Norway 1688

Norway 1720

Norway 1720

Norway and Sweden 1888

Other maps

Temperature map

Major roads, 2002

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Satellite map

Notes and references

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