Unification of Norway
The Unification of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: Rikssamlingen) is the process by which Norway merged from several petty kingdoms into a single kingdom, predecessor to the modern Kingdom of Norway.
Unification of Norway | |||||||||
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| 872 860s–1020s: Successive territorial expansion | |||||||||
Unification process of the petty kingdoms, about 872. | |||||||||
| Capital | Ǫgvaldsnes | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Norse | ||||||||
| Religion | Norse paganism | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdoms unification | ||||||||
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• Before 872 | petty kings and earls | ||||||||
• From 872 | Harald Fairhair | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
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| 872 | |||||||||
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