Kingdom of Norway

Kingdom of Norway is a state in Scandinavia and the Baltic (Europe) that has existed since 1905 CE. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Independent since 1905 under King Haakon VII and occupied by Germany from 1940 to 1945. North Sea oil, found in 1969, made it one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

See Kingdom of Norway on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1905 CE to the present

Duration

120 years

Type

State

Region

Scandinavia and the Baltic, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Oslo

Came from

• Union of Sweden and Norway 1814 to 1905 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 1914 First World War begins
• 1917 Russian Revolution
• 1939 Second World War begins
• 1957 Treaty of Rome
• 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
• 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Neighbours in Europe

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• German Empire 1871 to 1918 CE
• Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945 CE
• Kingdom of Portugal 1139 to 1910 CE
• Kingdom of Bohemia 1198 to 1918 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia

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