// Middle Ages
Old Kingdom of Norway
- Period
- AD 866 – AD 1401
- Duration
- approx. 535 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1344
- Area (max.)
- approx. 517,000 km²
Period and duration
Old Kingdom of Norway — according to the map data from AD 866 to AD 1401, roughly 535 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Old Kingdom of Norway — greatest extent around AD 1344: the mapped borders then cover about 517,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 865)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1344
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1344 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Old Kingdom of Norway on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.