Unification of Norway
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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.[1]
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872 860s–1020s: Successive territorial expansion | |||||||||
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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