List of possessions of Norway
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Current possessions
Integral overseas areas of Norway, although unincorporated:
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard, subject to the provisions of the Svalbard Treaty
These areas are grouped for some categorization purposes as Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Current dependencies of Norway are all in the southern polar region:
- Bouvet Island (Sub-Antarctic)
- Peter I Island (Antarctic)
- Queen Maud Land (Antarctic)
Former dependencies and national homeland
In the British Isles
- See also: Norse-Gael kingdoms
- Kingdom of York
- Kingdom of Dublin
- Kingdom of Mann and the Isles
- Earldom of Orkney, including Shetland
Home- and borderlands ceded to Sweden
- Jämtland (since the Second Treaty of Brömsebro)
- Härjedalen (since Second Treaty of Brömsebro)
- Idre & Särna (since the Second Treaty of Brömsebro)
- Bohuslän (since the Treaty of Roskilde)
Dependencies ceded to Denmark
The actual time for the ceding of the islands is somewhat disputed. Denmark claims it took place with the Union of Denmark and Norway in 1536, as the possessions of the Norwegian crown were claimed by the Danish king. Nevertheless, they were still referred to as "dependencies of Norway" in later official documents. Also the Treaty of Kiel states: "...and provinces, constituting the kingdom of Norway, [..], together with their dependencies (Greenland, the Faroe Isles, and Iceland, excepted); [...] shall belong in full and sovereign property to the King of Sweden,...", clearly indicating that they were until then regarded as a part of Norway.
Contested overseas possessions in the Arctic region
- Erik the Red's Land (Northeast coast of Greenland)
- Fridtjof Nansen Land (now part of Russia)
- Sverdrup Islands (now part of Canada)
See also
- Norse colonization of the Americas
- Danish colonial empire for Dano–Norwegian colonies
- Dependencies of Norway
- Administrative divisions of Norway
- Irredentism
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