Norway
In the early Viking Age, there were several different petty kingdoms. Spurred by the unification of several of these kingdoms under Halfdan the Black, his son Harald Fairhair was able to unite them all in 872.
Some of the kingdoms:
- Agder
- Grenland
- Hadeland
- Hardanger
- Hedmark
- Hålogaland
- Land
- Namdalen
- Nordmøre
- Oppland
- Orkdal
- Rogaland
- Romsdal
- Sogn
- Solør
- Sunnmøre
- Telemark
- Toten
- Trøndelag
- Vestfold
- Vingulmark
- Voss
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