Monarchy of Norway
Before the unification in 872 A.D, Norway was made up of 22 small kingdoms.
They merged into larger kingdoms by the different kings (chiefs); Harald Gullskjegg, Gandalv Alvgerisson, Kjøte den rike. Vigbrand fra Agder, Vikar Haraldsson, Øystein Halvdansson in addition to Halvdan Svarte. Harald Fairhair (Harald den Hårfagre) the son of Halfdan the Black (Halvdan Svarte) unified Norway once and for all into one kingdom at the battle of Hafrsfjord. Where he fought against the five remaining Kings in the west of the country (Vestlandet).
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King Harald receives Norway out of his father's hands in this illustration from the 14th-century Flateyjarbók.
Mainland Norway during the reign of Saint Olav c. 1020 AD. The Finnmarken ("Marches of the Sami"), most of which paid tribute to the kings of Norway, are shown in pink.
Frederik 3. King of Denmark and Norway
The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
Royal Standard of Norway during the Union with Sweden
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte [a.k.a. King Charles XIV John], Marshal of France, King of Sweden (1818). Joseph Nicolas Jouy, after François Kinson. As Crown Prince, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was primarily responsible for establishing the union.
King Haakon VII early during his reign.
Royal Standard of Norway since 1905
Main façade of the Royal Palace in Oslo
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