Irgens Estate
The Irgens Estate (Norwegian: ''Irgensgodset''), which existed from 1666 and to c. 1675, was a private List of Norwegian estates, estate in Norway. History Establishment During King Frederick III of Denmark, Frederick III of Denmark and Norway's wars in the 1650s Joachim Irgens von Westervick, Joachim Irgens, later ennobled as ''von Westervick'', had provided the army with considerable amounts of deliveries. On 12 January 1666, as payment for this, the King gave Irgens all crown estate in Helgeland, Salten, Lofoten, Vesterålen, Andenes, Senja (island), Senja, and Troms. Thereby Irgens became the owner of big parts of Northern Norway minus Finnmark. It was and is the biggest single sale of land ever to happen in the Nordic countries. In addition to the estate in Norway, Irgens owned land in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the Eastern Indies. Bankruptcy and dissolution When Joachim Irgens von Westervick died in 1675, it was stated that he was bankrupt due to debt to private cr ...
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Norway Regions Nord-Norge Position
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency of Norway; it also Territorial claims in Antarctica, lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of List of countries and territories by land borders, . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlanti ...
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