A list of the historic capitals of Kingdom of Norway.

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Avaldsnes Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund. The village was an ancient ...

, 872 , 997 , rowspan="6" style="width:17em;", Kingdom of Norway (1) , Unified from the petty kingdoms of Norway to a single Kingdom of Norway, which had no clear or single capital. However, it's believed that Norway's oldest royal residence and seat of power was at the Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate. , - , Niðaróss , Nidaros , Trondheim (1) , 997 , 1016 , Founded by Olav Tryggvason. , - , Borg , , Sarpsborg , 1016 , 1028 , Founded by

St. Olaf Olaf II Haraldsson ( – 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf (and traditionally as St. Olave), was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously given the title ''Rex Perpet ...

in 1016. , - , Niðaróss , Nidaros , Trondheim (2) , 1028 , 1217 , The capital was moved to Bergen. , - , Konungahella , Konghelle , Kungahälla
, 1111 , style="width:6em;", 1150 c. , Sigurd the Crusader royal residence after his return from

Byzantium Byzantium () or Byzantion ( grc, Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name ''Byzantion'' and its Latinization ''Byzantium'' cont ...

. , - , Biorgvin , Bjørgvin , Bergen , 1217 , 1300? , The capital was moved to Oslo. , - , rowspan="3", Ósló , rowspan="3", Oslo , rowspan="3", Oslo (1) , rowspan="3", 1314 , rowspan="3", 1537 , colspan="1", Kingdom of Norway (1) , rowspan="3", The dean at St. Mary's Church became realm

chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

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Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union (Danish language, Danish, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and sv, Kalmarunionen; fi, Kalmarin unioni; la, Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden, that from 1397 to 1523 joined under ...

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København Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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, 1537 , 1814 , Kingdom of Denmark–Norway , The Norwegian Council of the Realm was abolished, and the national board of directors subject to the Danish Council of the Realm in Denmark. , - , rowspan="3", Christiania

Kristiania

Oslo
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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, and fully separate in 1905. , - , colspan="1" , colspan="1", United Kingdoms of Sweden-Norway , - , colspan="1" {{n/a, Ditto , colspan="1", Kingdom of Norway (3)

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