Norway

The Kingdom of Norway (Kongeriket Norge (Norwegian, pronounced "kunga-reekut norga"), Norgga gonigasriika (Northern Saami), Norjan kuningaskunta (Finnish)) is, of course, a country in Northern Europe, whose capital is Oslo. Norway is well known for fish and oil exports, as well as medieval Vikings, and it is also heavily implied that Norway is the main setting of the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. For those who didn't look closely, COAD is canonically not set in a fictional area. The books are said by Michelle Paver to take place in prehistoric Europe, and according to maps, Wolf Brother is set on a large landmass with a west coast that spans up to the Arctic Circle, with mountains to the east. The only place in Europe that has all of these features is Norway, ruling everything out. Michelle Paver also visited Norway among several other places for inspiration, and the Seal Islands, despite geographically matching up with the Shetland Islands northeast of Scotland, were based in the Norwegian Lofoten Islands. Trondheim Fjord is a large "lake" in Norway, perhaps the remains of the "fictional" Lake Axehead.
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