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The **Kingdom of Norway** is one of the 42 factions of the Medieval Conquest. It was located of the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, border with Sweden. Norway was ruled by King Hákon Hákonarson while the claimant is King Haldor. The capital of the Kingdom of Norway is Niðarós.

At the start of the game, the Kingdom of Norway is at peace, however it soon be at war with Scotland, and soon in the near future, the Kingdom of Norway declared war with the possibilities of either Ireland, Norway's fellow Scandinavian nations of Sweden and Scotland, the Baltic tribes and other Muslim factions.

## History

Also known as the **Old Kingdom of Norway** and the **Norwegian Realm**, it refer to the Kingdom of Norway's peak of power at the 13th century after a long period of civil war before 1240. At the peak of Norwegian expansion before the civil war (1130–1240), Sigurd I led the Norwegian Crusade (1107–1110). The crusaders won battles in Lisbon and the Balearic Islands. In the Siege of Sidon they fought alongside Baldwin I and Ordelafo Faliero, and the siege resulted in an expansion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

In the first decades of the civil wars, alliances shifted and centered on the person of a king or pretender. However, towards the end of the 12th century, two rival parties, the Birkebeiner and the Bagler, emerged. In their competition for power, the legitimacy dimension retained its symbolic power, but it was bent to accommodate the parties' pragmatic selection of effective leaders to realize their political aspirations. When they reconciled in 1217, a more ordered and codified governmental system gradually freed Norway from wars to overthrow the lawful monarch. In 1239, Duke Skule Bårdsson became the third pretender to wage war against King Hákon Hákonarson, but he was defeated in 1240, bringing more than 100 years of civil wars to an end.

By 1256, Hakon made peace with the Scottish King Alexander III, however that peace won't last very long until months later of the following year. Throughout the year 1257 and beyond until Hakon's death, Norway had been at war with Scotland.

## Rulers

Initial ruler

Claimant

## Vassals

File:MagnusHakonarson.jpg | Duke Knutr Hákonarson
File:KnutrHakonarson.jpg | Count Lendmann Gautr Jonsson
File:OgmundrKraekidanz.jpg | Count Bryniolfr Jonsson
File:BryniolfrJonsson.jpg | Count Loþinn Gunnason
File:GunnarrKonungfraendi.jpg | Count Jon Drottning
File:JonDrottning.jpg | Count Gizurr Þorvaldsson
File:MunanByskupsson.jpg | Baron Sigurdr Byskupsson
File:SigurdrByskupsson.jpg | Baron Bardr I Hesbae
File:ArnbiornPoki.jpg | Baron Aslakr Guss
File:AslakrGuss.jpg | Baron Biarni Moysson

## Tactics

*This list is **incomplete**; help us expand it.*
*See also: Kingdom of Norway Tactics*
### Strengths

* Very strong heavy cavalry and noble troops.
* Archers and Crossbowmen had a offensive capabilities with one-handed weapons with a shield.
* Archery troops us

### Weaknesses

* Archers and Crossbowmen are very susceptible to cavalry and infantry in field and siege battles.

## Territories

The territory of the Kingdom of Norway contains the following towns, castles, and villages:

Note that over the course of the game, other kingdoms may besiege and take over these lands, and the Kingdom of Norway may gain more. However, these places are that you can recruit Scandinavian. There are Scandinavian recruits in Scandinavian villages, and also mercenaries in taverns.

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## Notes

1. ↑ If the Player joined while the faction have got into a civil war.
2. ↑ if the Player joined Haldor while the faction haven't got into a civil war.

## Trivia

* The Kingdom of Norway was the only medieval Scandinavian realm whose kingship was hereditary, not elective.
* At the start of every new game, Norway had a random generated that almost that Norway started as a peaceful nation. There's also be starting declaring