Hordaland (A World Without Norway)

Hordaland, officially named the Kingdom of Hordaland, is a small constitutional monarchy located on the southwest tip of Norway. Hordaland is bordered by Lade to the north, Sweden to the northeast, and Götaland to the east.

Hordaland is unique as it is the oldest of the Scandinavian kingdoms, established sometime in either the late seventh or early eighth centuries, when a prince named Halfdan the Mild from what is now Viken lead a group of refugees to what is now Hordaland. Halfdan would declare himself to be King of the new country. Attempts were made to expand the country's borders, most famously under King Harald Fairhair, but Hordaland has remained relatively small in size.

The current reigning monarch of Hordaland is Queen Ingebjørg II, the country's third Queen regnant. Ingebjørg is a member of the House of Olafson, the current ruling family.