Enige og tro til Dovre faller (Norwegian) ("United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble") | |||||
| Anthem | "Med Hjerte og med Hand
("With Heart and with Hand")" | ||||
| Capital | Stavanger | ||||
| Largest city | Oslo | ||||
| Other cities | Bergen, Trondheim, Kristiansand, Arendal, Kragerø, Narvik | ||||
| Language official |
Norwegian, Icelandic (In Iceland) | ||||
| others | Faroese, Sami | ||||
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||
| Legislature | Storting | ||||
| King | Eirik IV | ||||
| Royal house: | Hanover-Augustenburg (Messer) | ||||
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg (H) | ||||
| Area | est. 239,500 km² | ||||
| Population | 94, 527, 36 (2020 estimate) | ||||
| GDP Total: |
$979.94 billion | ||||
| per capita | $103, 667 | ||||
| Independence | from Denmark | ||||
| declared | 15 December 1599 | ||||
| Currency | Arendian Krone (ARK) | ||||
| Time Zone | UTC+1 | ||||
| summer | UTC+2 | ||||
| Driving Side | right | ||||
| Calling Code | +47 | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ar | ||||
| Organizations | Nordic Union, European Union, NATO | ||||
History[]
Classical age
At the end of the last ice age around 12,000 BC, the Norwegian coastline began to rise. The first immigrants arrived in Norway during this period because the Norwegian coast provided good conditions for seal hunting, fishing and hunting.
Viking Age (793-1066)
The Viking Age was a transitional period between ancient Europe and the Middle Ages. From 790 AD the northern Germans began to expand until the descendants of the Danes conquered England in 1066 AD. The Vikings are well-known navigators. They have established colonies in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. They lived in Newfoundland, America from time to time at the end of the 10th century. They were not only pirates, they also traded at the same time, and even settled on the coasts and rivers of Europe. It is recorded that they conquered North Africa as mercenaries in the Byzantine Empire in 839 AD.
Their colonies spread all over Europe, including Denmark in England, Kievan Rus, Normandy in France, and so on. It was only at the end of the Viking Age that independent nations and kings appeared in Northern Europe, and Christianity was also accepted and the Middle Ages began. It wasn't until European countries were powerful and capable of resisting Viking pirates that the Vikings gradually began to die out.
Kalmar Union (1397-1523)
The Kalmar Union is an alliance of Scandinavian nations formed by Denmark, Sweden, and Norway from the end of the 14th century to the beginning of the 16th century.
In 1380, Margaret I made her grandson Eric of Pomerania the king of Norway. The former Norwegian territories of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands have since come under Danish rule. In the early days of the alliance, Margaret I’s gentle approach made the Danish royal family embraced by the nobles of various countries, but later the Danish royal family continued to try to control the internal affairs of Norway and Sweden, which led to the alliance’s separation from Germany. From the 14th to the 16th centuries, Denmark fought a series of wars in order to break the Hanseatic League's domination of Baltic trade activities. Christian I of the Oldenburg dynasty of Denmark obtained the rule of Schleswig and Holstein in the German region.
At the end of the 15th century, conflicts between the Danish royal family and the Swedish nobility intensified, and conflicts against the alliance continued to erupt. In 1520, Christian II led an army to capture Stockholm, the capital of Sweden controlled by the Swedish opposition nobles, and killed a large number of Swedish nobles who participated in the uprising. In 1521, the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa re-recruited an army against Denmark in Dalarna Province. In 1523, Gustav Vasa invaded Stockholm with the help of the Hanseatic League. The Danish army was defeated and Sweden regained its independence.
Independence and Wars with Denmark (1599-1812)
After Sweden regained its independence, the Kalmar Union had collapsed, but Denmark and Norway still maintained their union states. In 1534, Norway was abolished from the status of the kingdom and reduced to a Danish province.
However, in the 1550s, Calvinism was introduced to southern Norway, where powerful people including nobles, merchants, and workshop owners used this as a bond, and gradually made up their determination to fight for independence by force. In 1599, the local nobleman Nikelsen launched an uprising in Arendal and announced the establishment of the Republic of Arendelle. After months of fighting, Denmark was repulsed and forced to recognize the independence of the Republic as a political entity.
In 1610, Denmark once again sent troops to Arendelle and conquered the coastal areas of Agder and Rogaland, but it was never able to invade the interior or conquer Bergen. The Arendian Army, which retreated inland, launched a guerrilla war, and insisted on Sweden to intervene, compressing the Danish army back into several coastal cities. In 1611, Denmark was forced to make peace with Arendelle. At Christmas that year, Karl Messer, an outstanding general was elected as the first king of Arendelle. The country began the era of monarchy.
Norway defeated Denmark time and time again in the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries, gradually regained its territory and established its national and military advantages over Denmark.
In 1644, Norway and Sweden defeated Denmark together in the Thirty Years’ War, taking back Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane Telemark, Buskerud, and Vestfold.
In 1700, Russia, Denmark, and Poland allied to fight against Sweden and Arendelle, and the Great Northern War began. In 1701, Arendelle defeated the Danish navy at the Battle of Grenen and besieged Copenhagen for the first time, forcing Denmark to cede Akershus, Ostfold and Hedmark.
In 1709, Karl XII's army was defeated by Peter I in Poltava, Ukraine, and fled to the Ottoman Empire. Russia began to replace Sweden as an emerging power.
Sweden was defeated in 1721 and lost its status as a Baltic territories and its military power. Arendelle had previously made peace with Denmark alone. After seeing the decline of Sweden, Arendelle immediately switched to the United Kingdom, trying to act as the British agent in Northern Europe.
In 1722, Arendelle and Denmark fought for the ownership of Greenland. The history of this war was called the "Seven Weeks War". The casualties were small. The successful recapture of Greenland greatly boosted Norwegian morale.
Over the next three decades, Arendelle took advantage of its geographical advantages to vigorously develop industry and commerce, monopolizing the Baltic trade, and exporting manufactured products to the rest of the world for profits made the country have the financial resources to arm a well-equipped armed forces.
In 1760, Denmark declared war on Arendelle under the pretext of Stavanger inciting the Norwegian rebellion under Danish rule. As a result, the fleet was wiped out in the Battle of Arendal, and the Akershus Plain was soon seized. In 1762, Denmark ceded the remaining Norway (excluding Troms and Finnmark, which ceded to Sweden) and the Faroe Islands to Arendelle.
During the Napoleonic Wars, the Arendian Navy cooperated with the Royal Navy to attack Copenhagen twice, seizing the Danish fleet, and retaking Iceland in 1812, sending ground troops to conquer the entire territory of Denmark and capturing King Frederick VII of Denmark. The Danish-Arendian War, which lasted for 213 years, ended with Arendelle's total victory. Since then, Denmark had no ability and willingness to adopt a hostile policy towards Arendelle.
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The Royal Arendian Defense Force (Kongelig Forsvaret) is one of the strongest Armed Force in EU, not only Nordic proper.
Royal Army (Kongelig Haeren) is consisted with four combined Brigades, one Special Operations Command and one Mission Support Command. Inventories including 242 Leopard 2A5/A6 MBTs, 410 CV9035 IFVs, 72 PzH 2000 SPH, 24 M777 towed howitzers, 36 LFKS SPAAGs, 24 MLRS/HIMARS, 40 AH-64D/E attack helicopters and so on.
Royal Air Force (Kongelig Luftforsvaret) is consisted with three Fighter Wings, three Support Wings, one Training Wing, one Special Operations Wing and one Air Defense Command. Inventories including 55 F-22B Strike Raptors, 72 F-16E/Fs, 12 EF-16Gs, 40 JAS 39C/Ds (served as Aggressors, Trainers and Aerobatics), 6 KC-30s, 5 E-7ARs, 6 P-8ARs, 6 C-17Bs, 10 A400Ms and so on.