List of possessions of Norway
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This is a list of current and former territorial possessions of the Kingdom of Norway.
Current overseas territories
Integral areas of Norway which are unincorporated:
Svalbard (including Bear Island), in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1920.
Jan Mayen, in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1929.
Svalbard with Bear Island are subject to the provisions of the Svalbard Treaty. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are sometimes grouped together for some categorization purposes.
Current dependencies of Norway are all in the southern polar region:
Peter I Island, in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean, possession since 1929.
Bouvet Island, in the sub-Antarctic and South Atlantic Ocean, possession since 1930.
Queen Maud Land, in Antarctica, possession since 1939.
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Former dependencies and homelands
The so-called Greater Norway includes these entities:
Dependencies ceded to Scotland (1st phase)
Hebrides, colonized from 700s to 1100s, part of an earldom, crown dependencies from 1100s to 1266, ceded by the Treaty of Perth.
Man, colonized from 850s to 1152, part of an earldom, crown dependency from 1152 to 1266, ceded by the Treaty of Perth.
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