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Call us on 138 747 (AU), 0800 447 913 (NZ), contact your local Viking travel agent or visit viking.com | 9 Queen Margaret I of Denmark. In 1523, Sweden lef t the union under King Gustav Vasa, and in the af termath, civil war broke out in Denmark and Nor way. Af ter the Protestant Reformation, Denmark and Nor way entered into a union that lasted until 1814. Nor way was ceded to the king of Sweden, while its overseas possessions were retained by Denmark. Af ter widespread resistance, the crown prince of Nor way, Christian Frederick, called a constituent assembly that drew up a liberal constitution and elected him to the throne, but following a Swedish invasion, Nor way was forced into a union with Sweden. The Stor ting dissolved the union between Sweden and Nor way in 1905, af ter which the Nor wegians elected Prince Carl of Denmark as king of Nor way. German troops invaded Nor way on April 9, 1940, and during the remainder of World War II, around 50,000 Nor wegians fled to Sweden, which preser ved an armed neutrality during both world wars. Af ter the war, the countr y needed to be rebuilt, and Nor way was one of the first countries to join the newly created United Nations. Today, Scandinavian countries are renowned for their economic stability and high standards of living, with Finland, Denmark and Nor way regularly topping the char ts in the annual UN World Happiness Repor t. London Paris Orléans Bordeaux Lisbon Seville Rome Birka Kiev Novgorod Bulgar Itil Baghdad Constantinople York Dublin Reykjavík Eastern Settlement Western Settlement L'Anse aux Meadows NORWAY SWEDEN GREENLAND CANADA DENMARK c. c. c. c. c. c. R h i ne Dan u be Dan u be Dn i e per O d e r V o l ga L o i r e M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a A T L A N T I C O C E A N B l a c k S e a C a s p i a n S e a Viking homelands Viking settlements Viking trade routes VIKING EXPLORATION th–th Century

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