List of historical capitals of Norway

! Original city name

! Standardization

! Current city name

! From

! To

! Historical states

! Notes

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| Avaldsnes

| 872

| 997

| rowspan="8" style="width:17em;" | Kingdom of Norway (1)

| Unified from the petty kingdoms of Norway to a single Kingdom of Norway, which had no clear or single capital. However, it's believed that Norway's oldest royal residence and seat of power was at the Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate.

| Nidaros

| Trondheim (1)

| 997

| 1016

| Founded by Olav Tryggvason.

| {{n/a|Ditto}}

| Sarpsborg

| 1016

| 1028

| Founded by St. Olaf in 1016.

| Nidaros

| Trondheim (2)

| 1028

| 1067

| The capital was moved to Bergen. Seat of power was originally at Alrekstad Kongsgård estate. Moved to Holmen in 1110 c.

|Bjørgvin

|Bergen (1)

|1067

|1123

|The capital was moved to Konghelle.

| Konghelle

| Kungahälla
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| 1123

| style="width:6em;" |1150 c.

| Sigurd the Crusader royal residence after his return from Byzantium.

|Nidaros

|Trondheim (3)

|1150

|1217

|The capital was moved to Trondheim for the last time

| Bjørgvin

| Bergen (2)

| 1217

| 1314

| The capital was moved to Oslo.

| rowspan="3"| Oslo

| rowspan="3"| Oslo (1)

| rowspan="3"| 1314

| rowspan="3"| 1537

| colspan="1"| Kingdom of Norway (1)

| rowspan="3"| The dean at St. Mary's Church became realm chancellor.

| {{n/a|Ditto}}

| Copenhagen
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| 1537

| 1814

| Kingdom of Denmark–Norway

| The Norwegian Council of the Realm was abolished, and the national board of directors subject to the Danish Council of the Realm in Denmark.

| colspan="1"| Kristiania

| rowspan="3"| Oslo (2)

| rowspan="3"| 1814

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Current}}

| colspan="1"| Kingdom of Norway (2)

| rowspan="3"| Norway became its own state again, in a union with Sweden, and fully separate in 1905.

| colspan="1"| United Kingdoms of Sweden-Norway

| colspan="1"| Kingdom of Norway (3)