Side by side
Iceland and Norway compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
872 (traditional) — Harald Fairhair wins at Hafrsfjord and becomes king over the whole country
- Shared indicators
- 41
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 2
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
Economy
Society
Governance
Health
Education
Technology
Geography
Resources
Entangled histories
2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- c. 874
Ingólfr Arnarson settles Reykjavík
By tradition the first permanent settler, Ingólfr Arnarson, came from Norway around 874 and established his homestead at the site he named Reykjavík, opening the age of settlement, the Landnám.
Peoples & Migration · from the Iceland chronicle · The Settlement and the Icelandic Commonwealth · Ingólfur Arnarson, The Discovery and Settlement of Iceland, Iceland: History
- 1262–1264
The Old Covenant (Gamli sáttmáli)
Worn down by civil strife and pressed by King Haakon IV, the Icelandic chieftains swore allegiance to the Norwegian crown, ending the independent Commonwealth and beginning centuries of foreign rule.
Politics & Power · from the Iceland chronicle · Christianity, the Sagas and the Old Covenant · The Age of the Sturlungs, Iceland: History