List of castles in Norway

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There are many castles and palaces in Norway. The Norwegian word slott means castle, palass means palace, and fort or festning means fortress. To see list of fortresses in Norway, see List of Norwegian fortresses. In Norway, there tend to be many more manor houses compared to castles.[citation needed]

Akershus Castle by night
Royal Palace, Oslo

These are castle ruins from the medieval Kingdom of Norway.

NamePlaceStateRef.
Akershus Castle Oslo Castle and fortress
Audunborg Ålhus village Ruin
Avaldsnes Kongsgård Karmøy island Ruin
Bergenhus City of Bergen Castle and fortress
Broberg Castle Lysekil Municipality (now in Sweden) Ruin
Båhus Konghelle village (now in Sweden) Castle and fortress and partly ruin
Dyngehus Town of Uddevalla (now in Sweden) Ruin
Hamarhus Town of Hamar Castle and fortress and partly ruin
Isegran Town of Fredrikstad Built in to a fortress
Konghelle Kastell Konghelle village (now in Sweden) Ruin
Mjøskastellet Ringsaker Municipality Ruin
Olsborg Tanum Municipality (now in Sweden) Ruin
Oslo kongsgård Kastell Oslo Ruin
Oslo Old Bishop's Palace Oslo Ruin

Peel Castle Peel, Isle of Man Castle and partly ruin
Ragnhildsholmen Hisingen island Ruin
Stavanger Bishop's Palace Stavanger Ruin
Steinvikholm Castle Stjørdal Municipality Castle and fortress and partly ruin
Sverresborg City of Bergen Build in to a fortress
Sverresborg City of Trondheim Ruin
Tunsberghus City of Tønsberg Ruin
Trondheim Archbishop's Palace City of Trondheim Palace
Valdisholmborg Indre Østfold Municipality Ruin
Valkaberg Oslo
Vardøhus Town of Vardø Build in to a fortress

Castles

Manors and Mansions

City Palé

See also

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