NORWAY AREA
* Hordaland - Bergen (town) (rebels)
* Hafrsfjord (rebels) - Nord-Jaeren / Stafangr (town) (strong rebels)
* Vaestfold - Kaupang (position close to Oslo but further down the fiord) (large town) (owned by Norway)
* Trondelag - Trondheim (town) (rebels)
* Hologaland (modern Lofoten area and mainland next to it) - Narvik (better city needed) (village) (rebels)
* (PERHAPS REMOVE THIS ONE:) Northern Norway - Tromso (village) (rebels)
* Finnmark (rebels) - Kirkenes (situated next to Barents Sea and modern Russian border) (village) (rebels)
Some corrections from my mind:
Provinces:
Hafrsfjord -> Rygjafylke (Was called Rygjafylke in the Viking Age/Early Medieval Age)
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Hologaland would suit, but Hologaland is "ecclesiastically" (spelling?) seen as all of northern Norway. Your definition of Hologaland/Hålogaland is the modern one.
-Wikipedia: In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a petty kingdom extending between Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag and Lyngen in Troms.
No Norwegians lived in Finnmark (at least not in significant numbers, until later in the Middle Ages). If Finnmark is included (Finnmark btw means Lapland) then I would suggest Vardøhus, although that fortress was built in the late middle ages. (During the witch hunts, 3000 Norwegians lived in Finnmark)
Here's a map over Norwegian petty kingdoms during the 9th century:
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Settlements:
Bergen -> Bjørgvin. (Bergen was founded in 1070, and called Bjørgvin)
Trondheim -> Nidaros (Was called Nidaros in the early middle ages to the 14th-15th century and evident by the Nidaros Cathedral)
If northern parts of Norway are included, then perhaps Steigen for the Hologaland area.
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