Rex InsularumKnown in Norwegian historiography as Norgesveldet , the realm consisted of the mainland Norwegian kingdom and a range of island communities at Scotland s northern and western seaboards, as well as the Faeroes, Iceland and Greenland. Within this national historiographic tradition, Norgesveldet is often portrayed as a kind of Norwegian empire. The aim of this project has been to elucidate the relationship between Norwegian kingship and the Crown s