Disney's Frozen was inspired by these places

The most *successful *animated *movie *is Disney's Frozen with a box office of $1,276,480,335 (1.12 billion Euros). The places are often directly taken from objects and scenes in **Norway **and the animation squad visited **Norway **a lot of times before beginning to animate. 

**Norway **is usually described as beautiful and intense in nature. We can confirm that from the capital Oslo, hiking in Lofoten, and The Viking city Trondheim. I'll show you the correlations of **Norway **and the magical Frozen movie in this article.

Akershus fortress

The fortress of **Arendelle *is very similar to Akershus fortress and for sure an inspiration for the castle. The green part *on the top of the watchtowers is the same! An animated replica. The actual fortress was made in the late **1500's **and both look suitable for a **King of the middle ages. Where the actual place gets mixed up in fantasy is where Michael Giaima chose to plant the **fortress **in the **fjord **of Arendelle. A stupendous setting to plant a **kingdom **at the foot of, he says!

Bryggen Bergen

The Bergen part of **Frozen **is my favourite part along with the trolls of the movie. This is where you'll see **tradesmen **and **foreigners **travelling to enter Norway! It was the most important city during some parts of **Norway's history **and it is currently being passionately debated if Bergen, in fact, was the capital of **Norway **previously.

Røros

**Røros **inspired the crystals and the magic powers that **Elsa **had to create her own separate reality. *Fan theories *suggest that **Elsa **is just trapped in her own reality and secludes herself from her family to keep entertaining the **far-out **ideas of her having superpowers. **Røros **is known for the drama that the landscape gives you. 

Hiking, biking, husky riding, skiing, culture walks and canoeing. These are ideas for what you can experience in this shiny town!

St. Olaf’s Church Balestrand

The **cathedral **from **Arendelle **is almost a reconstruction of the stave church in this wondrous little town in Norway. The people are humble as **Norwegians **usually are, and this church is one of the **28 **stave churches of Norway. Remember that the creators took the name of this church as the name of the snowman.

Borgund Stave Church

To be fair, the Arendelle cathedral is argued to be a mix of **St. Olaf's church **and Borgund church. Borgund stave church is one of the more impressive churches in **Norway. Although **not incredibly bi, it is vastly charming. Norwegian **historians **claim that there were about 2000 Stave churches at the peak and some claim there were only 1000. 

Stiftsgården

The inside of the castle is like the inside of Stiftsgården. This is in Trondheim. Take a trip to the **Akershus fortress **in **Oslo **for the outside and **Stiftsgården **in **Trondheim **for the inside! **The official King's house **when he is in Trondheim. You can visit the house with a tour that lasts until 15.00 every day. It's worth it to understand how the **Norwegian monarchy **works!