Moments between these in-laws are rare, but they're there!
I believe I speak for everyone when I say we want more scenes between these two. Maybe we can take their wholesome hug at the end of Frozen 2 as a good sign.
In the meantime, let's enjoy these illustrated interactions between Elsa and Kristoff from the comics, storybooks, and more (well, except the novels, of course)!
Let's start with the best one: Kristoff asking for Elsa's permission to propose to Anna. She looks so happy! (Kristoff's Secret)
Elsa asks Kristoff for help in dealing with Anna who just suggested that the Frohana put on a show by dancing. But Kristoff knows all too well that there's no point in arguing with Anna. (Arendelle Ice Calamity)
Elsa giving Kristoff advice to help him win an ice-cutting competition against Oaken by "becoming one with the ice" (it was Anna's idea) (Anna & Elsa: Sisterhood is the Strongest Magic - The Great Ice Engine)
Riding shotgun together! (Reunion Road)
How sweet, they're falling to their deaths together! Luckily, Elsa's got this.
Okay, that was a lie, because it was just an alternate artwork. Elsa didn't "got this." Don't worry. They're okay!
Now, they're—*takes a deep breath*—lost in the woOooooDs! But Kristoff insists they're not.
Stressing out about what to gift Anna for her birthday! (Elsa's perfect plan + The Most Special Gift)
Elsa wanting to lend a helping hand in Kristoff's ice-cutting. (Easier Said Than Done)
Kristoff was gonna gift Elsa some carrots for a party, but... (The Surprise Party)
The two rushing to the North Mountain because Elsa had a "bad feeling" about something. Long story short, luckily, she was wrong! Everything's A-OK! (A Lucky Encounter)
Elsa demanding Kristoff "Reindeer Man" Bjorgman to tell her where Anna is! (Once Upon A Time)
Elsa and Kristoff debating about whether or not they should go looking for Anna, who has taken on a journey outside Arendelle. (Behind the Castle Walls -Anna's Adventure Journal)
And, finally, the "latest" (at least for this list), our two ice bros planning together a surprise for the one-year anniversary of Queen Anna's coronation! AWWWW. (A Special Anniversary)
May Frozen III and IV give us more!
—A huge thanks to my fellow members in the Arendelle Archives for allowing me access to these stories! <3
So, in Poland recently came translation of the French Disney Novels collection by Hachette, that for now includes BATB, Snow White.... and Frozen :333
And in the case of our favorite Prince of the fandom, we have some information about him that because of the borders of publishing in different countries, many people not know (THIS COLLECTION IS NOT EVEN YET PUBLISHED IN POLAND, I GOT IT FROM THE GUY THAT ORDERED IT FROM THE FIRST HAND FROM THEIR WEBSITES T_T)..... and because I will have this gift for Easter, not yet, the second part of Hans lore there will be at late April/early May, with my seaside May weekend in my country :333
But we have some information about Hans, that gives us sight to him closer, reveal him as a much softer and carefree person than we thought, AND SHOWING HANS IN A SOFTER WAY AND WARMING HIS APPEARANCE IN THE EYES OF HATERS AND DISNEY ITSELF IS THE BEST THING EVER TwT
So :
We have confirmation that Hans loves candies and him and Anna have eaten "millions of them".... :333 I LOVE THEY SHOW THE SWEETEST AND MOST ADORABLE SIDE OF HANS HERE, MY HEART WARMS AT THIS SIGHT AND WORDS TwT
We also have.... THE CONFIRMATION OF HANS BROTHERS'S NAMES, FIRST PRESENTED IN A FROZEN HEART AND ALL IS FOUND, AND ALSO ONCE UPON A TIME.... THIS IS SO GREAT THAT IT BASICALLY CONFIRMS THAT THE FROZEN NOVELS ARE CANON NOT ONLY IN THE MAIN FRANCHISE, BUT ALSO IN FOREIGN ORIGINAL NOVELIZATIONS!!!
And my man Lars is included there.... THANK YOU FRENCH DISNEY!!! TwT
I don't have exact quotes, but there are three quotes that for me very much show Hans's personality.... AND ARE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT WAY THAT IT SUGGESTS THAT HANS, IN FACT, WAS REALLY CURSED BY SOME EVIL MAGIC, BECAUSE THE TEXT DOESN'T STRAIGHTFORWARD REVEAL HANS'S PLANS, RATHER SHOWING HIM AS THE PERSON WHO WANTS MORE FOR ARENDELLE THAN GIVING OUT THE BLANKETS AND CLOAKS.... FANDOM, WHERE ARE YOU WITH THIS THEORY? IT COULD BE TRUE NOW.... T_T
This quote says : "Anna saw that Hans's face was darker and more gloomy, not resembling the sunny person she fell in love with anymore" (suggesting that either Hans was tired because of responsibility and stress that came to him, either that he is a sociopath, or either that he was REALLY cursed, as fans suspected....)
Next quote confirms that Hans is, in fact, a people pleaser to people he likes : (replacing the krumkake eating scenes for some reason) :
"Anna and Hans made a chocolate eating race, and Hans was enjoying it to please Anna" (MY HANSANNA HEART OMG!!! TwT)
And the last quote, confirming Hans as a good leader and softer person than we thought TwT <33333 :
"Hans realized that helping Arendelle should be more than giving out cloaks and blankets...."
OVERALL, I WILL HAVE THIS BOOK FULLY READ PROBABLY ON MY TRIP IN MAY TO THE SEASIDE, BUT STAY TUNED FOR IT, BECAUSE EVERY HANS LORE MENTION IS IMPORTANT!!! ^^ <333
Now, the only picture we have from there is this one:
This one Gazette snippet:
And the vague description in "A Frozen Heart".
But I would like to focus on the one picture we have, from "Frozen Fever" and no, it ain't about Hans, it's about everything around him.
Now, let's remember the date. It is June. It is Summer Solstice.
Look. At. The. Trees. Those trees aren't just late with their leaves, they look dead.
And now look at the ground. Look at the sky. Look at the gate which looks like ruins.
And the Gazzette says it is a "beautiful, clear day". I am sorry, that is what you are considering "a clear day"?
Now, it is probably just an animator's way to show us how bleak Hans' life is now, but this + what we know about their king from "A Frozen Heart" gives me the vibe of...
This.
I may be reading too much about it, but I don't think this kingdom is fine.
We finally know the full layout of the canon Frozenverse!
Thanks to this post (requires an account) by twitter-user ann_mochi and this tumblr-post by @sparebutton , we FINALLY have a full map of the known Fozen movie-universe!
Previously, we've seen glimpses of the general geography of Arendelle and the surrounding lands from Frozen Fever, Frozen II and in books and promotion material surrounding the movies and I even wrote a 3-part series about Frozen's geography back in 2021, but never before has there been a source showing Anna and Elsa's world to its full extent and in such detail!
Original image.
Thanks to this image being framed and hung on a wall, the process of aligning it correctly was very easy! I used my ancient copy of SketchUp to edit and match the photo to a flat surface and with the help of Gigapixel upscaling, this is the result!
Note: north is to the left.
It looks awesome IMO 😍
For future installments, what we're missing are labels for other adjacent kingdoms, but it appears Disney never seems to bother with such trivial worldbuilding details.
Below, I've put together a quick overview of the areas visible on previous Frozen maps.
The Frozen Fever map mostly covers ocean. The northern half of the continent was changed in Frozen II.
Iduna's map from Frozen II map was the most detailed version we had for a long time and it added things like borders and names for the Arenfjord and the Dark Sea. It covers 3/4 the full map.
Technically, the whole map was also featured in the books "Frozen: The Saga - Anna and Elsa's Journey" and "Frozen II: Spirits of the Enchanted Forest" but it was impossible to attempt any sort of aligning because of the distorted perspective.
There is one more piece of the worldbuilding-puzzle (Weselton) that could be added, but I'll save that for another time.
Pt. 3 of who knows how many! Let’s over analyze Frozen 2 in honor of Frozen 3 being in production!
Alrighty, this one gets into my girl Elsa. Before I get started, please know that I love this character to death and see a lot of myself in her (the anxiety, not the magic) and I just think that, concerning storytelling, the second Frozen movie made some poor creative choices. Let’s get into it.
Let’s review, shall we? First film establishes that Elsa is isolated from her family and from people in general. She runs away when her super secret magic is accidentally revealed, sings a song about letting everything go and embracing that part of herself, does a bunch of stuff and, eventually, is reunited with her sister and they finally get the chance to catch up and make up for lost time. Great! Her arc is complete, she’s established and loved by her people and her family, which now consists of a sentient snowman, a reindeer, and her sister’s fiancé. Nice! Found family!
By this point, Elsa’s story doesn’t need anything, with the very minor point of her magic’s origin, but that’s hardly consequential because her magic isn’t going anywhere so it doesn’t matter. She’s got it now, so there’s nothing to be done.
The opening of Frozen 2 sets up the story similarly to the first film. Elsa is feeling isolated, but not in the same sense. She has responsibilities and family, but she feels like she’s missing out. Then the Voice thing happens and the story kicks off.
It’s dumb. It tries to undo all the progress Elsa made in the previous movie and in trying to make Elsa the focal character, they just rehash everything. Or try to. They make it worse this time.
Because at this point, Elsa has had her little family for three years and they should be growing closer and less inclined to want to go off. Elsa has love and purpose and, by all accounts from the first film, should be in a good spot.
Instead, in order to achieve the same success musically, they need the longing song and the other song that idina menzel sings because let’s be honest, that woman is amazing.
My issues with how Frozen 2 deals with Elsa mainly lie with how they present her once she’s been establish her as The Fifth Spirit. They elevate her to goddess status and remove her from her family, something that she hasn’t really had for more than half her life. And then, what? She moves in with a tribe and visits every now and again for family game night? What? What happened to the importance of family?
Also, what makes her the fifth spirit? She never even comes in contact with the earth spirit(s?) or “tames” them i don’t think. All the other spirits are distinctly not human and though they might have above average intelligence there’s certainly an imbalance because, y’know, Elsa’s human. And it’s pretty much implied that the spirits are eternal and ethereal. Not exactly something you see in a human who was born and struggles with mental health. She’s not a spirit! I got such a weird vibe off her in the end.
HOWEVER Elsa is a dynamite character and honestly I don’t blame them for wanting to put her in the spotlight. But what should they have done instead?
WHAT THE TRAILER ACTUALLY HINTED AT
There’s a line in the trailer that never gets said in the film and i’m pissed about it because it could’ve worked concerning the story and Elsa’s character and here it is:
“Magic can be very alluring.”
(or something like that)
Wouldn’t it make sense for Elsa, having finally learned to embrace her powers, to go the other direction and obsess over them? Wouldn’t that be interesting to watch? Wouldn’t it be cool to see Elsa do dangerous things with her magic, pushing herself to the edge of what would be considered sane or normal which then would lead to a search for the origins of her magic and in turn, more info on Trolls, magic, Kristoff, etc. Elsa, who has learned to love and be loved, might not initially listen to her family’s concerns, but maybe eventually she’ll cave because she doesn’t want them to worry and that works much better at showing how far she’s come over the past three years instead of putting her at square one yet again and then having her find something that traumatizes her yet again (so she can blame herself for her parents death and then “process” it by ditching her sister. Bleh what the heck)
Not only would it satisfy the story and kick it off in a great way, it would be very visually appealing and they could even do a whole sequence with a song and truly be the musical successor to “Let it go” It could even lead into her powers growing so strong and her skill with said strength growing so much but the end of that arc that it could lead into a third movie very easily because, I don’t know about you, but if one of my neighboring kingdoms had a queen with an insane amount of magic, I would either declare war out to protest her position or try to build an alliance and having that kind of storyline could still (eventually) lead to Anna becoming queen of Arendelle Elsa finding her place somewhere else or really just enjoying being by her sister’s side as advisor or general or something.
anyway, frozen 2 seems like it backtracks and almost retcons some of Elsa’s development so they can land her somewhere else and make her even more Special than the super-powered, musically inclined Queen she already was.
Do you think it would be possible to create a map showing the other kingdoms mentioned in the series? I would love to see a map showing the kingdom of Corona from Tangled alongside the kingdom of Arendelle. (There are many maps of the kingdom of Corona in the Tangled series.) Where do you think it would be located, and what is the distance between Arendelle and Corona?
Thank you for your question!
Not much has changed about the known Frozen kingdoms since our last post on this topic from May of 2025 (which you can find here) but we have made an updated map that covers the canon-ish locations.
Based on the originals from Frozen Kingdom and Frozen: Live at the Hyperion:
Nations of the Frozenverse
Thanks to supplemental story-material (novels, books, comics, etc.), we know the following nations must be very close neighbours of Arendelle:
Akerselva - Shares a bridge with Arendelle so they are likely separated by a river. Has a baron and baroness.
Kingdom of Snoob - Shares a land border with Arendelle and can be reached in around one day. Kai, the castle overseer, and his brother Karl are from here. Shown to have Scandinavian culture very similar to Arendelle. Has a baron and baroness.
Kingdom of Vassar - A valued ally in trade and military for Arendelle. Has a coastline and a port. Ruled by Queen Runa. Possibly inspired by Sweden.
Kingdom of Vesterland (the "West land") - Separated from Arendelle by a river but reachable by land in under a day. Had a territorial dispute with Arendelle over an area called the Western Woods soon after Frozen. Ruled by King Jonas.
The following nations are likely European with some connections with Arendelle:
Blakeston - Status and location unknown (may not even be a kingdom). Has a duke.
Blavenia - Has (bad) financial connections with The Southern Isles. Possibly inspired by Slovenia (name) or Spain. The dignitary of Spain (Frozen) and Blavenia (A Frozen Heart) is the same character.
Bokmål - Status and location unknown (may not even be a kingdom). Ruled by lords.
Kingdom of Bølgete - Island kingdom with few forests looking to trade timber with Arendelle. Ruled by Queen Adelheid. Possibly based on the islands of the North Sea.
Bordignon - Trading partner of Arendelle. Possibly based on France (likely named after Bordeaux + Avignon).
Kingdom of Brinnon - Important trade partner of Arendelle. "Modern" and "large" kingdom with (for the era) advanced technology, trains and large cities. Reachable by ship in an unspecified amount of time. Ruled by Queen Valorai. Based on England.
Kingdom of Corona - Home of Rapunzel and Eugene. Supposedly inspired by France and Germany. Located somewhere in modern-day France according to Tangled: The Series.
Frederborg - Trading partner of Arendelle. Ruled by a marquis. Possibly named after the city of Fredensborg in Denmark.
Kongsberg - Very powerful nation. Ruled by the Lord of Kongsberg who is "too powerful" for Hans to win over during his schemes in Frozen. Possibly inspired by Prussia and its capital Königsberg or the Norwegian city Kongsberg.
Ødemark Isle - Remote island located far north of Arendelle, possibly a colony of Arendelle. Reachable by ship in three days. Could be inspired by Iceland or Svalbard. Ruled by a man named Reid who was a good friend of Agnarr.
Riverland - Neighbour of The Southern Isles.
Kingdom of Royaume - Location unknown. Could be inspired by France as "royaume" is French for "kingdom".
Sankershus - Status unknown (varies with source material). Relatively close to Arendelle. Reachable by ship in two days along the Skiftende River.
Tikaani - Trade partner of Arendelle. Island nation located in the far north. Ruled by a council of village elders. Inspired by Inuit culture.
Kingdom of Torres - Location unknown. Could be inspired by Spain. "Torres" is Spanish for "towers".
Kingdom of Vakretta - Trade partner of Arendelle. Reachable by ship in two days. Shown to have weather and architecture very similar to Arendelle. Home of Prince Wils. Possibly inspired by Scotland or Germany. The dignitary of Germany (Frozen) and Vakretta (A Frozen Heart) is the same character. Check out my full analysis of this kingdom here.
The following nations (interpreted from their implied culture) are likely located much farther away:
Kingdom of Chatho - Trade partner of Arendelle. Tropical kingdom inspired by eastern Asia reachable by sea in an unspecified number of days. Ruled by Queen Colisa.
Kingdom of Eldora - Hot desert kingdom reachable by sea in an unspecified number of days. Possibly inspired by Morocco when it was a French colony. The dignitary of France (Frozen) and Eldora (A Frozen Heart) is the same character. Ruled by Queen Marisol.
Kingdom of Selinia - "Faraway kingdom" with endless summer and no snow. Home of Princess Adelaide (likely named after the city with the same name in Australia).
Kingdom of Yuwabe - African kingdom "half across the world" with jungle, lions and antelopes. Ruled by Queen Maghereb (most likely named after Maghreb, the western part of the Arab world).
Kingdom of Zaria - Trade partner of Arendelle. Known for its beautiful gardens and exotic plants. Hot. Ruled by King Stebor and Queen Renalia. Inspired by Persia. Also the name of a large city in Nigeria.
Unnamed faraway kingdom - Their baked goods "thekua" imply it could be inspired by India or Nepal.
For more in-depth information for each individual nation, see the Countries + Realms-tab in our FROZEN FACTS SPREADSHEET!
Kingdom of Corona
I've never watched Tangled or Tangled: The Series so I'm not an expert on the subject but from my understanding (mentioned in the list above), Corona draws inspiration from France and Germany. In the final episode of the series ("Plus Est En Vous"), a view of the Earth can be seen with Corona located in France.
In various other episodes, I've also noticed a map of the kingdom showing it has a landmass that resembles either the Brittany or the Cotentin peninsulas in northwestern France.
Interestingly, the island town of Mont-Saint-Michel that inspired the Corona capital city is located right in between the two peninsulas.
Our Royal Archivist @bigfrozenfan also linked this video that does a good job explaining the inspirations for Corona and why it's most likely based on France.
As you can see from this very crude measurement below, the distance from Arendelle to Corona (in this case assuming it's on the tip of Brittany) would be somewhere around 1 800-1 900 km by sea (or 1 500-1 600 km in a straight line). We've covered Arendelle's location in our previous works.
Quick maps
Given the locations for most of the Frozen nations are currently unknown, it's not possible to make a definitive map of all the featured kingdoms. But we can make a few qualified guesses using the information listed above.
These are some of our ideas for the locations of the nations closest to Arendelle (the green list):
Some locations for nations in Europe (the blue list):
And finally some faraway nations (the orange list):
NOTE: the kingdoms of Zaria and Chatho are featured in stories surrounding the Royal Tour (which only lasts three weeks according to a calendar in A year with Elsa & Anna) where Anna and Elsa also visit Vakretta. I'm pretty sure it would have been impossible for a 19th century sailing vessel to cover the distance from Scandinavia to the eastern parts of Asia and back again in that time frame, especially without the modern Suez Canal. I suspect Zaria and Chatho are not meant to be located in the regions that inspired them but rather be locations with eastern culture located much closer to Arendelle than the map above would suggest.
A lot of people have been sending asks about the size of Arendelle. Thank you to everyone who is curious about the geography of Frozen. So are we! One of our very first projects was @virtual-winter's analysis of the inspiration for and location of Arendelle and other places in the Frozenverse. Early this year, as per request from Archives-members Lilyviolin and Luna, we put together a simple guide to the Frozen movie-kingdoms that goes over some basic facts like what inspired them, notable residents, climate, places of interest and estimated size compared to Norway.
