diff --git a/data/parameter_corrections.yaml b/data/parameter_corrections.yaml
index c26602e9..83a17d51 100644
--- a/data/parameter_corrections.yaml
+++ b/data/parameter_corrections.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,19 @@ Link:
       "14537": 1000 # NEMO GB-BE
       "14538": 1000 # ALEGrO BE-DE
       "14556": 600  # Storebaelt
-      "12997": 1000 # Sardignia      
+      "12997": 1000 # Sardignia
+  bus1:
+    index:
+      "11511": "6240" # fix wrong bus allocation from 6241
+      "14559": "6240" # fix wrong bus allocation from 6241
+      "12998": "1333" # combine link 12998 + 12997 in 12998
+      "5627": '2309' # combine link 5627 + 5628 in 5627
+  length: 
+    index:
+      "12998": 409.0 
+      "5627": 26.39
+  bus0: 
+    index: 
+      # set bus0 == bus1 for removing the link in remove_unconnected_components
+      "5628": "7276" 
+      "12997": "7276"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index 5b1258b7..5a9358e5 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Upcoming Release
 
 * Add compatibility for pyomo 5.7.0 in :mod:`cluster_network` and :mod:`simplify_network`.
 
+* Corrected HVDC link connections (a) between Norway and Denmark and (b) mainland Italy, Corsica (FR) and Sardinia (IT) (`#181 <https://github.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/pull/181>`_)
+
 PyPSA-Eur 0.2.0 (8th June 2020)
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/scripts/base_network.py b/scripts/base_network.py
index c4be7357..1d5fddd7 100644
--- a/scripts/base_network.py
+++ b/scripts/base_network.py
@@ -542,12 +542,12 @@ def base_network():
     n.import_components_from_dataframe(links, "Link")
     n.import_components_from_dataframe(converters, "Link")
 
-    n = _remove_unconnected_components(n)
-
     _set_lines_s_nom_from_linetypes(n)
 
     _apply_parameter_corrections(n)
 
+    n = _remove_unconnected_components(n)
+
     _set_countries_and_substations(n)
 
     _set_links_underwater_fraction(n)