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OSEBERG SHIP
FOUND IN NORWAY 1906.
TOMB
OF A VIKING QUEEN OR PRINCESS.
On display in
Oslo.
My
wife & I visited this museum with kusins Gerd & Johnny.
Norway, officially Kingdom of Norway, (Norwegian Kongeriket Norge) constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the western and northern portions of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bounded on the north by the Barents Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, on the northeast by Finland and Russia, on the east by Sweden, on the south by Skagerrak Strait and the North Sea, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, which in Norway is also called the Norwegian Sea.
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Oslo. Official language: Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk). Official name: Kongeriket Norge (Kingdom of Norway). Constitution: Monarchy (from 1991 King Harald V) Government: the prime minister (today Kjell Magne Bondevik), parliament (Storting) with 165 members (three-party aliance - Christian People´s Party with the Liberals and Centre, the Labour Party of former premier Thorbjorn Jagland will probably return to power during 1999) who are elected to four-year terms. The whole country is devided in 19 counties with their local own government. All Norwegian citizens at least 18 years old may vote Area: 386,958 sq. km (240,496 sq. miles) including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Greatest distances - northeast-southwest, 1 ,752 km (1,099 miles); northwest-southeast, 430 km (268 miles). Coastline - 2,650 km. (1647 miles). Elevation: Highest - Galdhoppigen, 2,469 m (8100 feet) above sea level. Lowest - sea level along the coast. Population: estimated 1998 population 4,400,000: density, 11 persons per sq. km. (7 persons per sq. miles) distribution, 74 percent urban, 26 percent rural. Chief products: Agriculture - barley, hay, livestock, milk, oats, potatoes. Fishing - capelin, cod, herring, mackarel. Forestry - timber. Manufacturing - aluminium, chemicals, processed foods, refined petroleum products, ships, wood pulp and paper. Mining - ilmenite, iron ore, lead, molybdenite, petroleum and natural gas, pyrites, zinc. National anthem: "Ja, vi elsker dette landet". ("Yes, We Love This Land"). National holiday: Constitution Day, May 17. Money: Basic unit - krone (January 1999: 1 USD = 7,44 krone, 1 Euro = 8,74 krone). Armed forces: Norwegian men between the ages of 19 and 44 are required to serve from 12 to 15 months in the armed forces. Nato member. GDP: $ 165,3 bn USD (1998) GDP per head: $ 37,339 USD (1998) GDP growth: 3,0%, Inflation: 2,8% (1998) |
A Brief Norwegian History
| 9000 - 8000 B.C. | Earliest signs of settlement. |
| 8000 - 4000 B.C. | Old Stone Age. Hunters and fishermen. Rock carvings. Milder climate. |
| 4000 - 1500 B.C. | New Stone Age. Livestock. Early agriculture. |
| 1500 - 500 B.C. | Bronze Age. Agricultural tools, jewellery, glass, weapons. Foreign trade. |
500B.C.-
1000 A.D.Iron Age. Iron ploughs and scythes. ca AD 770 The Viking Age begins. For the next 250 years, Scandinavians set sail on frequent expeditions from the Baltic to the Irish seas and even to the Mediterranean as far as Sicily, employing superior ships and weapons and efficient military organization. ca 870 The first permanent settlers arrive in Iceland from western Norway. ca 900 King Harald Fairhair unites Norway into one kingdom. 995 King Olav I Tryggvason introduces christianity into Norway. 1000 Leif Eirikson discovers America.
King Olav I sends a mission to christianize Iceland.1016-1028 King Olav II Haraldsson tries to complete conversion of Norway to christianity. He is killed at the battle of Stiklestad and becomes patron saint of Norway. 1028-1035 Canute (Knud) the Great is king of England, Denmark (1018) and Norway (1028). 1045-1066 King Harald III Hårdråde fights long war with the Danes 1066 King Harald III participates in and is killed during the Norman invasion of England, at Stamford Bridge. 1217 Håkon IV becomes king of Norway, beginning its "Golden Age". His many reforms modernize the Norwegian administration. Under him, the empire reaches its greatest extent when Greenland and Iceland forms unions with Norway in 1261.
The sagas are written during this time.1319-1335 Sweden and Norway form a union 1349 The Black Death strikes Norway and kills two-thirds of the population. 1370 The Treaty of Stralsund gives the north German trading centers of the Hanseatic League free passage through Danish waters. German power increases throughout Scandinavia. 1397 The Kalmar Union is formed as a result of the dynastic ties between Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, the geographical position of the Scandinavian states, and the growing influence of Germans in the Baltic. Erik of Pomerania is crowned king of the Kalmar Union. 1520 Christian II, ruler of the Kalmar Union, executes 82 people who oppose the Scandinavian union, an event known as the "Stockholm blood bath". Sweden ssecedes from the Union three years later. Norway remains tied to Denmark and becomes a Danish province in 1536. 1536 The Reformation enters Scandinavia in the form of Lutheranism through the Hanseatic port of Bergen. 1559-1648 Norwegian trade flourishes. 1660 Peace of Copenhagen establishes modern boundaries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. 1814 Sweden, after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig, attacks Denmark and forces the Danish surrender Norway.
May 17: the Norwegian constitution is adopted at Eidsvold.
November 4: Norway is forced to accept Act of Union with Sweden.1811 University of Oslo is established. 1884 A parliamentary system is established in Norway. 1903 Bjørnsterjen Bjørnson is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. 1905 The union with Sweden is dissolved. 1914 At the outbreak of World War I, Norway declares neutrality but is effectively blockaded. The Norwegian merchant fleet has great losses. 1918 Norwegian women gain the right to vote. 1920 Norway joines the League of Nations.
Novelist Knut Hamsun receives the Nobel Prize.1928 Sigrid Undset receives the Nobel Prize for literature. 1929-1937 Norway is ruled by a labor governemnt. 1939 Norway declares neutrality in the World War II. 1940 April 9: Germany occupies Norway. 1945 Norway joins the United Nations. 1946-1954 The Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie presides as first Secretary-General of the UN. 1949 Norway becomes a member of NATO. 1952 The Nordic Council, which promotes cooperation among the Nordic parliaments, is founded. 1968 Norway discovers oil in the North Sea. 1971 North Sea oil production begins, transforming the Norwegian economy. 1972 The first referendum in Norway concerning membership in the European Economic Community returns a majority of NO-votes. 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Norway's first female prime minister. Labor party. 1991 King Olav V dies. King Harald V ascends the throne. I his wife, Queen Sonja, Norway gets its first queen since the death of Queen Maud in 1938. 1993 Norway applies for EC membership for the second time.
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairss Thorvald Stoltenberg is appointed peace negotiator to Bosnia and Herzegovina.1994 Norway holds the second referendum concerning EC membership, and a slight majority still holds the NO-vote.
Norway hosts the XVII Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer.
Norwegian
National Anthem Listen!
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Area:
total area: 324,220 sq. km
land
area: 307,860 sq. km
comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries: Total 2,515 km, Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km
Coastline: 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km)
Climate: temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast
Terrain: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north. Norway is a rugged, mountainous country. Its coastline is fringed with islands and deeply indented by fjords; from the coast the land rises precipitously to high plateaus, reaching 8,098 ft (2,468 m) in the Jotunheimen range and including Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier field in Europe.
Natural resources: petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 3%
permanent
crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 27%
other:
70%
Irrigated land: 950 sq. km (1989)
Population: 4,330,951 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (female
390,344; male 444,570)
15-64 years: 65% (female 1,375,493; male 1,424,027)
65 years
and over:16% (female 408,675; male 287,842) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.37% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 12.86 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 10.35 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.61 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 81.15 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective:
Norwegian
Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)
Languages: Norwegian (official)
note:
small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976
est.)
total population: 99%
Labor force: 2.13 million
by
occupation: services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (1992)
| Holidays and Observances: 1 jan 2001: Nyttårsdag (New Year's Day), 8 apr 2001: Palmesøndag (Palm Sunday), 12 apr 2001: Skjærtorsdag (Maundy Thursday), 13 apr 2001: Langfredag (Good Friday), 15 apr 2001: Påskedag (Easter Day), 16 apr 2001: 2. påskedag (Easter Monday), 1 mai 2001: Offentlig høytidsdag (Official holiday), 8 mai 2001: Frigjøringsdag 1945 (Day of liberation), 17 mai 2001: Grunnlovsdag (Constitution Day), 24 mai 2001: Kristi Himmelfartsdag (Ascension Day), 3 jun 2001: Pinsedag (Whit Sunday), 4 jun 2001: 2. pinsedag (Whit Monday), 24 des 2001: Julaften (Christmas Eve), 25 des 2001: 1. juledag (Christmas Day), 26 des 2001: 2. juledag (Boxing Day) (Beware: holidays may vary according to year and state/territories, and local holidays are not listed) |
Norwegian national Anthem Ja, vi elsker
English words below
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Ja,
vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem, -elsker, elsker det og tenker på vår far og mor og den saganatt som senker drømmer på vår jord. Dette landet Harald berget Bønder sine økser brynte Visstnok var vi ikke mange, Hårde tider har vi drøyet, Fienden sin våpen kastet, Norske mann i hus og hytte, som det stiger frem, furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem. Og som fedres kamp har hevet det av nød til seir, også vi, når det blir krevet, for dets fred slår leir. English Translation
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