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1 day ago · Physical features of Norway. With the Barents Sea to the north, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea to the west, and Skagerrak (Skager Strait) to the south, Norway has land borders only to the east—with Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Norway occupies part of northern Europe’s Fennoscandian Shield.
- Climate
Norway has about 2,000 species of plants, but only a few,...
- Economic Conditions
Norway - Economy, Resources, Industries: Norway was also...
- Sami
Sami, any member of a people speaking the Sami language and...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
Norway - Fjords, Culture, Nature: Although Norway is in most...
- Earliest Peoples
Norway - Vikings, Fjords, Sami: Between 3000 and 2500 bce...
- Languages
Norway - Sami, Norwegian, English: The Norwegian language...
- The Treaty of Kiel
The Treaty of Kiel. Swedish foreign policy was erratic...
- World War II
Norway - WWII Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: With the...
- Fishing, Forestry, Agriculture
Norway - Fishing, Forestry, Agriculture: By the beginning of...
- Cultural Institutions
Norway - Museums, Art, Culture: Permanent theatres have been...
- Climate
2 days ago · Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (Norwegian: [ˈfrɪ̂tːjɔf ˈnɑ̀nsn̩]; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League.
5 days ago · volcanism: Beerenberg (2,227 m) on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea is the country's only active volcano Geography - note about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much-indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of the most rugged and longest coastlines in the world
1 day ago · The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 major islands (and a total of 779 islands, islets, and skerries) about 655 kilometres (407 mi) off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Iceland and Norway, the closest neighbours being the Northern Isles and the Outer ...
1 day ago · Another notable Viking explorer was Ohthere, a Norwegian navigator who sailed around the North Cape and explored the White Sea in the late 9th century (Bately & Englert, 2007). Ohthere‘s account of his voyages, preserved in the Old English Orosius, provides valuable insights into Viking navigation and the extent of their geographical knowledge.
4 days ago · The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter said Thursday it would take legal action against Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before performing sufficient impact studies.
5 days ago · Northern or North Sámi (English: / ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee; Northern Sami: Davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: Pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯ˌsːɑːme]; Norwegian: Nordsamisk; Swedish: Nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages.
