Tell about Norway ?

Only the eastern parts of southern Norway

Fish has always played an important part in Norway’s economy, due to the vast coastline and mountains covering large areas of the country.

people typically had a minor piece of soil for a cow and some potatoes, combined with fishing.

Thus for centuries Norway was the “poor little brother” of the Scandinavian countries, and was in fact first absorbed into a union

Denmark for centuries, and then into a union with Sweden.

In 1814 Norway stood up against the union and adopted a new constitution

but had to wait until 1905 for a full independence.

Norway did not have the opportunity to build monumental buildings, like those you find in Sweden and Denmark

THE Owas discovered that the North Sea was filled with basins of black gold – the oil, and these days Norway is one of the richest countries in the world, due to the oil industry,IL AGE

which nowadays is the most important part of Norway’s economy

The oil has contributed to a high level of general welfare, and Norway has set off on a new path towards monumental buildings, like the amazing Opera house in Oslo, opened in 2008.

Oslo has in 2013 decided to build a new and modern home to the famous painter Edvard Munch’s paintings, located nest to the Opera house at the Bjorvika waterfront

The drawback is that the increasing wages in the oil industry has influenced the general level of wages, thus making Norway an expensive country for people from abroad.

The spectacular Astrup Fearnley Museum of contemporary art, designed by the famous Italian architect Renso Piano, was opened in Oslo in 2012

Norway & the Vikings. During the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) the Norwegian Vikings explored

The Viking age was characterized by expansion and immigration.

Many Norwegians left the country to live in Iceland, the Faroe Islands,

Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of Britain and Ireland.

he modern-day Irish cities of Limerick, Dublin, and Waterford were founded by Norwegian settlers.

Oslo is often called the Scandinavian Viking capital. Oslo has a magnificent Viking Ship Museum with the Norwegian Viking history

Due to the Gulf Stream ocean current Norway experiences warmer temperatures than expected at such northern latitudes

January of -3 degrees Celsius. The mainland experiences colder winters with snow, excellent for winter activities.

ostly above zero degree Celsius (+32º F). Even the Arctic city of Tromso does not have very cold winters, with a mean temperature

The Norwegian coast. Norway has an extensive and unique coast line, with islands, skerries, fjords, narrow passages & mountain peaks

Norway along the North Sea to the Arctic Circle and northwards to the North Cape, the barren Finnmarken coast and the Barents Sea towards the Russian border.