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-You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
-It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11am and dinner at 3pm (they have a 4th meal around 8 or 9pm called “kveldsmat” which is an “evening meal,” waffles are a cozy popular kvelsmat idea or bread and tea).
-You spend all your spare time in the great outdoors, whatever the weather
-You start believing if it weren’t for Norway’s efforts the world would probably go under soon (isn’t that like every country? We all want to feel important:)
-You’re always ready to catch the door as it closes if following too close behind somebody.
-When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that: A. He is drunk. B. He is insane. C. He is American D. He is alll of the above
I like that one because I have tried to smile at people multiple times and they don’t even look at me, or they look away. I think it’s funny!
Norway is one of the five Nordic nations along with Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
Norway is a Protestant country with a state church. Many people do not practise their religion even though they consider themselves Christians.
Norway has almost 22,000 km of coastline!
About 4.65 million people live in Norway. Of this, about 40,000 are Sami, the indigenous population in Norway.
The Norwegian government is a constitutional monarchy, with the king as head of state and the president as head of government.
Norway is a relatively small country: 324,220 sq km, of which 307,860 sq km is land and 16,360 sq. km. is water. This represents an area slightly larger than the U.S. state of New Mexico.
About 2/3 of the land in Norway is considered mountain terrain.
Norway has over 50,000 islands off its coast.
Only Saudi Arabia and Russia export more oil than Norway.
Norway is the best place to live according to a recently publish UN report.
Norway has won the most medals at the Winter Games.
North of the Arctic Circle in Norway (also called “The Land of the Midnight Sun”), the “Nordic twilight” lights up the landscape in the middle of the summer night.
1. There are more Norwegian descendants living in the United States than there are Norwegians in Norway (6 mill. vs. 4,8 mill.)
2. Norway is nicknamed ”The Land of the Midnight Sun.”
3. All of the surviving stave churches, (medieval wooden churches with a post and beam construction related to timber framing,) except one, are found in Norway.
4. Hydropower accounts for 99 per cent of the electricity generated in Norway.
5. In Norway, education is free, even college and university education.
6. Norwegian women and men spend more and more of their time on leisure activities, on average more than 6 hours a day.
7. Norway has a native population called the Sami people.
8. The plague called ”The Black Death” resulted in the death of more than half of Norway’s population in the mid 14th century.
9. In real terms, Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world.
10. Norway was one of the first countries to establish a Ministry for the Environment (1972).
11. Women in Norway have the right to 44 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and men 6 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
12. The name Norway is thought to mean “path to the North.”
13. Norway is one of the world’s richest countries per capita.
14. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway’s capital, every year.
15. The all-time high temperature in Norway is 96.08ºF and was measured in Nesbyen, Buskerud in 1970.
16. Norway is one of the world’s largest oil and natural gas exporter.
17. One of Norway’s most important strategic priority area is the Arctic, where Norway works to protect the environment, maintain settlement patterns, promote business development and further develop cooperation with Russia and other partners.
18. The First United Nations Secretary-General, Trygve Halvdan Lie, was Norwegian.
19. Since the early 1990s, Norway has been playing an important role as facilitator in a number of peace and reconciliation processes.
20. Food stores are not allowed to stay open on Sundays, but petrol stations and kiosks selling groceries are.
21. In Norway, wine and liquor is only sold in a monopoly store called “Vinmonopolet”, which translates to “The Wine Monopoly”.
22. In the period 1860 to 1910, the percentage of the Norwegian population emigrating to America was second only to the percentage of the Irish.
23. In size, Norway is comparable to Montana, and it is the 6th largest country in Europe.
24. Norway is one of very few European countries not to be a member of the European Union, after twice rejecting membership after having a referendum (1972 and 1994.)
25. Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
26. The Norwegian Constitution dates back to 1814 and is celebrated with children’s parades, speeches and other festivities on May 17 every year.
27. In Norway there’s a saying that ”There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.”
28. Since the 1990s, Norwegian films have become very popular with Norwegian audiences and have also gotten more attention from abroad; several Norwegian films have been exported and received international awards.
29. Norway’s representative, Kurt Nilsen, won World Idol, the one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, with the U.S. pop idol Kelly Clarkson as the runner-up.
30. Fossils of the marine reptile ”Predator X” that patrolled the Jurassic oceans 147 million years ago, was excavated on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway.
-It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11am and dinner at 3pm (they have a 4th meal around 8 or 9pm called “kveldsmat” which is an “evening meal,” waffles are a cozy popular kvelsmat idea or bread and tea).
-You spend all your spare time in the great outdoors, whatever the weather
-You start believing if it weren’t for Norway’s efforts the world would probably go under soon (isn’t that like every country? We all want to feel important:)
-You’re always ready to catch the door as it closes if following too close behind somebody.
-When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that: A. He is drunk. B. He is insane. C. He is American D. He is alll of the above
I like that one because I have tried to smile at people multiple times and they don’t even look at me, or they look away. I think it’s funny!Norway is one of the five Nordic nations along with Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
Norway is a Protestant country with a state church. Many people do not practise their religion even though they consider themselves Christians.
Norway has almost 22,000 km of coastline!
About 4.65 million people live in Norway. Of this, about 40,000 are Sami, the indigenous population in Norway.
The Norwegian government is a constitutional monarchy, with the king as head of state and the president as head of government.
Norway is a relatively small country: 324,220 sq km, of which 307,860 sq km is land and 16,360 sq. km. is water. This represents an area slightly larger than the U.S. state of New Mexico.
About 2/3 of the land in Norway is considered mountain terrain.
Norway has over 50,000 islands off its coast.
Only Saudi Arabia and Russia export more oil than Norway.
Norway is the best place to live according to a recently publish UN report.
Norway has won the most medals at the Winter Games.
North of the Arctic Circle in Norway (also called “The Land of the Midnight Sun”), the “Nordic twilight” lights up the landscape in the middle of the summer night.
1. There are more Norwegian descendants living in the United States than there are Norwegians in Norway (6 mill. vs. 4,8 mill.)
2. Norway is nicknamed ”The Land of the Midnight Sun.”
3. All of the surviving stave churches, (medieval wooden churches with a post and beam construction related to timber framing,) except one, are found in Norway.
4. Hydropower accounts for 99 per cent of the electricity generated in Norway.
5. In Norway, education is free, even college and university education.
6. Norwegian women and men spend more and more of their time on leisure activities, on average more than 6 hours a day.
7. Norway has a native population called the Sami people.
8. The plague called ”The Black Death” resulted in the death of more than half of Norway’s population in the mid 14th century.
9. In real terms, Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world.
10. Norway was one of the first countries to establish a Ministry for the Environment (1972).
11. Women in Norway have the right to 44 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and men 6 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
12. The name Norway is thought to mean “path to the North.”
13. Norway is one of the world’s richest countries per capita.
14. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway’s capital, every year.
15. The all-time high temperature in Norway is 96.08ºF and was measured in Nesbyen, Buskerud in 1970.
16. Norway is one of the world’s largest oil and natural gas exporter.
17. One of Norway’s most important strategic priority area is the Arctic, where Norway works to protect the environment, maintain settlement patterns, promote business development and further develop cooperation with Russia and other partners.
18. The First United Nations Secretary-General, Trygve Halvdan Lie, was Norwegian.
19. Since the early 1990s, Norway has been playing an important role as facilitator in a number of peace and reconciliation processes.
20. Food stores are not allowed to stay open on Sundays, but petrol stations and kiosks selling groceries are.
21. In Norway, wine and liquor is only sold in a monopoly store called “Vinmonopolet”, which translates to “The Wine Monopoly”.
22. In the period 1860 to 1910, the percentage of the Norwegian population emigrating to America was second only to the percentage of the Irish.
23. In size, Norway is comparable to Montana, and it is the 6th largest country in Europe.
24. Norway is one of very few European countries not to be a member of the European Union, after twice rejecting membership after having a referendum (1972 and 1994.)
25. Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
26. The Norwegian Constitution dates back to 1814 and is celebrated with children’s parades, speeches and other festivities on May 17 every year.
27. In Norway there’s a saying that ”There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.”
28. Since the 1990s, Norwegian films have become very popular with Norwegian audiences and have also gotten more attention from abroad; several Norwegian films have been exported and received international awards.
29. Norway’s representative, Kurt Nilsen, won World Idol, the one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, with the U.S. pop idol Kelly Clarkson as the runner-up.
30. Fossils of the marine reptile ”Predator X” that patrolled the Jurassic oceans 147 million years ago, was excavated on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway.
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