Norway

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Norway.org: Norway, The Official Site in the United States
CIA World Factbook: Norway
Wikipedia: Norway
U.S. Department of State: Norway
Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Country Profile: Norway
VisitNorway.com: Official Visit Norway Site
BBC News: Norway

Norway Recent News

New York Times: Norway
AftenPosten: News From Norway
The Norway Post: Doorway to Norway News
TradeWinds: News From Norway

Travel Information

Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Travel Advice: Norway
LonelyPlanet: Norway Travel Information
GuardianUnlimited: Travel Norway
Wikitravel: Norway Travel Guide

Norway Politics

Wikipedia: Politics of Norway| List of Political Parties of Norway| Elections in Norway
EIN News: Norway Government & Political News
NationMaster: Norway Government Statistics

Norway Government

Kongehuset: Norwegian Royal Family| His Majesty the King
Refjeringen: Information from the Govenment and the Ministries| The Government
Stortinget: Norwegian Parliament's Official Web Site
Official Site: The Prime Minister
Official Site: The Ministry of Defence
Official Site: The Supreme Court of Norway

Norway Foreign Relations

Official Site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Official Site: Norwegian Foreign Affairs
Wikipedia: Foreign Relations of Norway| Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway.UN: Norway, Mission to the UN| Norway's Foreign Policy Priorities

Norway Economy

Wikipedia: Economy of Norway
CIA World Factbook: Norway's Economy
NorgesBank: Central Bank of Norway
Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom: Norway
International Monetary Fund: Norway and the IMF
Noratrade: The Official Norwegian Trade Portal
The Economist: Norway
Statistisk Sentralbyra (SSB): Statistics Norway

Norway Military

Wikipedia: Norwegian Army| Norwegian Home Guard
Wikipedia: Royal Norwegian Navy| Royal Norwegian Air Force
einnews.com: Norway Military News
E.U. Politics Today: Norway Army News

Norway Facts and History

VG.nett-arkivet: Facts About Norway
World Health Organization(WHO): Norway Facts
Wikipedia: History of Norway
VisitNorway.com: History of Norway with Timeline
Bergen-Guide: History of Norway
World Statesman: Norway History

Norway Maps and Geography

Creative Commons image by "Mats Halldin"

Creative Commons image by "Mats Halldin"

WorldAtlas: Map of Norway
Bugbog: Map of Norway
MapQuest: Norway
Union.edu: "Metamorphic lab: Norway Caledonian eclogites and related rocks" (Map with photos)
BBC Weather: Norway
Wikipedia: Geography of Norway| Vestlandet

Norway Capital

Mahalo's page on Oslo

Norway's Major Cities

Mahalo's Page on Bergen
Mahalo's Page on Stavanger
Mahalo's Page on Kristiansand
Mahalo's Page on Trondheim
Mahalo's Page on Lillehammer

Mountains

Wikipedia: Scandinavian Mountains
Scandinavian Mountains: Rondane
Westcoastpeaks: Norwegian Mountains
Sognefjord: Scenic Mountain Passes
Isfjorden.com: The Mountains

Fjords

Wikipedia: Fjords
Sognefjord.no: Norway's Longest Fjord
Fjords.com: Startpage for the Norwegian Fjords
VisitNorway.com: Fjord Norway
World Heritage Centre UNESCO: West Norwegian Fjords

Glaciers

Wikipedia: Glaciers
Striver.no: The Glomma Basin (Largest River in Norway)
Envisense.org: Norway's Briksdalsbreen Glacier
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate: Glaciers in Norway
Artic Circle Norway: Okstindan and Svartisen

Norway Photos and Videos

Photos

Earth-Photography: Norway
World TravelBook: Travelbooks of Norway
Norphoto: Pictures from Norway
Google Image Search: Norway
Flickr: Norway

Video

YouTube: Base Jumping in Norway (Time 7:29)
YouTube & Google Video: Norway Documentaries
Travelistic: Norway Videos
Wondersoftheworld.tv: 138 Videos of Norway
Daily Motion: Norway| Norway Documentaries

Norway Culture

Wikipedia: Farm Culture| Asetesrett| Odelsrett| Jante Law
Kwintessential.co.uk: Norwegian Culture and Etiquette
StudyinNorway: Norway Culture
Sons of Norway: Norwegian In 5 Minutes a Month
Norway.no: Gateway to the Public Sector in Norway

People of Norway

Wikipedia: Bunad | Midsummer | Romantic Nationalism | Notable Norwegians
Visit Norway: National Costumes | Culture | Food Traditions
Flickr: Norwegians

Animals of Norway

Norway Fun and Interesting Things

Cheesemans' Ecology: Mammals & Seabirds of the Norwegian Artic Safari (2008)
Jostedal: Jostedal Glacier National Park
Bergen-Guide: The World's Longest Road Tunnel: Laerdal-Aurland
wwITV: Watch TV from Norway
WorldTimeServer.com: Current Time in Norway
WebcamsInNorway: 748 Webcams in Norway

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Guide Note

The Kingdom of Norway is a constitutional monarchy on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Fast Facts

Capital: Oslo
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Population: 4,627,926
Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Exchange Rate: Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 6.4117 (2006), 6.4425 (2005), 6.7408 (2004), 7.0802 (2003), 7.9838 (2002)
Official Languages: Norwegian, Saami

Geography and Climate

Norway shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and wraps around Sweden to the north to share smaller arctic borders with Finland and Russia. 190 miles to the west of Norway is the frontier of Scotland. The terrain is predominantly mountainous and glacial, with highlands dropping abruptly to the deep fissures and stream channels of fjords, and a generally steep western coastline marked by jigsaw curves and myriad islands. The climate varies greatly between the temperate south and the arctic north, although Norway's generally high latitude provides even the southern capital of Oslo with the seasonal variations in daylight characteristic to Scandinavia.

History

During the Viking period, in which waves of Scandinavians, all on basically the same program, ravaged their way as far as Newfoundland, the proto-Norwegians were more colonial-minded than most, founding communities in Ireland (including the city of Dublin, and in farther locales including Greenland. After Viking-related activities settled down, following the slow Nordic adoption of Christianity, Norway itself settled into a 400-year alliance with Denmark which arguably suborned the country to Danish interests. Afterward, as is common in Scandinavian national histories, trouble followed involving the other major country in the troika, in this case Sweden. Norway declared full independence as a constitutional state in 1814. Although neutral in World War II, Norway was invaded by Germany and mounted substantial resistance. The constitutional government was restored at war's end, and Norway has since been known, like its neighboring Scandinavian states, for social equality and progressive governance.

Countries of Scandinavia

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

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