Norway
The land size of Norway is about the same as Poland and Finland and is inbetween New Mexico and Montana. The coastline length is more than Antarctica and the United States. Two-thirds of the land is mountain, one-third of the land is in the arctic circle, and there are 50.000 islands, 17.000 glaciers, and countless fjords. |
Some believe that Norway is one of the most democratic and classless societies in the world, as peaceful people like Nelson Mandela have said. Quite a lot of Norwegians are involved in politics, and most teenagers have political ideas and know which parties are for them. |
Three Norwegian writers have won the Nobel Literature Prize: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun, and Sigrid Undset. I think the greatest Norwegian writer is Hamsun, although I am sad to write he was in the very small group of Norwegians who supported the Nazis during the occupation. For the most part, Bjørnson wrote novels and poems and plays, but this patriotic man also wrote the words to our national hymn «Ja vi elsker». |
Two of the biggest Norwegian films are just from the last few years: «Elling» is a film about two unstable men who are let out from mental hospital to attempt living in the normal world, and «Heftig & begeistret» is a documentary about a male choir from a little fishing village at the top of Norway who have some curious personalities! Both are huge successes here, and «Elling» even had an Oscar nomination. Kjetil Rekdal made the winning goal in the 89th minute in the 1998 World Cup game against Brasil.
Norway's mens FIFA ranking is 643 which puts us 22nd on the list, inbetween Russia and Japan, and we made it to the World Cup in 1994 and 1998. The best game ever was when we defeated the best team in the world, Brasil, at the 1998 World Cup. Our womens team won the 1995 Women's World Cup and the 2000 Gold Medal at Sydney, and their FIFA ranking is 2159 which puts us 2nd on the list. |
Here are some of the names people call Norway: | |||
Norge | Scandinavian | Norwegen | German |
Noorwegen | Dutch | Norja | Finnish |
Norvège | French | Norway | English |
Норвегия | Russian | Norveka | Slovenian |
Norvēģija | Latvian | Noruega | Spanish |
Norvegia | Italian | Νορβηγία | Greek |
an Iorua | Gaelic | נורווגיה | Hebrew |
النرويج | Arabic | 挪威 | Chinese |
ノルウェー王国 | Japanese | Na Uy | Vietnamese |
Find a Map of Norway here. Take a look at Norwegian bills and coins here. Learn some Norwegian words and phrases here. I hope you enjoyed reading this, ha det! |