norway

     

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Trivia about norway

  • The city of Tromso in this country is home to the world's northernmost university & brewery
  • The Peer Gynt ski area has been called this country's best place for cross-country skiing
  • If you include all the fjords & peninsulas, this country's coastline is more than 13,000 miles in length
  • Going due west from Stockholm, you'll next make your way into this country
  • Opened in 2000, the world's longest higway tunnel at 15.2 miles links Oslo and Bergen in this country
  • Europe's northernmost point on the continent is Cape Nordkyn in this country
  • "Yes, we love this land", sing the fjord dwellers of this country
  • Longyearben, one of the northernmost cities,is capital of this country's arctic territory of Svalbard
  • Yon war
  • There have been 7 Haakons, and all have been kings of this country
  • Olaf I Tryggvason,Olaf II Haraldsson,Olaf IV Haakonsson
  • King Olaf II is this country's patron saint
  • The Netherlands,Norway,Nepal
  • This country's longest fjord, Sogne Fjord, extends 127 miles inland
  • The Viking Ship Museum is one of the top attractions in Oslo, the capital of this country
  • In 1814 Carl XIII of Sweden became king of this country to the west as well
  • It's the country where you'll find Cape Nordkyn, the northernmost point on the European mainland
  • Slightly larger than New Mexico it contains the northernmost point in continental Europe
  • To punish Quisling & 24 other traitors, this country reinstated the death penalty
  • Its territory extends 300 miles above the Arctic Circle
  • Spitzbergen is an island in this Scandinavian country
  • This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
  • Norvege
  • Homeland of Edvards Munch & Grieg
  • In 1016 Olaf II Haraldsson effectiviely became its king & later its patron saint
  • Some visitors to this country drive the Trollstigveien -- Troll's Path -- to Geiranger Fjord
  • Christian Lange edited "Diplomatarium Norvegicum", a valuable source on this, his native land
  • Kongeriket Norge
  • Ja, they know how to ski real good in this country, whose flag is seen here
  • Bjorn Daehlie of this country has won a record 12 Winter Olympic medals, all for cross-country skiing
  • Immigrants from this country named a South Dakota county Haakon, in honor of King Haakon VII
  • This country's King Olaf V was born in England & was the grandson of King Edward VII
  • Edvard Munch was born into a middle-class family in Loten in this country
  • Under the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Sweden was given this neighbor that was taken from Denmark
  • Olav V was crowned this Scandinavian country's king in 1957 & reigned there for 34 years
  • In 1450 King Christian I of Denmark was also declared king of this other Scandinavian nation
  • Although it looks like Swiss cheese, Jarlsberg isn't from Switzerland but from this country
  • This country has been ruled by Haakon the Good, Haakon the Old & Haakon the Broad-Shouldered
  • Olaf Haraldsson Christianized this country & later was named Saint Olaf of it
  • This country's King Harold III was the half-brother of St. Olaf
  • Oppland,Nordland,Telemark
  • North Cape in this country is considered the most northerly point in Europe
  • Reindeer is on the menu at Fiskekrogen, a restaurant in Bergen in this country
  • In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden
  • Scan the horizon for this Scandinavian country
  • Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century
  • Around 1260 this country acquired Greenland & Iceland under Haakon IV, Haakon III's illegitimate son
  • Bergen
  • Even with over 70% of this North Sea country's land uninhabitable, it topped the most-livable list
  • This country's coat of arms dates back to the 13th century, when an ax & the crown of St. Olaf were added to a lion
  • If you're in this Scandinavian country in July, don't miss the ever-popular "St. Olav Play" in Stiklestad
  • In the 9th century Harald the Fairhaired became the first ruler of what is now this country
  • Spitsbergen
  • By 900 A.D. Harold Fairhair had become the first king of this Scandinavian nation
  • A founding member of the U.N., it also gave the U.N. its first Secretary-General, Trygve Lie
  • It's the constitutional monarchy of Northern Europe seen here
  • Ya, it's the Scandinavian nation whose flag is seen here
  • In 995 Olaf Tryggvesson became the first Christian king of this country
  • "A ski jumping competition in" this country, Land of the Midnight Sun, "rewarded competitors for landing in trees"
  • This country is home to the University of Bergen & the University of Trondheim
  • (Tom Ritchie of Lindblad Expeditions delivers the clue from South Georgia.) The island of South Georgia has no indigenous mammals, but reindeer were introduced here in 1911 to provide meat by Captain C.A. Larsen from this country
  • Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down" is based on this Scandinavian country's resistance against Nazi occupation
  • Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, killed Fortinbras' father, king of this nearby country
  • The Arctic Ocean's deepest point, about 17,880 feet, lies just north of this country's Svalbard Islands
  • Visitors praised the "beautiful fjords" & "midnight sun" but thought Alesund "smelled like herring"
  • From 1986-89, Gro Harlem Brundtland served as this Scandinavian country's prime minister
  • In 1397 the Union of Kalmar united Denmark, Sweden & this country
  • Kongeriket Norge translates to "Kingdom of" this
  • Europe's Jostedal glacier has shrunk so much, you can see farms destroyed in the 1700s ice age in this country
  • In 1992 a world record 68-foot 9-inch salami was made in this Scandinavian country's city of Flekkefjord
  • Nordkapp on this country's Mageroya Island is one of Europe's most northerly points
  • In Scandinavia:Bergen,Trondheim,Hammerfest
  • This country's national anthem, heard here, was written by cousins Rikard Nordraak & Bjornstjerne Bjornson
  • The first king of this country was Harald I; today it's Harald V
  • Haakon's Hall in Bergen is a relic of this country's medieval past
  • Hopen, part of Svalbard
  • In this country 200,000 people live in Bergen & fewer than 5,000 live way up north on the island of Spitsbergen
  • In 1319 3-year-old Magnus Eriksson became king of both Sweden & this neighbor
  • Bergen,Trondheim
  • Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929
  • King Haakon I of this country was killed in battle while fighting Erik Bloodax' sons
  • Single mom Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby wed Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, making her a princess of this country
  • The Storting
  • Her dad (Crown Prince Haakon) called Princess Ingrid of this country the "most beautiful little girl in the world"
  • Canute the Great forced this country's Olaf into exile in 1028 & put his own son on the throne
  • Cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie of this country won 3 golds, making him the Winter Games all-time leader
  • King Haakon III of this Scandinavian country may have been poisoned by his Swedish stepmother
  • Following Saudi Arabia & Russia, the third-largest oil exporter is this Scandinavian nation
  • Stiklestad, a village in this country, is where King Olaf II was killed in a 1030 battle
  • Chartered in 1789, the town of Hammerfest in this country is the northernmost town in Europe
  • The families of Midwesterners Thorstein Veblen & Knute Rockne came from this Scandinavian country
  • A lion on this country's coat of arms holds Saint Olaf's battle-axe
  • Svalbard
  • Finland's northernmost point lies at its border with this country
  • Oslo is in the south of this country whose north is above the Arctic circle
  • Sweden's longest
  • Vidkun Quisling, now a name synonymous with traitor, was made this country's prime minister by the Nazis
  • Haakon VII, king of this country, refused to abdicate under German pressure
  • Mona Grudt, 1990's Miss Universe, grew up in Hell in Nord-Trondelag county in this country
  • Knut Hamsun
  • "Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie
  • Russia's northernmost border with another country is with this country
  • Haakon County, South Dakota was named for a king of this country
  • With a population of about 210,000, Bergen is this country's second-most populous city
  • After the 1940 Nazi invasion of this country, Vidkun Quisling took power there
  • On 11/27/00 King Harald V opened this country's Laerdal Highway Tunnel, the world's longest at 15.2 miles
  • Trygve Lie
  • Fortinbras, a character in "Hamlet", is the prince of this country
  • King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross
  • Gro Harlem Bruntland has been prime minister of this Scandinavian country 3 different times
  • Rikard Nordraak, who composed this country's national anthem, was a friend of Edvard Grieg

Tweets about norway

  • @susahjelmen Kleint bursdagselskap. Hjemme igjen nå!
  • RT @ltsAmazing: Atlantic Road, Norway
  • RT @Globe_Pics: Kjeragbolten ,Norway.
  • @Cruella63 Home! Pfffth.
  • Reinebringen, Lofoten, Norway <3
  • Kisses for the bae 💋 @ Epcot Norway
  • @Puzelus Hofff.. Den gjengen river ikke snerken av kaldgrauten vaffal.
  • RT @alphabetsuccess: Midnight Sun at the island Senja in Northern Norway Via @Gabriele_Corno & @cmelakigor by Daniel Korzhonov
  • @Hetalia_Norway *dramatically comes out of the close- i mean changing room* *^*
  • I want to do impossible things... I have been learning in Norway many thing and there is something very important...
  • RT @F_L_II: Aurora borealis, Norway. "@discoveryimages:
  • I want to do impossible things... I have been learning in Norway many thing and there is something…
  • @hetaliasummer *he waits patiently for you to change*
  • I'II have a Voss. Excuse me? It's water. From Norway. Sorry, we only have water from the Valley. #acinderellastory
  • #Norway for #Gaza
  • Norway is Perfect
  • Midnight Sun at the island Senja in Northern Norway by Daniel Korzhonov
  • ☆。★。☆。★ 。☆ 。☆。☆ ★。\|/。★ I have a secret family in Norway ★。/|\ °★ 。☆。 。° ☆。 ☆。 ★。☆ °★
  • Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway!
  • japan mexico hong kong canada france USA norway switzlerland honduras jamaica south africa sweden australia spain + more in the building
  • In Norway, an 8,000-year-old skeleton has been discovered with preserved brain matter
  • Once upon a time ... Stave church of Heddal nearby Notodden (Norway), built approx. 1250
  • Fjord House, Telemark, Norway
  • Preikestolen, Norway
  • Foodbank Britain. Foodbank Norway. Which seems better to you? #IndyRef #VoteYes
  • Norway may become ‘cashless country’ by 2020
  • Solitude, Pulpit Rock, Norway
  • @Normal_Chansey ((;3; that's kinda what i did with the go find Norway thing orz))
  • @TheAmazingChina @Hetalia_Norway @TheNordic_King THEN GET ME A MILKSHAKE AND LARGE FRIES! *continues pulling your curl really fast*
  • @Hetalia_Norway *sighs* though, she's Vene's child too. So, i'm happy to take care of her~ ^3^
  • RT @5SOS: HI! were TOURING UK, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium & Franc…
  • RT @ColdplayHoward: Me ha gustado un vídeo de @YouTube ( - Carl Espen - Silent Storm (Norway) LIVE Eurovision Song Co…
  • RT @investgambia: #Azerbaijan #Norway #Liberia #Diplomats to Gambia pledged resolve to strengthen Bilateral Relations existing between thei…
  • Keep it Simple Scotland: Norway oil fund only started in 1996 but now worth £470 billion or £100,000 per man, woman & child #indyref
  • @TheAmazingChina @Hetalia_Norway @TheNordic_King one reason why Korea is better than you-.. wait what
  • @JemmaLouise1501 Norway! Short hop. Get your future bf to take you 😉
  • RT @ThatsEarth: Seven Sisters Waterfall, Norway
  • Me ha gustado un vídeo de @YouTube ( - Carl Espen - Silent Storm (Norway) LIVE Eurovision Song Contest 2014
  • My favorite drink! Imported straight from Norway. Guava white tea 😍👅💦 Thas me in the back
  • @electra_emily @TheAmazingChina @TheNordic_King O-oh..?
  • RT @ltsAMAZlNG: Norway
  • My sister sent me this today, 9 moose on a field #norway #mygrandpashome
  • RT @DILLONFRANCIS: ready to party tonight Norway
  • @electra_emily @Hetalia_Norway @TheNordic_King *violent shudder* I DONT WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPING YOU QUIT IT
  • Fjords, Norway
  • @Hetalia_Norway @TheAmazingChina @TheNordic_King *gasp* I love rainbows and ponies! That's how Roma-Kun's room is decorated like!
  • RT @kevinrichardson: Beautiful boat ride in Kristiansand, Norway!
  • @hetaliasummer Aww... *he touched the baby's head gently*
  • @electra_emily @Hetalia_Norway @TheNordic_King *laughs* god I shoulda invented halloween. But Korea did apparently
  • RT @kevinrichardson: Fredrikstad, Norway