Norway is filled with a beautiful landscape and cold waters. It is perfect for vacationing and also living. During winter, thousands of people visit to see the snowy vast lands and experience the climate. It is filled with mountains along with the rest of the Scandinavian region. The largest industry is petroleum production which helps the economy a lot. Fish is an important food and is eaten with almost all meals because, of the access to water. The country’s Independence Day is May 17, very significant to all inhabitants. As a whole, Norway is very advanced with almost all of Europe. They have their own language, currency, military, and provides mostly for itself. The country is run as a constitutional monarchy. The Capital of Oslo is most significant city in all of Norway, it has the most crucial airports, buildings, industries, museums and transportation.
Norway is located in the region of Scandinavia along with Sweden and Finland, which is found in northern most Europe. The Scandinavian Mountains are located in Norway and is one of the most visited landforms. Also, Norway has some of the last standing Glaciers from the ice age, named Folgefonna, Hardangerjokulen, and Jostedalsbreen. Norway also has over 50,000 islands surrounding the coast, according to the World Atlas. The Norwegian Sea, North Sea and Barents Sea surround Norway. Inside of Norway the major lakes and rivers are; Lake Mjosa, Lake Tana, River Mjosa, Lagen River, Glama River, Numedalslågen River, and Gudbrandsdalslågen River. Petroleum is a very valuable resource in Norway and is one of the largest productions. Fishing is also very common, and feeds a large majority of the country. The climate in Norway is very diverse, the winters very cold and are filled wi...
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...ell taken care of. It does have minor pollution problems though. “Air quality in Norway has generally improved since the 1990s. However, many people in the larger towns are still affected by local air pollution,and some limit values are still exceeded every winter,” according to the Norwegian Environment Agency. Air pollution is not a significant deal though due to the use of public transportation; less pollution is being made because of the decrease in car use. Also they have some radioactive pollution, but it is not enough to affect the people slightly. Norway has little to no resource issues, they are very self-sufficient and able to provide for their country.
Norway has and is a very successful state. It is a very stable country, with healthy people and good living conditions. The country is very rich and most people make more money than needed for survival.
Iceland and Greenland are located at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere and they face each other across the sea. Though Iceland is considered one of the five Nordic countries while Greenland belongs to North America, both of them were once colonies of Vikings and played important roles in Viking age. Viking civilization experienced from prosperity to decline during 8CE to 14CE on these two islands. It is very possible to find out the reasons for Viking’s ups and downs through studying the histories of Iceland and Greenland’s development.
The freshwater from the glaciers would run eventually to the sea, causing sea levels to rise, and also reducing the levels of salt found in the sea. This is in fact disastrous for thermohaline circulation, which carries warm currents to Svalbard from The Gulf Stream, and takes cold water back around to e warmed again. The cold water travels back along the surface of the ocean bed around America, because it has sunk near Svalbard. It sinks due to the levels of salt here. The addition of salt makes the water heavy, dropping to the bottom. When the added glacier water reduces the salt levels, it would, in effect stop thermohaline circulation completely. This would mean that, eventually, warm places would get even warmer, without the cooling sea water, and Svalbard would get even colder, without Gulf Stream water warming the East side of the islands.
The Vikings left Norway was because of the social issues they had with the Nor...
After being exiled from Iceland, Erik and his family decided to sail westward, which was unlike many other voyagers. (hakaimagazine, Zack Zorich 2015) They had settled in an unexplored and barren land which they named ‘Greenland’ in the hope of attracting other Vikings and voyagers, as Erik figured an attractive name would make it easier to persuade people to move there. After little exploration Greenland.com (2017) argues that Erik and his family discovered a variety of productive valleys and great fjord setting. After colonizing Greenland and producing a small settlement Erik returned to Iceland three years later and broadcasted his new country. From there Erik the Red’s astonishing navigational marine skills were prominent as he took a fleet of 25 ships back to Greenland with him. The ships carried many men, women and other necessary fundamentals to construct a flowing colony on the land of green. Though only 14 of the 25 ships made it to Greenland he however achieved a successful settlement and become a leader of his newly founded country. Thus, Erik’s traveling skills and ability to start a new establishment highlights his legendary and renowned past as a famous Viking of
Many of them have moved from the societies their ancestors created to be able to speak their language and keep their culture. Moving from these areas they are better able to assimilate themselves while still keeping their culture with them (Scandinavian U.S. History). They are marrying people from cultures other than their own and some have even lost touch with their own roots. Some of the ways that Scandinavians have influenced American culture is by the some of the food they make from their culture, religion, holiday traditions, and some others (Scandinavian U.S. History). One of the major holidays that they celebrate in America is the twenty days of Christmas. This starts on December 13 and on Christmas Eve they celebrate with very traditional food like dried cod, lutefisk, and rice porridge (Scandinavian U.S. History). One other celebration occurs on May 17th. There are parades held and festivities to celebrate the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814 (Scandinavian U.S. History). This celebration includes foods like the lefse, a flatbread made from potatoes and rolled out really thing, and of course the specially made cod(Scandinavian U.S.
Like many Norwegians in the late 1800’s my ancestors made the expedition from Norway to America in pursuit of a better life. The most common route that most Norwegian natives would voyage was from Norway to New York, and then they would colonize in the Great Plains in the upper Midwest. Which encompassed states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, or the Dakotas. Most Norwegians preferred to settle in rural a area, which was what these states offered, as well as the possibility to stay in close proximity with other Norwegian immigrants.
The Vikings began as a vast number of Scandinavians leaving their homelands seeking for fortunes elsewhere. Known for their raids, the Vikings terrorized the coasts of Europe between 800 and 1050 CE. The Viking longship proved to have ultimate operational flexibility from the strongly built overlapping planks that carried the structural load of the hull. Most of the their settlements were located in England and Normandy. However, some of the Viking traders penetrated the heartland of Russia by following the great rivers. The Scandinavian culture during this period was highly intriguing from their burial customs to the warfare and raids. Leif Eriksson also plays a part in the colonization Iceland and Greenland and the exploration of the North
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government. According to the Swedish Constitution, all public power derives from the people. Sweden's head of state, the King, has only ceremonial functions. The top branch of the national government is the Parliament, which has 349 members in one chamber.
Norway is one of the “three fingers” of Scandinavia, and is just larger than New Mexico. It covers 125,181 square miles. It is located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The coastline stretches 21,925 km. The population of Norway is 4.3 million and growing. The population is predominantly or Nordic (Scandinavian) decent. There is also a small minority (20,000) of native Sámis (Laplanders), who live mostly in the North. Many aspects of business and management in Norway are very similar to those of America including language and communication, power structures/politics, work ethics, food and eating habits, dress, and religious beliefs.
Legally the countries remained separate sovereign states. However they had domestic and foreign policies which were directed by the same common monarch. Afterwards there were different interests, like for instance the Swedish nobleness’ dissatisfaction with the very dominant role of Denmark and Holstein, which were reasons for a conflict. This problem could weight the union down. From the 1430s on, there were issues in intervals which turned out as very hard to resolve. In 1523 then, Gustav Vasa became king of Sweden and the Kalmar Union fell apart. That was also when the Danish king lost control over the Swedish kingdom. As a following, it was only the personal union Denmark-Norway survived until 1814.
In the middle of the 19th century when Norway, needed to have a new written language of it’s own, after being under Danish rule. The process of getting this new Norwegian written language, was not straightforward, as not one way of doing was agreed on. There were two rivaling ways of getting the new Norwegian written language. One was to adopt a newly created language based upon the older dialects, that reassembled old norse the most. This approach was founded by Ivar Aasen. The other approach was to use the dano-norwegian that a lot of people already used, and standardize it a gradually changing the danish words into Norwegian. This idea was founded by Knud knudsen, and is what lead to bokmål. These two different approaches battled in what later was known as the language conflict of Norway.
The culture of Denmark is both traditional and modern. Denmark is known for being the happiest country in the world and the Danes were considered to be the strongest and tallest of the Nordic tribes. It is not certain where the Danes originated from, but some believed they came from the southern part of the Scandinavian peninsula ("Denmark." Encyclopedia Americana). Most people in Denmark are Evangelical Lutherans (“Denmark” CIA World Factbook). The Evangelical Lutheran Church “is an institution with deep roots in Danish history, and people rally to it in times of grave crisis, such as World War II, but it is hardly a vital social force. It engages extensively in social work, however, and parish clergy still collect vital statistics for the state. Attendance at church services is extremely low” ("Denmark." Encyclopedia Americana). The Danish language is similar to Norwegian and Swedish and the Latin alphabet is most commonly used ("Denmark." Encyclopedia Americana). Education is very important to the people of Denmark and they are very lucky that the government provides them free education (Murphy). Beginning at the age of seven, children begin Folkeskolen, a primary school, where they learn math, history, geography, science, art, music, physical education, and religion ("Denmark." Encyclopedia Americana). They also study and learn Danish, German, and English languages (Murphy). After attending Folkeskolen for nine years, some students move on to high school and some choose a trade school ("Denmark." Encyclopedia Americana). Many adults also attend high school in Denmark to learn more about sports, history, culture, or literature (Murphy). The people of Denmark eat many of the same foods ...
I scoured books and found that it is a very wealthy country, and that its territories include Greenland and the Faroe Islands. After questioning my father, I was surprised to learn that my family comes from Denmark. I was part Danish! I was very excited to tell Soren and could not wait to tell him the news the next day.
Compare to other region, they also have water problem but their main issues are about trees. Too many trees are cutting down in other to make charcoal and all that burning wood or waste can pollutes or damage the atmosphere.
...ons about society and about the foundations of legitimate power (Morales, Yves). In the eyes of the Scandinavians, they had invented skiing as a modern sport and led a policy that was a mixture of both conservatism and nationalism, which turned out to come off as isolationism. The will to quest and conquer the polar extremes, as well as the inland glaciers of Greenland, has been a part of Scandinavian polar history, to such a degree that it can be termed a national characteristic (Goksøyr, Matti). In a recent book by Tor Bomann-Larsen, he cites Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s opening Evige sne as a representative of how Scandinavian national culture, as the country was developing into a nation state, was one in which snow, and therefore skiing, became a catalyzing factor that gave the Scandinavian nations their uniqueness, their purity, and their right to be independent.