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  guó míngnuó wēi wáng guó( TheKingdomofNorway, KongeriketNorge)
   guó míng shì nuó wēi yuē chū xiàn 9 shì shì yóu Norreweg zhuǎn lái wéi " tōng wǎng běi fāng zhī "、 " běi fāng háng dào "。 dāng shí lái wǎng kān de wéi bàn dǎo de háng dào zhù yào yòu 3 tiáodōng jīng luó de hǎi jīng běi hǎiběi yán zhe bàn dǎo de běi 'àn chū dāng shíběi xiàn hǎi 'àn háng xiàn de míng chēng bèi jiào zuò " nuò léi wéi (Norreweg) ", shì jiāng 'ěr màn de Norre( běi ) Weg( ) pīn 'ér chéng de míngzài yīng zhōngjiāng hòu bàn de " wéi "Weg( ) huàn chéng yīng de " wēi "Way( ), zuò " nuó wēi "(Norway)。 dàn zài nuó wēi běn guórén men hái shì cóng míng yǎn biàn guò lái de Norge zuò wéi zhèng shì guó míng
   : 6 yuè 7 ( 1905 nián
   guó qìng : 5 yuè 17 ( 1814 nián
   guó huāshí nán huā
   guó niǎo niǎo
   guó :《 duì men 'ài guó
   yánnuó wēi nuó wēi tōng xíng liǎng zhǒng xiāng de guān fāng yánxué xiào jiào shòu zhè liǎng zhǒng yán 'ěr (Bokmal) shì zhù yào yányīn wéi yóu dān mài wén yǎn biàn 'ér láisuǒ yòu chēng dān mài shì nuó (Dano-Norwegian)。 tōng yòng bǎi fēn zhī shí de rén kǒulìng zhǒng yán shì xīn nuó wēi (New-Norwegian huò Nynorsk), yīn wéi shì cóng dān mài tǒng zhì shí de jiù nuó wēi yǎn biàn 'ér láibāo hán duō cháng fāng yán de cǎo gēn xìngèr zhàn hòuyóu shì huà de yǐng xiǎngxīn nuó wēi míng xiǎn shǎo yòng liǎosuǒ 'ěr hái shì zhàn yōu shìguān guāng de nuó wēi rén biàn shuō yīng wéndàn xiāng cūn de rén men jīhū shuō yīng wén
  
   mín 'ěr màn nuó wēi rén zhàn 95%, běi yòu yuē 2 wàn rén
   zōng jiào jiào
   huò nuó wēi lǎng (krone) tōng cháng zài guó huì shì xiě chéng NOK, zài běi 'ōu xiě chéng Nkr, nuó wēi jìng nèi shì kr。 1 nuó wēi láng děng 100 ōu léi (Ore), yòu miàn 'é 50 ōu léi, 1、 5、 10、 20 láng de yìng 50、 100、 200、 500、 1000 láng de zhǐ
  
   guó chéng cháng fāng xíngcháng kuān zhī wéi 11:8。 wéi hóng miàn shàng yòu lánbái de shí xíng 'ànlüè piān zuǒ nuó wēi céng zài 1397 nián dān màiruì diǎn jié chéng 'ěr lián méngwéi dān mài suǒ tǒng zhìsuǒ guó shàng de shí yuán dān mài guó de shí 'ànnuó wēi guó yòu liǎng zhǒngzhèng gòu xuán guà yàn wěi shì guó chǎng xuán guà shàng shù héng cháng fāng xíng guó 。 1821 niánnuó wēi zhì dìng shāng chuán shí wéi 'àn。 1905 nián shízhèng shì dìng wéi guó hónglánbái sān de shì diǎn xíng de yóu de biāo zhì
  
   guó huīnuó wēi jiǎn jié míng liǎo de guó huī chéng dùn xínghóng de dùn miàn shàng zhí zhe zhǐ jīn shī tóu dài wáng guānchí jīn bǐng yín jīn shī shì liàng de xiàng zhēngyín shì nuó wēi yóu de bǎo zhě shèng 'ào de dùn huī shàng duān shì dǐng xiāng qiàn zhe yuán qiú shí de jīn wáng guān zuì chū 13 shì chū xiàn zài kāng guó wáng xiān lāi guó wáng de zhì huī zhāng shàngdùn huī zhōng xióng shī qián zhī jǐn zhàn de 'àn shì 8 shì lái shén shèng guó wáng de rén xiàng zhēngjīn xióng shī tóu shàng de wáng guān zào xíng jiǎn xiàn liǎo kān de wéi jīn shǔ zhì zuò de yòu fēng dùn huī dǐng duān de wáng guānxiàng zhēng wáng de wēi yán zhì gāo shàng de quán
  
   guó jiā zhèng yàoguó wáng 'ěr shì (HaraldV), 91 nián chéng wáng wèishǒuxiàng tuō 'ěr téng bèi (JensStoltenberg), nián10 yuè rèn zhí
  
   cān yǐn jiǎn jièguǎng de guó què yòu sān fēn zhī wèi běi juàn nèiyīn fèn liàng chōng yòu néng gōng néng de yǐn shíbiàn xíng chéng cháng shēng huó de cān yǐn shìzǎo cān fèn liàng chōng shìxūn guī dànmài piànmiàn bāo fēihóng chá děng cān yòng duōwǎn cān pǐn cháng shāo kǎo xùn ròu huò léi niǎo guò zhù míng de wéi jīng liào què shì zhǒng lěng shí wéi zhù de cān diǎnyòu xīng shì shìnuó wēi rén zuì 'ài jiǔ táo jiǔ wēi shì jià qián hěn gāo
  
   nuó wēi rén fēi cháng huān shǒu lùn shídāng shēng rén xiāng huìzǒng yào shǒu dào xìng míngtóng yàng dāng hòu jiàn liǎo zěn me shú de rén zài zhāo shí dào bié shí shǒu
   diàn huànuó wēi diàn huà hào suǒ yòu guó nèi diàn huà hào jiē wéi 8 gōng yòng diàn huà shōu 1、 5、 10 láng yìng chá hào tái: 180。 cháng diàn huà yòng shì diàn huà huì jiào fāng biàndiàn huà miàn 'é yòu 35、 98 210 láng 3 zhǒng zài bào tān (Narvesen) gòu 。 17:00-8:00 de tōng huà fèi shì shí duàn de 1/3。
  
  
  
  
   rán
     miàn wéi 5155 píng fāng gōng bāo kuò 'ěr qún dǎoyáng yán dǎo děng shǔ )。 wèi běi 'ōu kān de wéi bàn dǎo dōng lín ruì diǎndōng běi fēn lán 'é luó jiē rǎngnán tóng dān mài hǎi xiāng wàng bīn nuó wēi hǎihǎi 'àn xiàn chángwàn gōng bāo kuò xiá wān), duō tiān rán liáng gǎng kān de wéi shān mài zòng guàn quán jìnggāo yuánshān bīng chuān yuē zhàn quán jìng shàngnán xiǎo qiūhúpōzhǎo guǎng fēn shǔ wēn dài hǎi yáng xìng hòunuó wēi shì shì jiè zhòng yào de hǎi shì guó zhī hǎi 'àn xiàn zhéjìn hǎi dǎo 15 wàn duō shì yōu liáng gǎng kǒuyòu shì fēng jǐng yōu měi de yóu lǎn
   nuó wēi běn shǔ hán dài zhēn lín hòu 'ěr qún dǎoyáng yán dǎo shǔ tái yuán hòushǒu nián píng jūn wēn 7 nián jiàng shuǐ liàng 740 háo zuǒ yòu
  
     zài wèi hǎi 'àn de bèi gēn xīn shǎng dào yóu bǎi wàn nián bīng chuān xíng biàn dòng 'ér xíng chéng de xiá wān jǐng yuǎn tiào qún shān huán bào liǎng 'àn fēng guāng měi lìng rén xiá gěiào shì nuó wēi de zhù míng gǎng kǒu zhōu shān shuǐ huán bàofēng guāng huà shì quán guó zuì de jīng wén huà zhōng xīn luò gōng yuánwéi jīng chuán guǎn děngdōu shì zhè de zhù míng yóu lǎn hái yòu zuò huá xuě guǎnxiáng jiè shào guān huá xuě de shǐ
  
     nuó wēi chù piān běi zuì nán diǎnběi wěi yuē58 zhōng guó zuì běi diǎn dào běi wěi hái yào běiběi juàn héng chuān nuó wēi běi běi xiē chéng shì dào liǎo yuè fèn gēn běn méi yòu kàn dào de tài yáng měi de běi guāngzuì běi duān de běi jiǎo shì 'ōu zhōu de zuì běi diǎn
  
     duō rén zhì xiá bǎn jiào táng kàn chéng shì kān de wéi guó jiā de jīnzhè lèi jiào táng zài shì jiè shàng bǎo cún zuì wán hǎo de zhù yào shì zài nuó wēinuó wēi xiàn cún30 zuò zhì jiào tángér 'ào 'ěr nèi zhì jiào táng shì men dāng zhōng zuì yǐn rén zhù mùdì zuò wèi hǎi 'àn de sōng 'ēn fěi yóu jùnjiàn 12 shì jiào táng shì fāng xíng de sān céng jiàn zhùquán yòng cái jiàn chéngměi céng dōuyòu dǒu qiào de yánshàng wéi jiān dǐngwài xíng dōng fāng de shén miàojiào táng de shān qiáng shàng yòu zhǒng 'ànjiào táng nèi de chén shè zhì jīn réng bǎo chí zhe zhōng shì shí de fēng jiào táng qián bǎo cún wán hǎoguān guāng zhě luò jué。1979 niánào 'ěr nèi zhì jiào táng bèi lián guó jiào wén zhì liè wéi shì jiè wén huà chǎn zhī
  
     huò 'ěr mén kǎo shān shì nuó wēi de huá xuě shèng wèi 'ào dōng běi yuē13 gōng chùhǎi 371 fēng jǐng yōu měicóng1892 nián měi niányuèshì jiè wén míng de huá xuě sài dōuzài xíng guǒ cóng yuǎn chù tiào wàng 'ào chéng shì de lún kuò huì kàn dào huò 'ěr mén kǎo lún tiào xuě tái fēi cháng xǐng gāo gāo sǒng zài 'ào huò 'ěr mén kǎo lún shān shàng shì zhè xiàng zuì yòu nuó wēi de xiàng mùdì fēi cháng shēng dòngxíng xiàng de zhǒng biāo zhìhuò 'ěr mén kǎo lún shān xià hái yòu huá xuě guǎn
  
   rén kǒu
    460.5 wàn(2005 niányuè)。96 wéi nuó wēi rénwài guó mín yuē zhàn4 .6%。 yòu yuēwàn rénzhù yào fēn zài běi guān fāng yán wéi nuó wēi yīng wéi tōng yòng 。90% mín xìn fèng guó jiào jiào zōng
  
   shǒu
     ào ( Oslo), shì rén kǒu yuē53 wàn(2005 niányuè)。
  
   ào shì nuó wēi de zhèng zhì zhōng xīn , shì jīn róng , shāng gōng zhōng xīn , de zào chuán zài shì jiè zào chuán zhōng zhàn yòu chū wèi , kān chēng hǎi yáng zhī
  
  
   xíng zhèng huá
     quán guó shèshì18 jùnxià shè454 shì zhèngào shì)、 ā shí dōng 'ěrhǎi ào lán 'ěrtài dōngē 'ěr 'ā 'ěrluó jiā lánhuò lánsōng 'ēnfěi yóu 'ěrnán lún běi lún nuò 'ěr lán luó fēn
  
  
   jiǎn shǐ
   cóng 9 shì kāi shǐnuó wēi bèi duō xiǎo wáng guó tǒng zhì 'ér qiě qīn lüè tuán dào nuò màn bīng dǎo líng lán lán 'ài 'ěr lán wài de dǎo xīn shì jiè hǎi 'ànnuó wēi zuì zhōng 12 shì tǒng bìng zài 13 shì dào zhōng shì fán róng de gāo
     gōng yuánshì xíng chéng tǒng de wáng guó。 900 niánguó wáng huò 'ěr tǒng nuó wēizàihéng11 shì běi 'ōu hǎi dào shí céng duàn xiàng wài kuò zhāngjìn dǐng shèng shí 。14 shì zhōng kāi shǐ shuāi luò,1397 nián dān mài ruì diǎn chéng 'ěr lián méngshòu dān mài tǒng zhì。1814 niándān mài nuó wēi ràng gěi ruì diǎnhuàn měi 。 1814 nián 5 yuè 17 tōng guò xiàn guī dìng nuó wēi wéi shì jūn zhù xiàn guódìng gāi wèiguó qìng 。1905 nián chéng jūn zhù guóbìng xuǎn dān mài wáng 'ěr wèiguó wángchēng kāng shì shì jiè zhàn zhōng bǎo chí zhōng 'èr shì jiè zhàn zhōng bèi guó zhàn lǐng kāng guó wáng de zhèng liú wáng yīng guó。1945 nián huò jiě fàng。1957 nián kāng shì shì shì wèichēng 'ào shì
  
  
   zhèng zhì
     xiàn xíng xiàn 1814 niányuè17 tōng guòhòu jīng duō xiū dìngxiàn guī dìngnuó wēi shí xíng jūn zhù xiàn zhìguó wáng wèiguó jiā yuán shǒu jiān zhuāng duì tǒng shuàibìng míng shǒuxiàng rén xuǎndàn quán jiě sàn huì huì fēn shàng xià liǎng yuànchú zhì dìng xiān yóu xià yuàn hòu yóu shàng yuàn tǎo lùn wài wèn jūn yóu liǎng yuàn bìng tǎo lùn
  
  
   jīng
    nuó wēi shì yōng yòu xiàn dài huà gōng de guó jiāxiàn yòu kāi cǎi yuán yóu yùn cáng liàng wéi42 .8 fāng tiān rán wàn duō fāng kuàng chǎn yuán yòuméi2-5 dūntiě0.3 dūntài0.18 dūnshuǐ yuán fēng kāi de shuǐ diàn yuán yuē1870 kāi 63%。 běi yán hǎi shì shì jiè zhù míng chǎngnóng miàn 10463 píng fāng gōng zhōng cǎo 6329 píng fāng gōng shí běn zìjǐliáng shí zhù yào kào jìn kǒugōng zài guó mín jīng zhōng zhàn yòu zhòng yào wèizhù yào chuán tǒng gōng mén yòu xièshuǐ diàn jīnhuà gōngzào zhǐ cái jiā gōng chǎn pǐn jiā gōng zào chuán 'ōu zuì de shēng chǎn guó chū kǒu guóměi de chǎn liàng shì jiè 'èrguī tiě jīn chǎn pǐn fēn gōng chū kǒu。70 nián dài xīng de jìn hǎi shí yóu gōng chéng wéi guó mín jīng zhòng yào zhī zhùwéi 'ōu zuì chǎn yóu guóshì jiè sān shí yóu chū kǒu guózhù yào yóu diǎn yòu 'ào bēi 'ěr gēn luó běi jiǎo děng
  
  
   xīn wén chū bǎn
    1999 nián quán guó chū bǎn zhǒng bào65 zhǒng píng jūn xíng liàng229 wàn fènlìng yòu bào kān yuē110 zhǒngzhù yào bào zhǐ yòuwǎn yóu bào》、《 shì jiè zhī bào》、《 bào》、《 bēi 'ěr gēn shí bàoděng zhōng xíng liàng zuì deshì jiè zhī bào》。 nuó wēi guó jiā guǎng gōng ( NRK)1933 nián jiàn fēn guǎng diàn shì liǎng fēn shǔ wén huà
     nuó wēi tōng xùn shè (NorwegianNewsAgency)(NorskTelegrambyra--NTB) chuàng jiàn 1867 niányuèshì nuó wēi wéi de tōng xùn shèzǒng shè shè zài nuó wēi shǒu 'ào shǔ nuó wēi bào zhǐ lián fèn gōng xìng zhìzuì gāo jué gòu shì bào dài biǎo huì cháng shè wěi yuán huìjīng zhù biān yóu wěi yuán kuàirèn mìnglǐng dǎo cháng gōng zuònuó tōng shè zài jīng shàng kào quán guó115 jiā bào zhǐ gěi de diàn xùn gǎo piàn dìng fèinuó tōng shè zài guó nèi fēn shèzhǐ zài bēi 'ěr gēn lóng hàn liǎng chéng shì pài yòu cháng zhù zhěguó nèi xīn wén zhù yào tōng guò bào zhǐ zhǐ dìng de bào dào yuán gōngnuó tōng shè zài huì zhōng zhuān mén pài yòu bào dào guó xīn wén zhù yào kào zhuǎn tòu shè xīn shè zhòng guó shè běi 'ōu guó tōng xùn shè de diàn xùnnuó tōng shè xīn shè shè děng duō tōng xùn shè dìng yòu jiāo huàn diàn xùn tóngtóng běi 'ōu guó tōng xùn shè bǎo chí mìqiè zuòtóng men zài běi jīnghuá shèng dùn 'ēn lián pài yòu cháng zhù zhěyòu shíhái lián pài chū zhě dào wài guó cǎi fǎng bào dàonuó tōng shè1974 nián xīn huá shè jiù céng xiāng jiāo huàn xīn wén huàn wén
  
  
   wài jiāo
     nuó wēi tóng běi yuē zuò wéi wài jiāo 'ān quán zhèng de chǔ zhǎn 'ōu méng běi 'ōu de zuòtóng shí lín guó 'é luó wéi chí lín guān jìn nián láijìn jiā qiáng 'ōu méngměi guóé luó zhōu biān guó jiā de guān gèng jiā zhòng shì zhǎn tài guó jiā de lián tuò zhǎn wài jiāo kōng jiāntōng guò lián guó cānyù guó shì nuó wēi shì běi yáng gōng yuē zhìōu zhōu wěi yuán huìběi 'ōu shì huìōu zhōu yóu mào lián méng chéng yuán guó
    zhōng guó guān :1954 nián10 yuènuó wēi zhōng guó jiàn jiāo。2007 niányuè tuō 'ěr téng bèi shǒuxiàng duì zhōng guó jìn xíng zhèng shì fǎng wèn
  2008 nián 5 yuè 12 mén chuān zhèn hòunuó wēi wài jiāo 13 xuān , nuó wēi zhèng jué dìng xiàng zhōng guó gōng 2000 wàn nuó wēi lǎng ( yuē 390 wàn měi yuán ) juān zhù kuǎnnuó wēi huán jìng guó zhǎn chén 'āi · suǒ 'ěr hǎi hái shuō , guǒ zhōng guó fāng miàn yào nuó wēi gōng shū shè bèi huò bāng zhù , nuó wēi jiāng jìn 'ér wéi
  
   gōng háng yùn
  
   nuó wēi shì guītiě měi de zhù yào shēng chǎn zhěběi hǎi shí yóu wéi shí huà gōng gōng yuán liàonuó wēi shì shì jiè shàng zuì de huà féi shēng chǎn guó zhī nuó wēi de zhōngxiǎo xíng wéi zhùzuì zhòng yào de yòu yào gōng diàn yǎng chuán tǒng de chuán zhì zào nuó wēi de zào chuán chǎng shàn cháng jiàn zào xiān jìn de shū yòng chuán lìng wàinuó wēi wéi shì jiè de chuán duì gōng líng jiàn zhǒng cóng běi 'ōu hǎi dào shí dài nuó wēi chuán jiù kāi shǐ háng xíng shì jiè jīn tiān de nuó wēi shì shì jiè wèi háng yùn guó
  
   jiāo tōng zhuàng kuàng
  
   nuó wēi de zhòng yùn shū tǒng xiāng dāng biàn huǒ chē gōng chē lún bān mìqiè xián jiēzài huǒ chē zhàn miǎn fèi suǒ 《 NSBTogruter》, nèi róng xiáng zài liǎo huǒ chē shí biǎo gōng chē de zhuǎn chéng xìn fēi cháng shí yòngchuán gōng chē de chū shí jiān huì yīn jié shèn zhì jiàrì 'ér biàn dòng ( zhōu liù de yùn shū bān bié shǎo ) suǒ fáng dào de yóu chù suǒ zuì xīn de shí biǎo
  · kōng yùn
  25 suì xià huò 67 suì shàng de dōukě gòu mǎi yōu huì piàoér qiě háng kōng gōng jiān cháng yòu zhé kòu zhànběi 'ōu háng kōng shòu wài guó 80 dào 110 měi yuán de gòu piào yòng kān bàn dǎo shàng rèn liǎng dìng diǎn jiān ( bāo kuò nuó wēi chéng shì ) gāi gōng de zhí fēi háng xiàn sēn gōng yòunuó wēi yóu piào” (VisitNorwayPass)。 lún hàn jiāng nuó wēi fēn jiè wéi liǎng háng nèi rèn liǎng dìng diǎn jiān de háng xiàn zhǐ yuē 85 měi yuánwēi luó háng kōng gōng tuī chū 410 láng de xià piào (6 yuè -8 yuè jiān ), xiáng qíng qǐng qià wēi háng kōng
  · gōng chē tǒng
   nuó wēi yòu tōng de gōng chē tǒngcháng shì zuò lái xiāng dāng shū shì cháng duǎn suàn piào jiàpíng jūn měi 100 gōng 112 láng duō shì gōng yòu yōu huì xué shēnglǎo rén jiā tíng、 75 zhé dào bàn jià de zhé kòu piàoyào xún wèn
  · tiě tǒng
   zài nuó wēi xuǎn běi 'ōu guó lián yíng huǒ chē piàogòu mǎi yuè xuǎn shí tiān de piào zhǒng zuì shì
   lìng zhǒng xuǎn shì gòu mǎi nuó wēi guó tiě lián piào xiàn shù zài dìng shí jiān nèi huǒ chē yóu nuó wēi zài jìng hòu gòu mǎi
   wàng 'èr děng cāng piào jià xiàlián 7 tiān、 14 tiān de lián piào wéi 1260、 1700 láng yuè nèi rèn xuǎn 3 tiān de lián piào wéi 900 láng。 10-4 yuè de piào jià 8 zhénuó wēi huǒ chē de 'èr děng cāng xiāng dāng shū shì děng cāng xiāng shí duō huā bàn de jià qián zuò děng cāng
   chú liǎo lián piào zhī wài hái yòu zhǒng piào jiào zuò“ minipris”, cháng chéng xíng shǐ yòng xiāng dāng huá suàndàn zuì wǎn zài chū qián tiān gòu mǎizhè zhǒng piào shì yòng duō bān liè chēdàn fēi quán cān yuè《 NSBTogruter》 shǒu shàngyòu biāo diǎn de bān biàn yòng“ minipris”。
  · chē
   zhù yào de chē gōng ( Hertz,Avis,Europcar), zài chǎng shì zhōng xīn shè yòu chùdàn chē suǒ fèi fěiruò qīn xiàn chǎng chē xiǎo xíng chē tiān 800 láng ( hán jiā zhí shuì bǎo xiǎn fèi )、 xiàn gōng shùdàn chē gōng wéi yǐn guān guāng yòu shí huì tuī chūfàn diàn jià” 600 láng bān lái shuō nuó wēi zhī qiánxiān diàn huà huò wǎng luò dìng chē huì jiào huá suàn
   zhù yào chē gōng lìng wài yòu zhōu chē yōu huìjiào wéi jīng zhōu zhōng guò hòu chēzhōu shàng shí diǎn qián hái chē yào què rèn jià yào shì xiàn gōng shù de cái huá suàn
  · chuán
   guī de lún kuài tǐng yùn shū wǎnglián luò liǎo jìn hǎi dǎo bīn hǎi shì zhènxiá wān de jiāo tōngnuó wēi chuán de xún háng chuán (Hurtigruten), bǎi nián lái zhí shì lián luò běi lín hǎi língsan xiǎo cūn de shēng mìng xiànměi wǎn jiē yòu cóng bēi 'ěr gēn wǎng běi shǐ de chuánjīng guò 6 tiān de háng chéngtíng kào 33 gǎngmùdì wéi nèi (Kirkenes), zhī hòu suí huí tóu wǎng nán shǐ guǒ tiān cuòyán de qún shān jùn lǐngxiá wān mián yányìng zhe zhàn lán hǎi tiān jìn yǎn měi shèng shōudàn 9/1-4/30 jiānyòu jiǎn jià fāng 'ànsuǒ yòu piào jià 6 zhé yōu huì fáng duō jiā yòng
  
   guó jiā
   nuó wēi shì chuàng jiàn xiàn dài guó jiā de xiān zhī guó jiā de chǔ shì tào zhǐ zài bǎo zhàng shè huì jīng 'ān quán de jīng měi gōng mín dōushì guó jiā láo bǎo zhì de chéng yuánxiǎng yòu liáotuì xiū jīncán fèi jīn děng zhěng tào guǎng fàn de jīng zhù
   zài guò de nián guó jiā jiāng zhòng diǎn fàng zài gǎi shàn yòu hái jiā tíng de shēng huó shuǐ píng shàngchú liǎo měi jiā tíng dōukě dào 'ér tóng yǎng fèi zhī wài shēng chǎn yòu guān de jiàqī tiáo dìng fēi cháng kuān fàn
   bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí shàng de 'ér tóng dōuzài gōng xué xiào miǎn fèi shàng xuéguī dìng jiē shòu de xiàn shì jiǔ niándàn měi réndōu yòu qiú xué shēn zào de quán
   kuà xīn shì nuó wēi jīng huó dòng de hěn fēn shì yòng rán yuán wéi chǔ detóng shínuó wēi shì zuì lài guó mào de guó jiāwèile yíng jiē wèi lái de tiǎo zhàn zhèng fēi cháng zhòng shì yán jiū zhǎn
  
   chōng jiāng jiè
  
   ā méng sēn( 1872-1928) shì rén lèi zhōng dào nán de shì jià chuán tōng guò jiā běi de běi tōng dào de rén chí qiáo · nán sēn
  ( 1861-1930) de shēng fēng duō cǎi shì xué jiā xué zhěyòu shì shù jiā zhèng zhì jiā céng huá xuě chuān yuè líng lányòu jià shǐ fān chuán hào chuān guò běi bīng yángwéi biǎo zhāng duì qiǎn fǎn zhàn zhēng nànmín jiě chú qián lián zǎo huāng suǒ zuò de , 1922 nián bèi shòu nuò bèi 'ěr píng jiǎng xué jiā · hǎi 'ěr( 1914-) shì dāng jīn zuì míng de tàn xiǎn jiā céng jià shǐ kāng hàocóng nán měi zhōu qún dǎozhèng míng zǎo yìn 'ān rén yòu néng yòng tóng yàng fāng héng guò tài píng yáng hái jià shǐ cǎo chuán hàozhèng míng liǎo rén lèi néng zǎo chuān yuè guò yáng
   zài nuó wēi de yuàn dāng rán kàn dào hēng · shēng( 1828-1906) deqún guǐwán 'ǒu zhī jiā》, dàn zài niǔ yuēlún dūn huò bólín kàn dào shēng de huì gài tóng yàng duō shēng gěi 'ōu zhōu zēng jiā liǎo suō shì lái zhí quē shǎo de xīn shēn shè huì xiào guǒsān wèi nuó wēi zuò jiā céng huò nuò bèi 'ěr wén xué jiǎng 'áng 'ěr · 'áng sēn( 1832-1910) 1903 nián huò jiǎng zhù yào xiě zuò mín jiān chuán shuōxiǎo shuōshī bìng chuàng zuò liǎo nuó wēi guó hègē · hàn shēng( 1859-1952) 1920 nián yīn de chéngzhǎng shū huò jiǎng shí jīng wán chéng liǎo 'è》、《 pān shénwéi duō děng zhù zuò · wēn sài ( 1882-1949) zài 1928 nián huò jiǎng de míng zhù shì yòu guān tīng ? lǎng de sān gāi shū bèi fān chéng duō zhǒng wén chū bǎnzài huì huà shàngài huá · méng ( 1863-1944) de hǎn yàng rén rén jiē zhī de zuò pǐn bìng duō jiànméng shì xiàn dài huì huà biǎo xiàn zhù de kāi chuàng rénzuòqǔ jiā 'ài huá · yīn liàng de yīnyuè zuò pǐnchén ér míng wén xiá 'ěr de duō zuò pǐn yàng zài jiè jiàn liǎo nuó wēi mín jiān yīnyuè de yīn shēng de A diào xié zòu shì duō gāng qín jiā de bǎo liú
   suǒ · hǎi ( 1912-1969) céng huò shí huā yàng huá bīng shì jiè guànjūn sān 'ào yùn huì guànjūn kāi chuàng liǎo wèi 'ào jiāo wài wéi dūn de hǎi héng wēng shù zhōng xīn lāi · wéi ( 1953-) shì zuì shú de niǔ yuē bǎi yóu de nuó wēi céng huò niǔ yuē lún dūn sōng de guànjūnhái duō róng huò sōng wài cháng páo shì jiè guànjūn lāi · wéi zuò wéi cháng páo de xiān zài shǐ
  
  
  
   ào
     nuó wēi shǒu 'ào shì běi fāng zhī shàng dedōu chéngzhè zuò chéng shì zhèng běi 'ōu rén zhí shuǎng de xìng tòu chè 'ér bēn fàngyuǎn shí dài de bīng chuān shǐ kān zhòng de shān diǎn diǎn xià chénzuì zhōng hǎi yáng lián tōng 'ér xíng chéng liǎo jīn tiān de xiá wānào shì nán de 'ā liè shì guān shǎng xiá wān jué hǎo chù chéng bān lún zài xiá wān shì chàng yóu tóu zuì běi duānzhuān wéi tiān shì zhī shì yīn wéi shì de yǐnhái shì liáng gǎng de tiān rán zhēngào xiá wān chēng shàng shuǐ niǎo de shì jièhěn yuǎn chù jiù néng tīng dào niǎo 'ér de jiào shēng
  
     xiá wān zhī zhī hòuzài chéng chuán yuē20 fēn zhōng duì miàn de dǎodǎo shàng yòu zhù míng de hǎi dào chuán guǎn mín guǎnmín guǎn shì shì jiè shàng zuì zǎo de tiān guǎnzhè zhōng zhǎn shì liǎo zhěng nuó wēi de mín fēng mín qíngnéng zài tiān nèizǒu biànnuó wēi quán guómín guǎn zhǎn chū cóng quán guó yuán lái de153 zuò shì fáng hái yòu1700 nián zhì1800 nián de chéng shì jiàn zhù jiù shì jiā yóu zhàn děng
  
     mín guǎn biān de hǎi dào guǎn shì kān de wéi guó jiā zhōng zuì shòu huān yíng de hǎi dào wén huà bǎo zhī zhǎn pǐn jūn shì cóng 'ào xiá wān wéi jīng rén xué zhōng xiàn de zhōng zuì wéi zhuàng guān de shì liǎng sōu shì jiè shàng bǎo zuì hǎo de jiàn gōng yuánshì de zhì hǎi dào chuán guǎn zhōng hái zhǎn shì liǎo wéi jīng rén de duō chū yòng pǐnbāo kuò chēchuī děngyóu rén gēn men yáo xiǎnghǎi dào suì yuè”。
  
     dǎo shàng yòu gōng gòng chē fǎn huí shì ào shì zhōng xīn yóu lǎncóng yóu xùn zhōng xīn chū xiān duì miàn de shì zhèng tīngzhè zuò zhuān hóng de jiàn zhù 1950 nián wéi qìng zhù 'ào jiàn chéng900 nián 'ér jiàn wéi 'āo xíngzhōu wéi yòu liàng diāo biǎo xiàn liǎo nuó wēi rén shēng huó de fāng miànshì zhèng tīng guǎng chǎng gǎng dōng biān shì lín hǎi 'ér de 'ā chéng bǎojiàn 700 nián qiáncóng zhè kàn xiá wānchū chéng bǎo běi xíng10 fēn zhōngjiù dào 'ào zuì fán huá díkǎ 'ěr · yuē hàn jiē jiē dōng 'ào zuì de jiào tánghéng guàn shì zhōng xīnzài měi nián yuè shí de nuó wēi guó qìng jié shíjiē biān háo huá diàn de yáng tái jiù chéng liǎo zuì jiā de guān jǐng diǎn
  
     yán jiē 'ér xíngzài guó jiā yuàn qián kàn dào shì wén míng de shī shēng de diāo xiàngliǎng nián de shēng jié shǐ zhè chéng wéi 'ào zhòng yào de wén huà zhǎn chǎng xíng běi guǎng chǎng shàng yòu fǎng luó fēng de jiàn zhùzhè jiù shì zhù míng de 'ào xuénuò bèi 'ěr píng jiǎng bān jiǎng diǎn měi nián jiù zài zhè shí xíngzài jiē de jìn tóushì fán de huáng gōnghòu miàn shì cān tiān de guó wáng huā yuángōng yuán nán de jiē shàng yòu shēng guǎn nuò bèi 'ěr xué yuànqián fāng yuǎn chù zhù míng de diāo --“ jiā lāi mínqún diāo zhōng de yàoshì de rénshì luó fán zèng sòng gěi 'ào de zhēn guì
  
     'ào míng shèngzuì zhù míng de yào suàn shì wéi lán diāo gōng yuán liǎo shì luò gōng yuán de húpō wéi rán bèi jǐngyóu nuó wēi zhù míng diāo jiā · wéi lán yòng40 nián shí jiān jīng xīn shè jiàn zào dezhěng gōng yuán rén shēng wéi zhù yòng zhù tiětóng huā gǎng yán sān zhǒng cái liào diāo chéng500 duō zuò diāo xiànggōng yuán zhōng zuì yòu míng de diāo xiàng shìshēng de nán hái”、“ rén shēng pēn quánshēng mìng zhī zhù”。
  
     'ài yùn dòng de péng yǒu rán huì cuò guò yòu100 duō nián shǐ de hóu mén lún tiào xuě táizhè zuò wèi 'ào běi miàn shān shàng de gāo jiàn zhù zào xíng yōu měixuě bái de tái gāo bǎi shàngyòng lán huì de shì nuó wēi běi de xùn hóng huì zhe xià nuó wēi běi yòu de miào rán jǐng guān tài yáng”。 xuě yuán shàng de xùn yòng jiǎo dǐng luò tài yángnuó wēi rén quán shì bīng xuě yùn dòng de hán cóng shì nèi rèn diǎn dōukě kàn dào ér cóng gāo gāo de tiào tái shàng jiāng zhěng 'ào shì lǎn měi niányuè de tiào xuě jié yǐn liǎo chéng qiān shàng wàn huá xuě zhězài jīng rén tiào de yòu113 yuǎn
  
  
   luó dūn qún dǎo
    luó dūn zài nuó wēi zhōng shìshān māo jiǎode tóng shí 'àn zhǐ lǐng hǎi 'ér de liè xiǎn jùn de dǎo héng héngluó dūn zhī qiáng”。 zhè luó dūn zhī qiángzài xiá wān běi hǎi zhī jiān xíng chéng liǎo dào cháng 160 gōng de píng zhàng wān nuǎn liú shǐ zhè de dōng xiāng duì jiào wēn nuǎn shī rùnměi nián cóngyuè dàoyuè de qún huì huì dào luó dūn de qiǎn 'àn shuǐ chǎn luǎnměi nián zhè shí jiù huì yòu liàng mín yǒng
     jìn nián láiluó dūn hǎi dǎo shàng de mín shǎo liǎo yóu zhě shù jiā de shù liàng què zēng jiā liǎo xiē chuàng zào liǎo luó dūn shǐ de mín de péng xiàn zài chéng liǎo qián lái jiǎ de yóu men de jiàrì suǒbèi luó dūn guāng suǒ yǐn de huà jiā men yuè lái yuè wéi rén men suǒ shú zhīzài kào jìn 'ěr de wéi nèi rén men xīn jìn wéi liù wèi ruì diǎn huà jiā liǎng wèi nuó wēi huà jiā jiàn zào liǎo suǒ shù zhī jiā”。 nuó wēi zhōng de lóng (Trondheim), shì xiǎo xiǎo de chéng shìcóng zhè zuò huǒ chē xiàng běi chuān guò běi juàn dào cóng zài chéng chuán jiù dào duì miàn de luó dūn qún dǎoyóu kěn nèi tóu shàng 'àn tóu dào 100 de zhè shì xiē yóu zhù jià zài hǎi biān shàng de hóng fáng yòu de yòu bǎi duō nián de shǐluó dūn dài méi yòu zhǒng yòu yuán zǒng tái de guǎnquán shì qīng de zhù shì mín xià gōng yóu rén xiǎo zhùdōng tiān gōng mín cháng
     luó dūn qún dǎo zuì duān yòu jiào 'ào (A) de cūnshì E10( ōu zhōu 10 hàogōng de jìn tóushì shì jiè shàng míng chēng zuì duǎn de cūn luò zhī wèicǐ rén men míng 'ér qún dǎo běi miàn de lián bǎo shì hǎi biān de xiǎo cūn 'ào kěn nèi shāo yòu tóngào kěn nèi de hóng fáng hěn jià zài hǎi miàn shànglián bǎo shì xiàng hǎi chǎng kāifēng làng xiōng shū de fáng jiàn zài 'àn biān shàngjīhū quán shì cháng zhù de guó diào zhě
     lóng de yóu jǐng diǎn xià: Nidaros jiào táng kān de wéi zhōng shì zuì de jiàn zhù ; TheArchbishop'sPalace zhù jiào gōng; Stiftgarden de huáng jiā guān kān de wéi zuì de jiàn zhù; KristianstenFotr tīng shān dǐng yào sài; RingveMuseum yīnyuè shǐ guǎn
  
   nuó wēi de huáng shí gōng yuánhǎi 'ěr
  
   wèi gài lún xiá wān gài lún bìng chēng wéi nuó wēi de huáng shí gōng yuányòu fēi cháng liáo kuò de tián yuán shān jǐngqīng chén zài bàn shān yāo shì zhè shān chéng zhuāng yuán méng shàng céng báobáo de bái fèn tián shì gǎn ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎnzhè shì qiān duō nián qián wéi jīng rén qīn yīngé děng guó de suǒ xiàn jiù shí nóng zhuāng de
  
  
  
   jiǎ chéng zhèn chuān (Balestrand)
  
   suǒ (Sognefjord) xiá wānnuó wēi zuì cháng zuì shēn de xiá wāncháng liǎng bǎi duō gōng zuì shēn chù qiān sān bǎi gōng chǐyòu xiē fāng chuí zhí zhī shān hǎi píng miàn rán shēng qiān gōng chǐ rán de guǐ shén gōng jiào rén jīng tàn
   chuān shì suǒ xiá wān bàng de xiǎo zhènshì xiǎo xiá wān de huì diǎn shì zhòng yào de yóu diǎn jiāo tōng chéng shìyuǎn chù gāo shān xuě zhōng nián huàxià tiān shān cǎo yìnxiàng shì yīng lán de xiāng cūn jǐng yòu yòu diǎn xiàng shì ruì shì de biān jiǎ cūn
   yóu zhōng xīn zài chē zhàn bàng gōng jiàn xíng xiàn huò 'ān pái chuánjiàn xíng dān chēyóu bàng yòu liǎng jiā kuài cān diàn, Hostle cān tīng yòu 70kr de cān
  
  
   duō Bodo
   duō shì nuó wēi běi Nordland de zuì chéng shì zhòng yào gǎng kǒuyòu yīn wèi nuó wēi guó yíng tiě de běi duān zhōng diǎnjiān zhī shì chū luó dūn qún dǎo (Lofoten) de shū niǔyīn jiāo tōng wèi wài zhòng yào
   bān rén xíng nuó wēi běi jìnghěn shǎo huì zài duō duō zuò tíng liúyīn wéi 'èr zhàn shízhè měi de xiǎo chéng céng zāo jūn qíng de cuī cán jìn quán huǐ。 1950 nián jiān chóngjiàndàn zhěng chéng shì zhì yuán mào
   gǎi jiàn hòu de guǎn huò jiào táng xiāng dāng xiàn dài huàzhǐ yòu luó dīng jiào táng (RodinChurch) zhè zuò shí cái suǒ zhù de luò shì jiào táng jiào yòu guānshì nèi yóu qīng nián guǎn xíng yuē sān shí fēn zhōng dēng shàng Ronvik shānzài qīng chǔ xīn shǎng tài yáng de měi jǐng
   duō nán jiāo yuē 33 gōng chù de Saltstraumen yòu quán shì jiè zuì de xuán jǐng làng zài cháng sān gōng de xiá wān jiān fān téngshēng shì jīng rénshèn shì zhuàng guān
   wàiyóu 'ào (Oslo)、 ān dào 'ěr (Andalsnes)、 lún hàn (Trondheim)、 duō dào wéi (Narvik) de huǒ chē xiàn wéi xíng zhě suǒ jīn jīn dàozhè duàn jǐng guān huǒ chē xiàn yòu gāo shān sēn línhǎi 'àn xiànhái jiāng tōng guò biāo shì běi juàn de shí zhì niàn bēihuǒ chē bìng huì tíng xià fēn zhōngràng xíng zhě xià chē shè yǐng liú niàn
  
   nuó wēi de xiá wān
   gài lǎng 'è 'ěr xiá wān
   gài lǎng 'è 'ěr xiá wān wèi nuó wēi nán 'àn de bēi 'ěr gēn běi shì nuó wēi xiá wān zhōng zuì wéi měi shén de chùxiá wān quán cháng 16 gōng liǎng 'àn sǒng zhe hǎi 1500 shàng de qún shāngài lǎng 'è 'ěr xiá wān zhòng duō 'ér zhù chēngyòu duō yán zhe dǒu qiào de yán xiè gāi xiá wān xīn láng de miàn shā mèi”。 xiá wān dǐng duān shì gài lǎng 'è 'ěr cūndào gāi cūn jǐn kào tiáo yán shān wān yán 'ér xià de cháng 1000 de dào xià qián lái jiǎ de yóu hěn duōcūn chú 1842 nián jiàn zào de gài lǎng 'è 'ěr xiá wān jiào táng wàihái yòu shè yǐng shī jīng cháng guāng de 'ěr yóu wēi zhǎn wàng tái hǎi 1500 gāo de 'ěr zhǎn wàng táizhōu wéi de jǐng diǎn hái yòu wèi 'ěr bīng chuān
  
   sōng 'ēn xiá wān
   sōng 'ēn xiá wān shì nuó wēi zuì de xiá wān shì shì jiè shàng zuì chángzuì shēn de xiá wānquán cháng 240 gōng zuì shēn chù 1308 liǎng 'àn shān gāo shēn shān dǒu qiàochuí zhí shàng chángzhí dào hǎi 1500 de fēng dǐngxiá wān liǎng 'àn de yán céng hěn jiān yìngzhù yào yóu huā gǎng yán piàn yán gòu chéngbìng jiā zhe shǎo shù de shí huī yánbái yún yán yándǒu qiào de chā biǎo xià 1200 zài píng zhěng chéng gāo yuán zhī qián shēn xiàng tiān kōngsōng 'ēn xiá wān shí shì xiá wān zhùgàn de míng chēng hái yòu duō de xiǎo xiá wān zhōng zuì zhù míng de 'ěr xiá wān shì shì jiè shàng zuì xiá zhǎi de xiá wānzuì zhǎi chù jǐn 250 zhè de jǐn zài zhì chuán zhǐ xià xíng shí xiāo shì zài suì dào zhōng xiá wān jiāng yán zào chéng guāng luǒ 'ér huāng rén yān de jǐng yán liǎng de fēn shān mài rán sǒng shuǐ miàn zhī shàng zhōng chǔyú huáng hūn guāng zhōng
  
   dāng 'è 'ěr xiá wān
   dāng 'è 'ěr xiá wān quán cháng 179 gōng shì xiá wān zhōng zuì wéi píng huǎn de chùyòu tián yuán bān fēng jǐng de xiá wān dāng 'è 'ěr xiá wān shì hěn de xiá wān yòu xiē xiǎo de fēn zhī xiá wānài de xiá wān jiù shì zhōng de xiá wān liǎng 'àn shān de guǒ shù xiān huā shèng kāibīn fēn làn màn dāng 'è 'ěr xiá wān jìn tóu shì zhù míng de xiū xián shèng héng héng tuō nèi luò de lún wàng yuē 800 nián qián sēng dào zhòngzhí liǎo píng guǒ shù xìng shùměi dào 5 yuè biàn kāi huāxià jiēguǒ dāng 'è 'ěr xiá wān yán xiàn yòu duō zhuàng guān de hái yòu dāng 'è 'ěr wéi guó gōng yuánnuó wēi sān guī de fēng bīng děng jǐng guān
  
   xiá wān
   xiá wān wèi nuó wēi nán quán cháng 42 gōng xiá wān de kǒu shì nuó wēi hǎi 'àn de wàn shuǐ zài de qiào wēi 'é de qún shān zhī jiān wān yán liú tǎngliǎng 'àn yán zhōng hǎi 600 de duàn léi kǎi lún shì zuì zhí kàn de fāngzhàn zài yán zhī shànggǎn jué yóu piào zài kōng zhōngnéng qiáng liè gǎn shòu dào rán xióng jìn de huó wàn wèi nuó wēi de shì dào xiá wān yóu lǎn guān guāng de xiǎng chū diǎncóng zhè nín hái chéng guān guāng chuán yóu lǎn


  Norway (Norwegian: Norge (bokmål) or Noreg (nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia, while the United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands lies to its west across the North Sea. The country's extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean is home to its famous fjords.
  
  The Kingdom of Norway also includes the Arctic island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard is based upon the Svalbard Treaty, but that treaty does not apply to Jan Mayen. Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land in Antarctica are external dependencies, but those three entities do not form part of the kingdom.
  
  Since World War II, Norway has experienced rapid economic growth, and is now amongst the wealthiest countries in the world, with a Scandinavian welfare system. Norway is the world's third largest oil exporter after Russia and Saudi Arabia and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of GDP. It has also rich resources of gas fields, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals. Norway was the second largest exporter of seafood (in value, after China) in 2006. Other main industries include food processing, shipbuilding, metals, chemicals, mining, fishing and pulp and paper products. Norway was ranked highest of all countries in human development from 2001 to 2006, and came second in 2007 (to fellow Nordic country Iceland). It also rated the most peaceful country in the world in a 2007 survey by Global Peace Index. It is a founding member of NATO.
  
  Norway is officially called Kongeriket Norge in the bokmål written norm, and Kongeriket Noreg in the nynorsk written norm. In other languages spoken in Norway the country is known as
  
  Northern Sami: Norga, or Norgga gonagasriika
  Lule Sami: Vuodna or Vuona gånågisrijkka
  Southern Sami: Nøørje or Nøørjen gånkarijhke
  Finnish/Kven: Norja or Norjan kuningaskunta
  Many etymologists believe the country's name comes from the North Germanic languages and that it means "the northern route" (the way to the north), which in Old Norse would be nord veg or *norð vegri.[citation needed] The Old Norse name for Norway was Nóreegr, in Anglo-Saxon Norþ weg, and in Medieval Latin Nhorvegia.
  
  The Old Norse and nynorsk forms are quite similar to an ancient Sami word that means "along the coast" or "along the sea" — realized as nuorrek in contemporary Lule Sami. The presence of the archaic prosecutive case marker (sometimes also called prolative in Finno-Ugric language research) supports the claim that the Sami word is indigenous and not a borrowing from North Germanic languages.
  
  The earliest known written occurrence of the name "Norway" is in the late 9th century, Old English translation of Orosius' Seven Books of History Against The Pagans, written by King Alfred the Great of Wessex, and adapted by him to include an account of the travels of Ohthere of Hålogaland.
  
  History
  
  Archaeological findings indicate that Norway was inhabited at least since early 10th millennium BC. Most historians agree that the core of the populations colonizing Scandinavia came from the present-day Germany. In the first centuries AD, Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair unified them into one, in 872 AD after the Battle of Hafrsfjord, thus becaming the first king of a united Norway.
  
  Rock carvings at AltaThe Viking age, 8-11th centuries AD, was characterized by expansion and immigration. Many Norwegians left the country to live in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of Britain and Ireland. The modern-day Irish cities of Limerick, Dublin, and Waterford were founded by Norwegian settlers. Norse traditions were slowly replaced by Christianity in the 9th and 10th centuries, and this is largely attributed to the missionary kings Olav Tryggvasson and St. Olav. Haakon the Good was Norway's first Christian king, in the mid tenth century, though his attempt to introduce the religion was rejected.
  
  In 1349, the Black Death killed between 40% and 50% of the population, resulting in a period of decline, both socially and economically. Ostensibly, royal politics at the time resulted in several personal unions between the Nordic countries, eventually bringing the thrones of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden under the control of Queen Margrethe I of Denmark when the country entered into the Kalmar Union. Although Sweden broke out of the union in 1523, Norway remained till 1814, a total of 434 years. The National romanticism of the 19th century, the centralization of the kingdom's royal, intellectual, and administrative powers in Copenhagen, Denmark, the dissolution of the archbishopric in Trondheim with the introduction of Protestantism in 1537, as well as the distribution of the church's incomes to the court in Copenhagen meant that Norway lost the steady stream of pilgrims to the relics of St. Olav at the Nidaros shrine, and with them, much of the contact with cultural and economic life in the rest of Europe. The steady decline was highlighted by the loss of the provinces Båhuslen, Jemtland, and Herjedalen to Sweden, as a result of wars.
  
  After Denmark–Norway was attacked by Great Britain, it entered into an alliance with Napoleon, with the war leading to dire conditions and mass starvation in 1812. As the kingdom found itself on the losing side in 1814 it was forced to cede Norway to the kingdom of Sweden, while the old Norwegian provinces of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands remained with the Danish crown. Norway took this opportunity to declare independence, adopted a constitution based on American and French models, and elected the Danish crown prince Christian Fredrik as king on May 17, 1814. This caused the Norwegian-Swedish War to break out between Sweden and Norway but as Sweden's military was not strong enough to defeat the Norwegian forces outright, Norway agreed to enter a personal union with Sweden. Under this arrangement, Norway kept its liberal constitution and independent institutions, except for the foreign service.
  
  The 1814 constitutional assembly, painted by Oscar Wergeland.This period also saw the rise of the Norwegian romantic nationalism cultural movement, as Norwegians sought to define and express a distinct national character. The movement covered all branches of culture, including literature (Henrik Wergeland, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe, Henrik Ibsen), painting (Hans Gude, Adolph Tidemand), music (Edvard Grieg), and even language policy, where attempts to define a native written language for Norway led to today's two official written forms for Norwegian: Bokmål and Nynorsk.
  
  Christian Michelsen, a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman, Prime Minister of Norway from 1905 to 1907 played a central role in the peaceful separation of Norway from Sweden on June 7, 1905. After a national referendum confirmed the people's preference for a monarchy over a republic, the Norwegian government offered the throne of Norway to the Danish Prince Carl and Parliament unanimously elected him king. He took the name of Haakon VII, after the medieval kings of independent Norway. In 1898, all men were granted universal suffrage, followed by all women in 1913.
  
  During both World wars Norway claimed neutrality but during World War II it was invaded by German forces on April 9, 1940 while the allies also had plans in mind for an invasion of the country. In April 1940, the British fleet mined Norwegian territorial waters. Norway was unprepared for the German surprise attack, but military resistance continued for two months. During the Norwegian Campaign, the Kriegsmarine lost many ships including the cruiser Blücher. The battles of Vinjesvingen and Hegra eventually became the last strongholds of Norwegian resistance in southern Norway in May, while the armed forces in the north launched an offensive against the German forces in the Battles of Narvik, until they were forced to surrender on June 10. On the day of the invasion, the collaborative leader of the small National-Socialist party Nasjonal Samling — Vidkun Quisling — tried to seize power, but was forced by the German occupiers to step aside. Real power was wielded by the leader of the German occupation authority, Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. Quisling, as minister president, later formed a collaborationist government under German control. At the time of the invasion, Norway had the fourth largest merchant marine in the world led by the shipping company Nortraship, which under the Allies took part in every war operation from the evacuation of Dunkirk to the Normandy landings.
  
  Following the war, the Social Democrats came to power and ruled the country for much of the cold war. Norway joined NATO in 1949, and became a close ally of the United States. Two plebiscites to join the European Union failed by narrow margins in 1972 and 1994. Large reserves of petroleum and natural gas were discovered in the 1960s, which led to a continuing boom in the economy.
  
  Geography, climate and environment
  
  Satellite image of continental Norway in winterNorway comprises the western part of Scandinavia in Northern Europe. The rugged coastline, broken by huge fjords and thousands of islands, stretches over 2,500 km as the crow flies and over 83,000 km including the fjords and islands. Norway shares a 2,542 km land border with Sweden, Finland, and Russia to the east. To the west and south, Norway is bordered by the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and Skagerak. The Barents Sea washes on Norway's northern coasts.
  
  At 385,252 km² (including Jan Mayen, Svalbard), Norway is slightly larger than Germany, but much of the country is dominated by mountainous or high terrain, with a great variety of natural features caused by prehistoric glaciers and varied topography. The most noticeable of these are the fjords: deep grooves cut into the land flooded by the sea following the end of the Ice Age. The longest is Sognefjorden. Norway also contains many glaciers and waterfalls.
  
  Typical Western Norwegian landscape with village (Geiranger)The land is mostly made of hard granite and gneiss rock, but slate, sandstone and limestone are also common, and the lowest elevations have marine deposits. Due to the Gulf Stream and prevailing westerlies, Norway experiences warmer temperatures and more precipitation than expected at such northern latitudes, especially along the coast. The mainland experiences four distinct seasons, with colder winters and less precipitation inland. The northernmost part has a mostly maritime Subarctic climate, while Svalbard has an Arctic tundra climate.
  
  Due to Norway's high latitude, there are large seasonal variations in daylight. From late May to late July, the sun never completely descends beneath the horizon in areas north of the Arctic Circle (hence Norway's description as the "Land of the Midnight Sun") and the rest of the country experiences up to 20 hours of daylight per day. Conversely, from late November to late January, the sun never rises above the horizon in the north, and daylight hours are very short in the rest of the country.
  
  Politics
  
  Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The Royal House is a branch of the princely family of Glücksburg, originally from Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. As it stands, the functions of the King, Harald V, are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity. Although the constitution of 1814 grants important executive powers to the King, these are always exercised by the Council of State in the name of the King (King's Council or cabinet). The reserve powers vested in the Monarch by the constitution have in the 20th century in reality been symbolic, but has on a few occasions been important such as in World War II, when the Monarch said he would step down if the government should accept the German demand. The Council of State consists of a Prime Minister and other ministers, formally appointed by the King. Parliamentarism has evolved since 1884 and entails that the cabinet must not have the parliament against it, and that the appointment by the King is a formality when there is a clear majority in Parliament for a party or a coalition of parties. But after elections resulting in no clear majority to any party or coalition, the leader of the party most likely to be able to form a government is appointed Prime Minister by the King. Norway has often been ruled by minority governments. The King has government meetings every Friday at the Royal Palace (Council of State), but the government decisions are decided in advance in government conferences, headed by the Prime Minister, every Tuesday and Thursday. The King opens the Parliament every October, he receives ambassadors to the Norwegian court, and he is the symbolic Supreme Commander of the Norwegian Defence Force and the Head of the Church of Norway.
  
  Stortinget, Oslo.The Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, currently has 169 members (increased from 165, effective from the elections of 12 September, 2005). The members are elected from the nineteen counties for four-year terms according to a system of proportional representation. In addition, 19 seats, the socalled "levelling seats" are allocated on a nationwide basis to make the representation in parliament correspond better with the popular vote. There is a 4% election threshold to gain levelling seats. When voting on legislation, the Storting – until the 2009 election – divides itself into two chambers, the Odelsting and the Lagting. Laws are in most cases proposed by the government through a Member of the Council of State, or in some cases by a member of the Odelsting in case of repeated disagreement in the joint Storting. Nowadays, however, the Lagting rarely disagrees, effectively rubber-stamping the Odelsting's decisions. A constitutional amendment of February 20, 2007 will repeal the division after the 2009 general election.
  
  Impeachment cases are very rare (the last being in 1927, when Prime Minister Abraham Berge was acquitted) and may be brought against Members of the Council of State, of the Supreme Court (Høyesterett), or of the Storting for criminal offenses which they may have committed in their official capacity.
  
  Prior to an amendment to the Norwegian Constitution on February 20, 2007 indictments were raised by the Odelsting and judged by the Lagting and the Supreme Court justices as part of the High Court of the Realm. In the new system impeachment cases will be heard by the five highest ranking Supreme Court justices and six lay members in one of the Supreme Court courtrooms (previously cases were heard in the Lagting chamber). Storting representatives may not perform as lay judges. Indictments will be raised by the Storting in a plenary session.
  
  The Storting otherwise functions as a unicameral parliament and after the 2009 general election the division into Odelsting and Lagting for passing legislation will be abolished. Legislation will then have to go through two – three in case of dissent – readings before being passed and sent to the King for assent.
  
  The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court (eighteen permanent judges and a chief justice), courts of appeal, city and district courts, and conciliation councils. Judges attached to regular courts are appointed by the King in council.
  
  In order to form a government, more than half the membership of the Council of State is required to belong to the Church of Norway. Currently, this means at least ten out of nineteen members. After the negotiations of looser ties between the church and the state, it was decided that this requirement will be abolished in the near future.
  
  In December each year, Norway gives a Christmas tree to the United Kingdom, in thanks for the UK's assistance during World War II. A ceremony takes place to erect the tree in Trafalgar Square.
  
  In its 2007 Worldwide Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders ranked Norway at a shared 1st place (with Iceland) out of 169 countries.
  
  Corporal punishment of children has been illegal in Norway since 1983.
  
  Foreign relations
  
  Map of NorwayNorway maintains embassies in 86 countries around the world. Norway has diplomatic relations with many countries without maintaining an embassy in the country. 60 countries maintain an embassy in Norway, all of them in the capital, Oslo.
  
  Norway was a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the Council of Europe, the European Free Trade Association, the OECD and the OSCE, and maintains membership in several other international organisations. Norway has twice rejected proposed membership of the European Union although Norway has access to the European single market through membership in the European Economic Area.
  
  Norway has also assisted in international negotiations, such as in facilitating the Oslo Accords.
  
  Cities and municipalities
  
  A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its nineteen first-level administrative divisions (fylker or "counties")Norway is divided into nineteen first-level administrative regions known as fylker ("counties", singular fylke) and 430 second-level kommuner ("municipalities", singular kommune). The fylke is the intermediate administration between state and municipality. The King is represented in every county by a Fylkesmann.
  
  There is ongoing debate as to whether the nineteen "fylker" should be replaced with five to nine larger regions.[citation needed] Some expect this to happen by 2010, whereas others expect the intermediate administration to disappear entirely. Another option would probably require consolidating the municipalities into larger entities and delegating greater responsibility to them.
  
  The counties of Norway are:
  
  Akershus
  Aust-Agder
  Buskerud
  Finnmark
  Hedmark
  Hordaland
  Møre og Romsdal
   Nordland
  Nord-Trøndelag
  Oppland
  Oslo
  Østfold
  Rogaland
   Sogn og Fjordane
  Sør-Trøndelag
  Telemark
  Troms
  Vest-Agder
  Vestfold
  
  Economy
  
  Norwegians enjoy the second highest GDP per-capita (after Luxembourg) and third highest GDP (PPP) per-capita in the world, and has maintained first place in the world in the UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) for six consecutive years (2001-2006). However, in 2007 Iceland very narrowly beat Norway as the #1 place according to the Human Development Index.
  
  Cost of living is about 30% higher in Norway than in the United States and 25% higher than the United Kingdom. The standard of living in Norway is very high, and the continuing increase in oil prices ensure that Norway will remain one of the richest countries in the world over the foreseeable future.
  
  The Norwegian economy is an example of mixed economy, featuring a combination of free market activity and large government ownership. The government controls key areas, such as the strategic petroleum sector (StatoilHydro), hydroelectric energy production (Statkraft), aluminium production (Norsk Hydro), the largest Norwegian bank (DnB NOR) and telecommunication provider (Telenor). The government controls 31.6% of publicly listed companies. When non-listed companies are included the state has even higher share in ownership (mainly from direct oil license ownership).
  
  The control mechanisms over petroleum resources are a combination of state ownership in major operators in the Norwegian fields (StatoilHydro approx. 62% in 2007) and the fully state owned Petoro (market value of about twice Statoil) and SDFI. Finally the government controls licensing of exploration and production of fields.
  
  The country is richly endowed with natural resources including petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals. Norway has obtained one of the highest standards of living in the world in part by having a large amount of natural resources compared to the size of the population. The income from natural resources include a significant contribution from petroleum production and the substantial and well-managed income related to this sector. Norway also has a very low unemployment rate, currently below 2% (June 2007). The hourly productivity levels, as well as average hourly wages in Norway are among the highest in the world. The egalitarian values of the Norwegian society[citation needed] ensure that the wage difference between the lowest paid worker and the CEO of most companies is much smaller than in comparable western economies. This is also evident in Norway's low Gini coefficient.
  
  Export revenues from oil and gas have risen to 45% of total exports and constitute more than 20% of the GDP. Only Russia and OPEC member Saudi Arabia export more oil than Norway, which is not an OPEC member. To reduce over-heating from oil money and the uncertainty from the oil income volatility, and to save money for an aging population, the Norwegian state started in 1995 to save petroleum income (taxes, dividends, licensing, sales) in a sovereign wealth fund ("Government Pension Fund — Global"). This also reduces the boom and bust cycle associated with raw material production and the marginalization of non-oil industry (see also Dutch Disease).
  
  The fund invests in developed financial markets outside Norway. The budgetary rule ("Handlingsregelen") is to spend no more than 4% of the fund each year (assumed to be the normal yield from the fund ). By January 2006, the pension fund had reached a value of USD 200 billion. During the first half of 2007, the pension fund became the largest fund in Europe, with assets totalling about USD 300 billion, equivalent to over USD 62,000 per capita. As such, the Norwegian state has savings equal to 100% of the Norwegian GDP. Norway has the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation (April 2007). Projections indicate that the Norwegian pension fund may become the largest capital fund in the world. It is the second largest state-owned sovereign wealth fund in the world, second only to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu-Dhabi. Conservative estimates tell that the fund may reach USD 800-900 billion by 2017. Other natural resource-based economies in countries like Russia and Chile are trying to learn from Norway by establishing similar funds. The investment choices of the Norwegian fund are guided by ethical guidelines. For example, the fund is not allowed to invest in companies that produce parts for nuclear weapons. The openness about the investment choices is lauded by the international community.
  
  The future size of the fund is of course closely linked to the oil price and the developments in international financial market. At an average oil price of USD 100 per barrel, the trade surplus for 2008 is expected to reach USD 80 billion. At present oil prices (June 2008) the trade surplus for 2008 is expected to reach USD 90 billion.
  
  Norway is also the world's largest exporter of fish. In light of the rising energy and food prices, Norway's economic prospects are better than perhaps any other country in the world. Investing in research and development is an important priority for the Norwegian government, as it is important to have something to fall back on when the oil becomes a smaller part of the economy.
  
  Referendums in 1972 and 1994 indicated that the Norwegian people wished to remain outside the European Union (EU). However, Norway, together with Iceland and Liechtenstein, participates in the European Union's single market via the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement. The EEA Treaty between the European Union countries and the EFTA countries – transposed into Norwegian law via "EØS-loven" – describes the procedures for implementing European Union rules in Norway and the other EFTA countries. This makes Norway a highly integrated member of most sectors of the EU internal market. However, some sectors, such as agriculture, oil and fish, are not wholly covered by the EEA Treaty. Norway has also acceded to the Schengen Agreement and several other intergovernmental agreements between the EU member states.
  
  In 2000, the government sold one-third of the then 100% state-owned oil company Statoil in an IPO. The next year, the main telecom supplier, Telenor, was listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. The state also owns significant shares of Norway's largest bank, DnB NOR and the airline SAS. Since 2000, economic growth has been rapid, pushing unemployment down to levels not seen since the early 1980s. (unemployment: 1.3%)
  
  Demography
  
  Borgund stave churchAs of 2007, Norway's population numbered 4.7 million. Most Norwegians are ethnic Norwegians, a North Germanic people. The Sami people traditionally inhabit central and northern parts of Norway and Sweden, as well as in northern Finland and in Russia on the Kola Peninsula. Another national minority are the Kven people who are the descended of Finnish speaking people that moved to northern Norway in the 18th up to 20th century. Both the Sami and the Kven were subjected to a strong assimilation policy by the Norwegian government from the 19th century up to the 1970s. Because of this "Norwegianisation process", many families of Sami or Kven ancestry now self-identify as ethnic Norwegian . This, combined with a long history of co-habitation of the Sami and North Germanic peoples on the Scandinavian peninsula, makes claims about ethnic population statistics less straightforward than is often suggested — particularly in central and northern Norway. Other groups recognized as national minorities of Norway are Jews, Forest Finns, Roma/Gypsies and Romani people/Travellers.
  
  In recent years, immigration has accounted for more than half of Norway's population growth. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), record 61,200 immigrants arrived in the country in 2007 — 35% higher than 2006. At the beginning of 2008, there were 459,600 persons in Norway with an immigrant background (i.e. immigrants, or born of immigrant parents), comprising 9.7% of the total population. 350,000 of these were from a non-Western background, which includes the formerly Communist countries according to the definition used by Statistics Norway. The largest immigrant groups by country of origin, in order of size, are Poles, Pakistanis, Swedish, Iraqis, Somalis , Vietnamese, Danes, and Germans.The Iraqi immigrant population has shown a large increase in recent years. After the enlargement of the EU in 2004, there has also been an influx of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe, particularly Poland. The largest increase in 2007 was of immigrants from Poland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania .
  
  Religion
  
  In common with other Scandinavian countries, the Norse followed a form of native Germanic paganism known as Norse paganism. By the end of the eleventh century, when Norway had been Christianized, the indigenous Norse religion and practices were prohibited. Anti-heathenry laws, however, were removed early in the twentieth century.[citation needed] Many remnants of the native religion and beliefs of Norway exist today, including names, referential names of cities and locations, the days of the week, and other parts of the everyday language.
  
  Parts of the Sami minority retained their shamanistic religion well into the 18th century when they were converted to Christianity by Dano-Norwegian missionaries.
  
  Nearly 83% of Norwegians are members of the state Church of Norway, to which they are registered at birth. Many remain in the state church to be able to use services such as baptism, confirmation, marriage and burial, rites which have strong cultural standing in Norway. Up to 40% of the membership attends church or religious meetings during a year , with fewer attending regularly.
  
  According to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, 32% of Norwegian citizens responded that "they believe there is a god," whereas 47% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 17% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force."
  
  Other Christian denominations total about 4.5% of the population. These include the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, the Roman Catholic Church, Pentecostal congregations, the Methodist Church, Adventists, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Jehovah's Witnesses and others. Among non-Christian religions, Islam is the largest, representing about 1.5% of the population: It is practiced mainly by the Somalian, Arab, Albanian, Pakistani and Turkish communities. Other religions comprise less than 1% each, including Judaism (see Jews in Norway). Indian immigrants introduced Hinduism to Norway, but account for less than 5,000 people, or 1% of non-Lutheran Norwegians . There are eleven Buddhist organizations, grouped under the Buddhistforbundet organisation, which make up 0.42% of the population. Around 1.5% of Norwegians adhere to the secular Norwegian Humanist Association. About 5% of the population is unaffiliated.
  
  Languages
  
  Reine, Lofoten.The North Germanic Norwegian language has two official written forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk. They have officially equal status, i.e. they are both used in public administration, in schools, churches, radio and television, but Bokmål is used by the vast majority, about 85-90%. Around 95% of the population speak Norwegian as their native tongue, although many speak dialects that may differ significantly from the written language. In general Norwegian dialects are inter-intelligible, though some may require significant effort. Several Finno-Ugric Sami languages are spoken and written throughout the country, especially in the north, by the Sami people. The state recognises these languages as official, and speakers have a right to get education in Sami language no matter where they are living, and receive communications from government in various Sami languages. The Kven minority speak the Finno-Ugric Kven language/Finnish.
  
  Norwegian is highly similar to the other languages in Scandinavia, Swedish and Danish. All three languages are mutually intelligible and can be, and commonly are, employed in communication between inhabitants of the Scandinavian countries. As a result of the cooperation within the Nordic Council, inhabitants of all Nordic countries, including Iceland and Finland, have the right to communicate with the Norwegian authorities in their own language.
  
  Any Norwegian student who is a child of immigrant parents is encouraged to learn the Norwegian language. The Norwegian government offers language instructional courses for immigrants wishing to obtain Norwegian citizenship. Somali is the largest non-western language spoken in Norway[citation needed], as Somalis are the third largest population of non-western immigrants in Norway, after Pakistani and Iraqi people.
  
  The main foreign languages taught in Norwegian elementary school are English, German and French. Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Italian are available in some schools, mostly in the cities.
  
  
  Individual human rights
  
  Scouts holding Norwegian flags lead a parade on the 17 May, Norway's Constitution DayNorway is currently the second most highly ranked nation in the UN Human Development Index, an index made up by literacy rate, education level and per capita income, though it had been the highest on the list for the six years between 2001 and 2006.
  
  Freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 1 of the Constitution of Norway. Freedom of religion is enshrined in Article 2 of the Constitution, which also establishes the state religion as "Evangelical Lutheran". The press is not censored. Editors adhere to self-imposed commandments of caution, in order to protect people's privacy and other civic rights.(Vær Varsom-plakaten- Norwegian Wikipedia in Bokmål, see for an English translation).
  
  Public radio and TV broadcast without interference from the government, although permission to broadcast depends on the program spectrum. Broadcast advertisement is regulated, with particular restrictions on paid political messages and advertising directed at children.
  
  The constitution forbids retroactive laws, punishment not based on laws and court decisions, and the use of torture. Capital punishment for high crime during wartime was abolished in 1979.
  
  In 1999, the Human Rights conventions of the United Nations and the Council of Europe were constituted as law in Norway (menneskerettsloven) and given superiority to all laws after the constitution. Norwegian lawyers have joined the Council of Europe's Committee Against Torture to express their concern about the long-term detention of criminal defendants and the use of solitary confinement in Norway, deeming it to be torture. Long processing times for asylum seekers and the treatment of those arriving without identity papers has also been under discussion.
  
  An issue of much debate and public interest in Norway is the phenomenon of criminals and suspected terrorists being granted asylum, on the grounds that they may be persecuted in their native countries. Examples are Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (a.k.a. Mullah Krekar), the Aeroflot hijackers of 1993, and several suspected war criminals, for example suspected collaborators in the Rwandan Genocide. Successive governments have often been criticised for deporting sick people, orphans, and well-integrated children.
  
  In 2005, the international conventions against discrimination of women and race discrimination were incorporated into (but not made superior to) Norwegian law. Amnesty International has recently focused on violence against women in Norway and a shortage of public services to victims of violence.
  
  Norway has compulsory military service for men. Conscripts are drafted at age 18 for initial service (førstegangstjeneste) of between six to twelve months (Service may begin at age 17 with parental consent). After completion of the initial service period, personnel serving in the home guard are transferred to reserve units, which may be called up for periodic training (repetisjonstjeneste) until age 44. Conscientious objectors serve twelve months in alternative civilian national service. If a candidate refuses to attend the assessment of fitness (sesjon), where any objections to future military service are to be stated, they are liable to prosecution. A person who is deemed fit for service and who is not a conscientious objector, but still refuses military service is also liable to prosecution. Changes to the structure of the armed forces has resulted in a lower demand for conscripts, and the number of males needing to serve is decreasing.[citation needed]
  
  Homosexuality was officially decriminalized in 1972 and same sex civil partnerships were instituted in 1993. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), 192 same sex civil partnerships were recorded in 2004. Since 2002, it has become possible for same sex couples to adopt each other's children from previous relationships, although joint adoption is not allowed. The Norwegian government introduced a gender neutral marriage law in June 2008, allowing same-sex marriages, granting homosexuals the same rights and obligations as heterosexuals.
  
  International rankings
  Organization Survey Ranking
  International Monetary Fund GDP per capita 2nd out of 232 (2006)
  United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index 2nd out of 177 (2007) (1st, 2001-2006)
  A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Globalization Index 2005 14th out of 111
  Heritage Foundation / Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom 2006 30th out of 155
  Reporters Without Borders Worldwide press freedom index 1st out of 168 (1st 2002-2005)
  Save the Children State of the World's Mothers 2004 (Children) 1st out of 119
  Save the Children State of the World's Mothers 2004 (Women) 6th out of 119
  Save the Children State of the World's Mothers 2004 (Mothers) 6th out of 119
  UNICEF Child Well-being league table 7th out of 21 industrial countries
  Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 8th out of 145
  World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006 9th out of 117
  Nationmaster Labour Strikes 5th out of 27
  The Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005 3rd out of 111
  Yale University/Columbia University Environmental Sustainability Index, 2005 (pdf) 2nd out of 146
  The Fund for Peace Failed States Index, 2007 177th out of 177 (the most desirable result)
  The Economist Global Peace Index 3rd out of 140 (2008)
  The Economist Democracy Index 4th out of 167
  Privacy International Leading Surveillance Societies Around the World, 2007 21-23rd out of 30 European states (Systemic failure to uphold safeguards)
  
  Literature
  
  The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. The arrival of Christianity around the year 1000 brought Norway into contact with European medieval learning, hagiography and history writing. Merged with native oral tradition and Icelandic influence this was to flower into an active period of literature production in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Major works of that period include Historia Norwegie, Thidreks saga and Konungs skuggsjá.
  
  Little Norwegian literature came out of the period of the Scandinavian Union and the subsequent Dano-Norwegian union (1387—1814), with some notable exceptions such as Petter Dass and Ludvig Holberg. In his play Peer Gynt, Ibsen characterized this period as "Twice two hundred years of darkness/brooded o'er the race of monkeys", although the latter line is not as frequently quoted as the former. During the union with Denmark, written Norwegian was replaced by Danish.
  
  Two major events precipitated a major resurgence in Norwegian literature. In 1811 a Norwegian university was established in Christiania Seized by the spirit of revolution following the American and French Revolutions, the Norwegians signed their first constitution in 1814. Soon, the cultural backwater that was Norway brought forth a series of strong authors recognized first in Scandinavia, and then worldwide; among them were Henrik Wergeland, Peter Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe and Camilla Collett.
  
  By the late 19th century, in the Golden Age of Norwegian literature, the so-called Great Four emerged: Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander Kielland, and Jonas Lie. Bjørnson's "peasant novels", such as "En glad gutt" (A Happy Boy) and "Synnøve Solbakken" are typical of the national romanticism of their day, whereas Kielland's novels and short stories are mostly realistic. Although an important contributor to early Norwegian romanticism (especially the ironic Peer Gynt), Henrik Ibsen's fame rests primarily on his pioneering realistic dramas such The Wild Duck and A Doll's House, many of which caused moral uproar because of their candid portrayals of the middle classes.
  
  In the twentieth century three Norwegian novelists were awarded the Nobel prize in literature: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1903, Knut Hamsun for the book "Markens grøde" ("Growth of the Soil") in 1920, and Sigrid Undset in 1928. In the 20th century writers like Dag Solstad, Jostein Gaarder, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Jens Bjørneboe, Kjartan Fløgstad, Lars Saabye Christensen, Johan Borgen, Herbjørg Wassmo, Jan Erik Vold, Rolf Jacobsen, Olaf Bull, Jan Kjærstad, Georg Johannesen, Tarjei Vesaas, Sigurd Hoel, Arnulf Øverland and Johan Falkberget have made important contributions to Norwegian literature.
 

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