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Norway

This topic is for questions about the European country Norway. Norway lies north in Europe, bordering to Sweden, Finland and Russia, and the capital is Oslo.

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Do Norwegians believe in Trolls?

Troll are often in Norwegian fairytales and in the old days there were myths about trolls in the mountains. It's stupid because Norwegian people don't care about troll it's just that tourist buy them because they think it's an important norwegian souvernire, but it is not.

What is the average temp in Norway in Jan?

I went to Norway for 5 weeks last summer, when I was there the average temp was around 15 - 30 degrees celsius. (I went to a city called Trondheim or something like that though. So I assume the temp is different depending on where in Norway you go..)

- Destery White

What is a Norwegian spruce?

A Norwegian spruce is the common name for picea abies, a variety of tree.

Often called a Christmas tree, it grows in most parts of the world.

Where can you buy the norwegian Olympic curling team pants?

The pants are made by a company called Loudmouth Golf based out of Britain.

Here's a link to the red/blue/white pants:

http://prostores1.visioncourse.com/servlet/loudmouthgolf_uk/Detail?no=14

Here's the more subdued red/white/grey pants they've worn in other games:

http://prostores1.visioncourse.com/servlet/loudmouthgolf_uk/Detail?no=10

Both of those sites are for shipping to Europe, but you can go back to the main Loudmouth site for shipping to North America.

What is norwegian for merry Christmas?

The way you say Merry Christmas in Norwegian is "God Jul"

What do norwegian people do for fun?

Norwegian people usually just go to the mall or the movies, but there is a lot of exiting things to do that a lot of people don't think about. Like: Go skiing, base jumping, rafting mountain biking and so on.

Why does the country of Norway give a big Christmas tree to the United states each year?

It is given as a gesture of friendship and thanks for the aid given to Norway by the UK during World War II, namely safely evacuating their royal family and taking care of them until the war was over.

Are there minerals in Norway?

You can find coal, iron ore, natural gas, nickel, petroleum, sand and gravel, stone, and titanium in Norway.

What borders Norway?

Finland, Sweden and Russia.
North: North Pole

South: North Sea, Denmark, United Kingdome

East: Sweden

West: Norwegian Sea, Iceland

Why is Norway called the land of the rising sun?

It is not.

Japan is "the Land of the Rising Sun" and Norway is "the Land of the Midnight Sun." Areas in Norway are far enough north that, during the summer, the Sun is still in the sky late into the night. Places north of the Arctic Circle can have one or more days with no night at all (24 hours of daylight).

What is the currency of denmark and Norway?

No, the currency of Norway is the Norwegian krone.

The currency of Denmark is the Danish krone.

Why did Norwegians come north America?

Unclear question. Where do these norwegian immigrate (move into another country) to? Or do you mean why does norwegians emmigrate (move out of country)?
I don't believe a lot of norwegians do leave Norway, and if they do it is probably to work abroad. However, we have more foreign labourers comming in to Norway, than norwegian work force going out. The net migration is the main factor in the population growth of Norway.

Was Norway a member of the axis allience or the allies allience?

During World War 1, Norway was a neautral country.

During World War 2, Norway was a part of the Allies.

Is Halloween celebrated by the Norwegians?

Although Halloween is by no means such a major event as it is in other places of the world. It is very common for young children no older then let's say 15 to dress up and go trick and treating. Halloween is especially a holiday that children in the age group 5-10 find very enjoyable. Some people also decorate their house, but not nearly as vigorously as they to in f.ex USA.

Are it great white sharks in Norway?

According to the Southern European times, as late as 2008, there were great white sharks in the Adriatic Sea, which borders on Croatia.

Read more, below.

Why doesn't Norway have a nighttime in the summer and no daytime in the winter?

It is all because of the Earth's tilt.

Since the Earth is tilted on it's axis by 23.5 degrees (the imaginary line running from the north pole to the south pole that Earth itself rotates around), any place that is north of the Arctic Circle (where the sun's tangent rays fall on the northern end of the globe at the summer solstice) will be 'locked' towards the sun during the summer - thus never on the night side of the planet as the Earth rotates.

This is the reason why it doesn't get dark.

How do they live in Norway?

In Norway people live usually in houses or in flats. In Norwegian house is called hus. The Norwegian houses are made by wood often pine. The average number of people in a Norwegian house are about 4 person. The average size of a Norwegian house are about 1300 Square feet.

What does the Norwegian flag look like?

since Norway is a Christian country (not really) but since it is, we have cross as our "symbol". just like any other scandinavian countries (Island, Sweden, Denmark, Finland) including England.

How do you say my baby in norwegian?

If you want to say it to your daughter/son you sau "Mitt barn"

It you want to say it to your girlfriend/boyfriend you say "Min Kjære"

What Sector of Antarctic was named for a Norwegian queen?

You may be thinking of Queen Maud Land, which was the first area of Antarctica to be sighted in 1820, by Fabian von Bellingshausen. The name honours Queen Maud of Wales. It was labeled as such in January 1930. She was the wife of the then-reigning Norwegian King Haakon VII, according to its Wikipedia entry.