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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.
2,712 Questions
Do Norwegian men like German women?
The answer is it depends on the German woman...
Example...
Claudia Schiffer - Oh Yes!
Angela Merkel - Get away from me!
Christiane - ...... niiiiiiiiiiice.
What is the area of Norway in square miles?
Norway is approximately 385,178 km2 or 148,718 sq miles, with a population of a little over 5 million.
What is Norway's geographical features?
- Light eyes (Green or Blue)
- Light hair (Blond or red)
- usually the men have dark eyebrows even with light hair, this is because their hair color will change darker 80% of the time.
- The girls tend to have light eyebrows because their hair usually will never get that dark.
- Known to be very tall
- Light skin
- Muscular
- Being from the North they tend to be hairier than their Southern friends
What percentage of Norwegian citizens speak English?
The vast++ majority of native-born Swedes under age 45/50 speak English. I cannot comment on immigrant Swedes. All of this to say that one will have little problem being understood in English when visiting Sweden.
Good afternoon in Norwegian is god ettermiddag.
An example sentence is "god ettermiddag, hvordan har du det?". Which means "good afternoon, how are you?".
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It's a country in Scandinavian (Northern Europe) and people who live there are Norwegians.
Does Norway have flat or high elevation?
It's quite flat with some mountains in east, the rest consists of mountains and fjords.
Why do they say that Norwegians are born with skis?
Because skiing - whether it be cross country or downhill - plays a tremendous part in Norwegian culture. The average Norwegian upbringing consists of learning how to ski at a very young age, and a large part of the population enjoys watching skiing as a sport. Thus, too coin this phenomenon, the expression 'Norwegians are born with skies on their feet' was made. The thought is that Norwegians are relatively phrone to learn and love skiing.
What religions are practiced in Norway?
Norway is a Christian country.
Everyone is a member of the State Church from birth.
You can also leave the State Church when you turn 15.
Norway also have Catholics and Hinduists and Jewish (etc) people and they have Cathedrals but as stated Norway is a Christian country. :)
Hope this helped ;3
About 4,645,000.
About 4.94 million people (in the end of February 2011).
In 2009, the population of Norway was 4.8 million.
What seas and oceans surround Norway?
The sea that surrounds Norway is the Norweigian Sea it is on the left side of Norway.
What the key features in Norway?
The key features in Norway are the fjords they are huge valleys
filled with a big amount of water
What is the main religion of Norway?
The main religion of Norway is Christianity, or more Lutheranism. The second largest is Muslims, followed by Catholics.
Norway has a state Church and a Christian politician party as well.
Does Norway and the us get along?
Usually they do get along.
However there was an episode in 2003 where American agents came to Norway to abuduct Mullah Krekar, a Kurd who came to Norway as a refuge, but who is belived to be a terrorist. Because Krekar would probably be torrtured and killed in his homeland Norway cannot let go of him. He is under Norwegian protection and the US does not like this idea. Undermining the Norwegian authority like this is not appreciated and so this is one thing Norway and USA disagree on.
No, but Norway was owned by Denmark, that DID have colonies at one time.
Similarities in Norway and Philippines?
Some similarities between Norway and the USA is that they both political parties and they have legal protection.
How did world war 2 affect Norway?
It was occupied by the German Army.
The king and democratic elected government took refuge in allied countries like the UK, the US and Canada and organized sabotage and psyops from there.
Many people were tortured and died fighting the German forces. Known communists, jews, gypsies, homosexuals and people opposing German rule was sent to German ran concentration camps and POW camps in Germany and Poland.
A traitor (Vidkun Quisling) perpetrated a coup during the German invasion and installed an illegal traitor government backed up by the Germans. Quisling was convicted of treason after the war and was shot.
Food, fuel and other resources was in short supply during the war. People ate fish and vegetables, drank artificial coffee and smoked rationed tobacco. Cars ran on wood pellets instead of gas.
In the autumn of 1944, people in the far North of Norway was forced to evacuate to the south by the German Army and their homes were burned to the ground to prevent Russian forces using them as they advanced on the German forces. But the Soviet forces advanced only as far as Tana in the far north-east region.
After the war ended, the British, Norwegians and Germans expected a Soviet occupation of Norway's far-north region, called Finnmark, as there was nothing to stop them. But the Soviet leader, Stalin, ordered a withdrawal and the Soviet forces left Finnmark on September 25, 1945.
What kind money do people in Norway use?
Norwegian Kroner, NOK. Current exchange rate is about 5.6 NOK to 1 USD.
See related link for some pictures of our current bank notes.
Where in Norway can the northern lights be seen?
If the sky is clear and if it's frosty outside you will most likely see them. It's quite random where they appear but you could search for an Aurora forecast. You can be sure though that you won't see them in the summer as the sun is up 24/7 and it's too warm.
