When northern hemisphere is inclined towards the sun as a result of earth's revolution (the first six months in a year), places in the N.H. have longer days and shorter nights and hence places at the north pole have almost months-long day and therefore Norway, being situated far-north, the north pole 900, experience 20+hr. day and at night also, there is sun in the sky.
Northern Norway is often called the land of the midnight sun. This is because of its location.
Alaska (AK) is sometimes called "Land of the Midnight Sun" or "The Last Frontier". Finland and Norway are also commonly called the Land of the Midnight Sun,
Alaska has the nickname land of the midnight sun.
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In the USA, the state Alaska is traditionally called "The Land of the Midnight Sun" World-wide, the country that is know as the land of the Midnight Sun is Norway. The actual event of the sun never setting takes place from May 14 - August 22.
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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).