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The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territory which is now Norway .
Norway, [a] officially the Kingdom of Norway, [b] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula, with a population of 5.5 million as of 2024. [19] The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway.
Norway history-related lists (1 C, 13 P) A. Archaeology of Norway (7 C, 10 P) E. Historical events in Norway (20 C, 1 P) H. Historiography of Norway (6 C, 5 P) S.
From there, he spotted a large fjord; Ísafjörður, then full of drift ice. Thus, he named the entire land Ísland (Iceland). [3] When Flóki and the other men returned to Norway, they were asked about the newly found land. Flóki believed it to be worthless. Herjolf believed that the land had both good and bad qualities.
The Constituent Assembly which approved the Constitution of Norway (from History of Norway) Image 24 Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik met with U.S. President George W. Bush at the Oval Office in White House , on 27 May 2003.
Erik Skjoldbjærg's An Enemy of the People (2005), about a TV celebrity who tries to produce the world's purest bottled water; Roar Uthaug's Cold Prey (2006), hailed as one of the best modern Norwegian horror movies; Joachim Trier's full-length feature film Reprise (2006), the Norwegian candidate for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2006
12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands. [2] Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location. The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.
1905 is the year when Norway regained its independence after the dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway.For the first time since 1397 Norway had a national king, after 500 years of political unions with other Scandinavia countries — the Kalmar Union until 1532, then the united kingdoms of Denmark-Norway until 1814, and finally a personal union with Sweden until 1905.