Norway

Were is Norway? 

We are a country in Scandinavia. We share borders with Russia, Finland, Sweden and the sea way to Denmark. We have one of the world’s longest coast lines and close to the north polar circle. That effects our weather a lot. Oslo is our capital city and is south east in the country in the end of a fjord. 

Norge, gyldendal den store danske, 2017: http://denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/Norge_og_Sverige/Norge_generelt/Norge, 06.02.2020

Written by: Filippa

Norwegian history 

From 793 to 1050 the Viking age ruled around Europe. And that was when Norway ruled all the seas, they knew about… they were rich and scary to the civilized people in England and Rome. They used massive boats to get around in the world like they went to Iceland, Greenland and to north Amerika. 

In the  year 1814 17th of May Norway got its own constitution. But we were still under the power of the Danish and Swedish king. In fact, we did not become an independent country before 1905. 

1814-Det selvstedige Norges fødsel, Francis Sejersted, 2018: https://snl.no/1814_-_Det_selvstendige_Norges_f%C3%B8dsel,06.01.2020

Vikingtiden, unknown author, 2020: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikingtiden, 06.01.2020

Fil:Grunnloven 1814 plktr 05874.jpg, unknown author, 2012: https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Grunnloven_1814_plktr_05874.jpg, 06.02.2020

Written by: Filippa

Culture in Norway 

A part of our culture is the nature, we LOVE the nature. We also have a national costume called Bunad. We have a lot of national food like this: 

This is Pinnekjøtt that we have at Christmas on the west side of Norway, on the east side we have Ribbe. We also have lefse and faltbrød. And smalahove and many dishes with fish. 

Another big part of our culture is sport. And we like cross Courtry skiing.

Kultur, Jon Schackt, 2019: https://snl.no/kultur, 06.02.2020

Written by: Filippa

NATURE IN NORWAY

The nature in Norway is beautiful. We have many mountains and fjords on the west side of Norway. In the winter we have a lot of snow and on the summer its around 20 degrees. So, there is a large tempter different between the sessions.

Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Norway. It is 2469 meters over the water.

The biggest fjord in Norway is Sognefjorden, it is 204 kilometres long. In Nordland county has around 300 fjords and Finnland county has around 200 fjords.

In the winter many people in Norway like to go skiing. We have a lot of famous skiers, like Petter Northug. Norways skiers are some of the best in the world.

In the summer we can hear bird chirps and beautiful sounds. We have green grass and many flowers.

Liste over fjorder I Norge, unknown author, 2019: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_fjorder_i_Norge, 30.01.2020

Natur, unknown author, unknown date: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natur, 06.02.2020

Written by: Tiril

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN NORWAY

Magnus Carlsen:

Magnus Carlsen is a famous chess player. He has won the world championship four times. In rapid chess he has won three times and he has won five times in fast chess. Everything in world championship.

Magnus Carlsen won the world championship for the first time in 2009.

He became famous in 2004 at 13 years old and was one of the youngest professional chess players. In 2006 he was ranked one of the 100 best chess players and in 2008 he was ranked one of the 10 best players.

After 2010 Magnus Carlsen, with tree exceptions, is the worlds best chess player.

Kygo:

Kygos real name is Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll. He is a famous musician. In 2014 Kygo was number one on the “VG lista top 20”. That is a list of the 20 most played music from one year.

Kygo has been playing on many events and have won some prises like “Årets spellemann” in 2015 and the song of the year with “Stole the show”.

He has collaborated with Music Norway and other music producers.

Petter Northug:

Petter Northug is a famous cross-country skier from Norway. He is famous for his ski sprint and has 13 world championship gold medals. His breakthrough was in 2006. He also has two Olympic gold medals. For 2009/10 and 2012/13 he has won the world cup standings. He quit his skiing career December 12, 2018.

Magnus Carlsen, unknown author, 2019: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen, 23.01.2020

Carlsen-seier mot Aronian i maratonparti, Gunnar Stavrum, 2019: https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/carlsen-seier-mot-aronian-i-maratonparti/3423891270.html, 30.01.2020

Kygo, unknown author, 2019: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kygo , 23.01.2020

Fil:Kygo (28481718120) (2).jpg, The Come Up Show, 2013: https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Kygo_(28481718120)_(2).jpg, 30.01.2020

Petter Northug, unknown author, 2019: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petter_Northug, 30.01.2020

Fil:Petter Northug – Ski VM 2011.jpg, Dmitry Valberg, 2011: https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Petter_Northug_-_Ski_WM_2011.jpg, 30.01.2020

Written by: Tiril

POLITICALS

Norway is a democratic country. We have a king and queen, we also have a prime minister. The prime minister is being selected by the people. There`s many different political parties running for election. In Norway we have election for the whole country or only for county and municipality. In 2019 we had election for county and municipality, in Oslo the political parties Right (Høyre) was the winner. Every four year we have an election for the whole country and who the prime minister will be. Two year after that election we have for county and municipality. So, every two years we have a type of election.

The power is partitioned on the courts, the king and parliament. This is helping us for control the power and not have one place where the power is and can do what ever they want.

Politiske partier, Mona Mortensen Krane, 20.02.2018: https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/stortinget-undervisning/videregaende-skole/politiske-partier/    , 09.01.2020

Maktfordelingsprinsippet, Ole T. Berg, 31.12.2019: https://snl.no/maktfordelingsprinsippet, 09.01.2020

Written by: Tiril

Attractions in Oslo 

Oslo is located at the inner most end of the Oslo fjord. In Oslo there are a lot of fun things to see. At the end of Karl Johanns gate you can see the castle. The castle was finished in 1849 and the Norwegian royal family has lived there ever since. If you walk along Karl Johanns Gate you can visit the Parliament Building. That is where the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg works.

You can also see the amazing sculpture park Vigelandsparken at Frogner that you can visit all year around. The Vigeland installation consist of 212 sculptures made of granite and bronze. The main sculpture is the Monolith, it is a 17-meter-tall sculpture is made of granite and consist of 121 figures stacked on top of each other.  

This is the Monolith 

At Aker Brygge you can walk along the waterfront and visit the Astrup Fearnley museum of modern art. In the summer you can take a swim in the ocean outside of the museum and eat ice cream at one of the shops along the water.  

The most visited tourist attraction in Norway is the opera building. By the building first anniversary in April 2009 it had been visited by over 1.3 million people. In the year 2000 an architect company called Snøhetta won the competition to draw the building.  The building had a budget of 4.4 billion Norwegian kroner, and it was opened to the public in 2008.  

The opera building  

Sources:  

Operahuset i Oslo, unknown author, 6. januar 2020, 

 https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operahuset_i_Oslo,  15.01.2020 

 Vigeland park/The Monolith, unknown author, 6. januar 2020, https://vigeland.museum.no/en/vigelandpark/monolith, unknown date

10 gratis attraksjoner i Oslo, Redaksjonen, unknown date: https://www.travelsaver.no/10-gratis-attraksjoner-oppleve-oslo/, 06.02.2020

Written by: Ester

NATURE AND ANIMALS IN OSLO

There is a large amount of nature and animals in the area surrounding Oslo, only a few kilometres away from the city there lives wolves, foxes, rabbits, badgers and moose. In the summer, autumn, and spring the outdoor Botanical garden is open, at the garden there are all kinds of exotic as well as native plants.  

The forest and ski trails at Holmenkollen are only a half an hour drive and two hour walk from the City centre. In the winter people come up there to go cross country skiing and downhill skiing.  

DE 5 BESTE natur- og dyrelivområder i Oslo, Tripadvisor, 2019: https://no.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g190479-Activities-c57-t68-Oslo_Eastern_Norway.html, 06.02.2020

Written by: Ester

OSLO, ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL

In Oslo it`s more less cars driving than before. We do not emit as much CO2 because many people in Oslo if they have car, have an electric car. When we don`t drive so much we can hear the beautiful sound of the nature. 2 out of 3 traveling who is happening in Oslo is happening collectively.

Oslo is the municipality in Norway who has the most plant and wildlife. We also make trash into new thing, like a plastic bag has been recycled and been a new plastic object.

In Oslo we have people who cares of the environment, in the townhall, schools and other places. This is one of the most important reason why we won.

Everything in this text is a reason why Oslo won the environment capital for 2019.

Oslo europeisk miljøhovedstad 2019, unknown author, 2019: https://www.miljohovedstaden.no/om-miljohovedstaden , 23.01.2020

InterArt_S is partner of Oslo  europeisk miljøhovedstad 2019, unknown author, 12.10.2018: https://www.interarts.no/2018/10/interart-s-is-partner-of-oslo-europeisk/ , 23.01.2020

Written by: Tiril