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Norway is a Nordic country in Northern Europe with a rich history, culture and nature. Learn about its geography, politics, economy, demographics and more from this comprehensive article.
La Norvegia, ufficialmente Regno di Norvegia (Kongeriket Norge in bokmål; Kongeriket Noreg in nynorsk; Norgga gonagasriika in sami settentrionale; Vuona gånågisrijkka in sami di Lule; Nöörjen gånkarïjhke in sami meridionale), è uno Stato monarchico di tipo parlamentare dell'Europa settentrionale che fa parte della NATO, dell ...
La Norvegia (385 199 km², 4 631 799 abitanti, capitale Oslo) è un paese scandinavo situato nell' Europa settentrionale. Confina a est con la Svezia e a nord-est con la Finlandia e con la Russia; si affaccia sul Mare di Norvegia, sul Mare di Groenlandia e sul Mare di Barents.
Learn about Norway's location, area, borders, coastline, islands, mountains, fjords, climate and more. Norway is a Northern European country with a long and rugged coastline, many islands and glaciers.
- Prehistory
- Viking Age
- Middle Ages
- Union with Denmark
- Union with Sweden
- Independence
- World War II
- Post-War Period
- Oil Age
- 21st Century
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Norway's coastline rose from glaciation with the end of the last glacial period about 12,000 BC. The first immigration took place during this period as the Norwegian coast offered rich opportunities for sealing, fishing, and hunting. These early inhabitants were nomadic, and by 9300 BC they were already settled as far north as Magerøya. Increased i...
The Viking Age was a period of Scandinavian expansion through trade, raids and colonization. One of the first raids was against Lindisfarne in 793 and is considered the beginning of the Viking Age. This was possible because of the development of the longship, suitable for travel across the sea, and advanced navigationtechniques. Vikings were well e...
Christianization and the abolition of the traditional Asatru reflected in Norse mythology was first attempted by Håkon the Good, and later by Olav Tryggvason, but he was killed in the Battle of Svolder in 1000. Olav Haraldsson, starting in 1015, made the things pass church laws, destroyed heathen hofs, built churches and created an institution of p...
Sweden was able to pull out of the Kalmar Union in 1523, thus creating Denmark–Norway under the rule of a king in Copenhagen. King Frederick I favoured Martin Luther's Reformation, but it was not popular in Norway, where the Church was the sole remaining national institution and the country was too poor for the clergy to be very corrupt. Initially,...
Denmark–Norway entered the Napoleonic Wars on France's side in 1807. This had a devastating effect on the Norwegian economy as the Royal Navy hindered export by ship and import of food. Sweden invaded Norway the following year, but after several Norwegian victories a cease-fire was signed in 1809. After pressure from Norwegian merchants license tra...
With the four-party Michelsen's Cabinet appointed in 1905, Parliament voted to establish a Norwegian consular service. This was rejected by the king and on 7 June Parliament unanimously approved the dissolution of the union. In the following dissolution referendum, only 184 people voted in favor of a union. The government offered the Norwegian crow...
From the start of World War II in 1939, Norway maintained a strict neutrality.Both Britain and Germany realized the strategic location; both made plans to invade Norway, regardless of Norwegian opposition. The Germans struck first and invaded Norway on 9 April 1940. After furious battles with Norwegian and British forces, Germany prevailed and cont...
1945–1950
A legal purge took place in Norway after WWII in which 53,000 people were sentenced for treason and 25 were executed. The post-war years saw an increased interest in Scandinavism, resulting in Scandinavian Airlines System in 1946, the Nordic Council in 1952 and the Nordic Passport Union along with the metric system being introduced. Reconstruction after the war gave Norway the highest economic growth in Europe until 1950, partly created through rationing private consumption allowing for highe...
Marshall Plan
Norway joined the Marshall Plan ("ERP") in 1947, receiving US$400 million in American support. Given the business background of the Marshall Plan's American leaders, their readiness to work with the Norwegian Labor government's ERP Council disappointed the conservative Norwegian business community. It was represented by the major business organizations, the Norges Industriforbund and the Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening. While reluctant to work with the government, Norwegian business leaders also r...
1950 to 1972
The sale of cars was deregulated in October 1960, and in the same year the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation introduced Norway's first television broadcasts. Norway feared competition from Swedish industry and Danish agriculture and chose not to join any free trade organizations until 1960, when it joined the European Free Trade Association. Throughout the post-war period both fishing and agriculture became more mechanized, the agricultural subsidies rose to the third-highest in the world an...
Prospecting in the North Sea started in 1966 and in 1969 Phillips Petroleum found oil in the Ekofisk field—which proved to be among the ten largest fields in the world. Operations of the fields was split between foreign operators, the state-owned Statoil, the partially state-owned Norsk Hydro and Saga Petroleum. Ekofisk experienced a major blowout ...
Norway went through some of its most serious post-war crises in the early 21st century, such as the SARS outbreak in 2003, Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy in 2005, Great Recession in 2008, double attacks in Oslo and Utøya in July 2011, and with COVID-19 and Deltacronhybrid outbreaks in between Ja...
A comprehensive overview of the history of Norway from prehistory to the present, covering geography, culture, politics, and events. Learn about the Viking Age, the Kalmar Union, the independence, the oil industry, and more.
La Norvegia occupa il versante occidentale della penisola scandinava, di cui la Svezia occupa il versante orientale. Si estende fra 57° 58' e 71° 11' di latitudine nord e tra 4° 40' e 31° 10' di longitudine est da Greenwich. Confina a nord con il Mar Glaciale Artico, a ovest con il Mare di Norvegia, a sud con il Mare del Nord, a ...
Learn about Norway, a country in the north of Europe, its history, geography, culture, and government. Find out facts, figures, and images of Norway and its people.
