Northern Norway (Bokmål: Nord-Norge, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnûːrˌnɔrɡə], Nynorsk: Nord-Noreg; Northern Sami: Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of...
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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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The Norwegian campaign (8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
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Norwegian dialects (dialekter/ar) are commonly divided into four main groups, 'Northern Norwegian' (nordnorsk), 'Central Norwegian' (trøndersk), 'Western...
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Norwegians and Germans, and also included Faroese, Icelanders and Inuit in the Norwegian overseas possessions, a Sami minority in northern Norway, as...
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Eastern Norway and is often branded as "Oslo" by airlines such as Ryanair. Bodø Airport and Tromsø Airport act as hubs within Northern Norway, from which...
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Norway, the Northern Playground: Sketches of Climbing and Mountain Exploration in Norway between 1872 and 1903 is a 1904 book on mountaineering in Norway...
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The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to...
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Norway are predominantly Norwegians, a North Germanic ethnic group. In Northern Norway there is a population of Sámi people, who descend from people who probably...
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1940 and was later transferred to Northern Norway as part of Armeeoberkommando Norwegen ("army high command Norway"). Its first action was taking part...
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are 15 counties in Norway. The 15 counties are administrative regions that are the first-level administrative divisions of Norway. The counties are further...
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North Cape (Norwegian: Nordkapp; Northern Sami: Davvenjárga) is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is...
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definitions, the counties of Norway are divided into the following regions (these groupings are approximate): Northern Norway (Nord-Norge/Nord-Noreg) Troms...
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Danish-Norwegian provinces. The King's Council agreed to war, a decision that led rapidly to ruin. The Norwegian phase of the war went well. A Norwegian force...
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Eliteserien (redirect from League of Norway)
from Northern Norway were not allowed to gain promotion to the top division before 1972, when Mjølner became the first team from Northern Norway to play...
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Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country borders water...
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Tromsø (redirect from Tromsø, Norway)
/ˈtrɒmsɜː/, Norwegian: [ˈtrʊ̂msœ] ; Northern Sami: Romsa [ˈromːsa]; Finnish and Kven: Tromssa; Swedish: Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The...
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appeared in the night sky over Norway in the morning of 9 December 2009. It was visible from, and photographed from, northern Norway and Sweden. The spiral consisted...
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FK Bodø/Glimt (category 1916 establishments in Norway)
three-time champions in Norway after winning the 2020, 2021 and 2023 Eliteserien seasons. They also have won the now defunct Northern Norwegian Cup nine times...
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languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The number of Northern Sámi speakers is estimated...
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organised military defence and counter-attacks in parts of Western and Northern Norway, aimed at securing strategic positions and the evacuation of the government...
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Allied Forces North Norway (NON) was a NATO command tasked with the defense of Northern Norway. NON's area of responsibility covered the three northernmost...
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The Northern Norway Line (Norwegian: Nord-Norgebanen) is a proposed railway which would be built through Northern Norway. Several proposals have been launched;...
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Haakon VII (redirect from Håkon VII of Norway)
1536 and 1814 it also ruled Norway, which was then part of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway. The house was originally from northern Germany, where the Glücksburg...
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Tromsø (city) (category Cities and towns in Norway)
Tromsø (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈtrʊ̂msœ] ), Romsa (Northern Sami), or Tromssa (Kven) (also: Finnish: Tromssa; Swedish: Tromsö) is a city in Tromsø Municipality...
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places this was complemented with hunting. In areas of Central and Northern Norway, the Sami subsisted on the nomadic herding of reindeer. Fishing all...
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The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, lit. 'The Defence') is the military organization responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of...
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between regions. People from Northern Norway in particular are known for swearing in public. Numerous decisions by Northern district courts have confirmed...
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The following demographic statistics are from the Statistics Norway, unless otherwise indicated. (2005 est.) 0–14 years: 19.7% (male 466,243; female 443...
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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...
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