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    Southern Norway (Norwegian: Sørlandet; lit. "The Southland") is the geographical region (landsdel) along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. The region...
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    Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally 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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    airports. Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen have a similar function in Southern Norway. Norway is the country in Europe with the most airline trips per capita...
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  • The Southern Norway Exhibition (Norwegian: Sørlandsutstillingen) is an annual traveling exhibition of Norwegian contemporary art. It is open to visual...
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    Trøndelag Western Norway (Vestlandet) Møre og Romsdal Vestland Rogaland Southern Norway (Sørlandet/Agder) Agder Eastern Norway (Østlandet/Austlandet)...
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    Hospital of Southern Norway (Norwegian: Sørlandet sykehus Helse Foretak, shortened SSHF) is the trust which runs the hospitals in the counties of Aust-Agder...
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    written and signed in Norway. In Norway, the indigenous languages, Norwegian and Sámi, have official status. Out of them, Norwegian is the most widely spoken...
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    distinct from the "Forest Finns" of Southern Norway) and Russian populations (mostly in Kirkenes). The Norwegian language dominates in most of the area;...
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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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    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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    regions; valleys surround the mountains in all directions. In southern Norway, the southern Skagerrak and North Sea coast is the lowland south of the mountain...
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    certain directions exhibits a spangled appearance. It has been found in Southern Norway, Sweden, various United States localities and on some beaches along...
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    and Josef Terboven's military administration The initial defence in Southern Norway, which was largely disorganised, but succeeded in allowing the government...
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    'Western Norwegian' (vestlandsk), and 'Eastern Norwegian' (østnorsk). Sometimes 'Midland Norwegian' (midlandsmål) and/or 'South Norwegian' (sørlandsk)...
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    Western Norway (Bokmål: Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; Nynorsk: Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties...
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  • The country of Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's...
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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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    increasing to the north and decreasing closer to the Equator. In southern Norway, the mean weight of males was reportedly 740 g (1.63 lb), while that...
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    criticism. Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby was born in Kristiansand in the southern part of Norway, the daughter of Sven O. Høiby, who had been unemployed for some...
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    Queen conducted a 10-day tour of Southern Norway. In 1992, the entire royal family conducted a 22-day tour of Norway's four northernmost counties. The...
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    Norway or Sweden–Norway (Swedish: Svensk-norska unionen; Norwegian: Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway...
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  • middle-class urban speech, especially that found in the eastern part of Southern Norway [sic], with the capital Oslo as the obvious centre. One can therefore...
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    The Norway Debate, sometimes called the Narvik Debate, was a momentous debate in the British House of Commons from 7 to 9 May 1940, during the Second World...
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    his rule may have been limited to the coastal areas of western and southern Norway. The tendency in recent research has been to perceive unification of...
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    Lutefisk (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
    Lutefisk (Norwegian, pronounced [ˈlʉ̂ːtfɛsk] in Northern and parts of Central Norway, [ˈlʉ̂ːtəˌfɪsk] in Southern Norway; Swedish: lutfisk [ˈlʉ̂ːtfɪsk];...
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    Norwegian (Norwegian: norsk [ˈnɔʂːk] ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official...
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    Scandinavian Mountains (category Mountain ranges of Norway)
    1700 meters in the west of southern Norway to 1500 meters near the border with Sweden, and from 1600 m in northern Norway to 1100 m in northern, more...
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    North Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. It is found as far north as southern Norway, Sweden and Finland. Growing to 7 m (23 ft) or more in height, it is...
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  • resulted in strong socioeconomic inequality over time. In western and southern Norway, farms were subdivided into plots or strips. This resulted in many...
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