Norway

For Girl Scouting Around The World, our country this year is Norway.

We have one more meeting to talk and learn about Norway. In the meantime, I told the girls I would give them a treat if they research and fill out the paper in their file folders on Norway.

Maybe some of this will help?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway is a constitutional monarchy.

Capital: Oslo

Norway is located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Map of Norway Languages: Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official) small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities. Norwegian basic phrases.
Norway is home to some 30,000 Sami, or Lapps, the largest population of the Arctic reindeer herders. Industries: Metals, pulp and paper products, chemicals, shipbuilding, and fishing are t traditional industries of Norway. Norway's emergence as a major oil and gas producer in the mid-1970s transformed the Norwegian economy.
Norway - Industry
Major milestones in Norway history.

Animals

In the north and mountains are reindeer, polar fox, polar hare, wolf, wolverine, seals, walruses, and polar bears. In the south, are moose, deer, fox, and otter.

Climate

Norway is cold with snow covering most parts of the
country during the winter months.

Artist

Munch Museum
Learn about the life and paintings of Edvard Munch.

Land

The people of Norway are spread out in small towns and communities. Three-fifths of Norway is covered my mountains. Norway is dominated by high mountains, farmlands in the valleys, fishing villages, and fjords. Fjords are narrow inlets of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes. Click here for pictures of fjords in Norway.
In the north, is a vast region of fjords, mountains, islands, and the Svalbard archipelago (video). In the south is rolling farmlands, beaches, and the Western Fjords.
Further north and above the Arctic Circle you will find the land of the Midnight Sun. Where the sun shines day and night for part of the summer.