Location
The western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
Culture
Norwegian culture is very egalitarian, that is everyone has equal rights under the law but can have differing views about race and gender issues, and this has both positive and negative effects. Soccer is the favorite sport
Norwegians like Black Metal, an extreme heavy metal subgenre. It is typically characterized by the use of heavily-distorted guitars, high-pitched shrieking vocals, fast-paced rhythms and melodies, and unconventional song structures.
Industry
Leading industries are petroleum, hydropower, fishing , forestry, and minerals.
2007-12-14 08:57:42
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answered by Max 7
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A FEW Norwegians like Black Metal... It's not that big over here.
Norwegian culture consists traditionally of cross country skiing and other wintersports, fjords and mountains, food such as "smalahove" (sheep's head), potatoes, porridge and other farmer's meals, fairytales from the books Asbjørnsen & Moe including trolls, kings and princesses heroes ++
Petroleum is definitely the largest industry, we have a "oil fund" of a milliards of Norwegian kroner, which is made to ensure the future if there is no more oil.
Maybe you've heard of the design water "Voss"? That's from Norway, from the town Voss... It's sold all over the world, except from Norway...
Norway was last year rated as the best country to live in, but now it's on second place, beaten by Iceland.
We have very many dialects, but more and more are dying. And we have very many different national costumes, these are called "bunad" or "stakk".
http://www.bunad-nettshop.com/images/stor_mod_022nor.jpg - this is one example of two Norwegian bunads.
Recently, the book Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson has become slightly familiar in the US. Other famous Norwegians is Edvard Munch, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Fredrik Hauge, Gro Harlem Brundtland +++
Here's wikipedia's list over many famous Norwegians:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Norwegians
2007-12-16 05:58:25
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answered by Anonymous
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