Téma: Norway
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): nikdo
Geography, history, politics, important people
Geography
Norway is located on the Western part of Scandinavian peninsula and it neighbours with Sweden, Finland and Russia. It covers a total area of about 385 000 square kilometers.
It is surrounded by the Barents Sea (north), the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea (west) and the Skagerrak in the south.
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions or counties. The regions are: Agder, Innlandet, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Oslo, Rogaland, Troms og Finnmark, Trondelag, Vestfold og Telemark, Vestlandet and Viken.
Norway’s capital city – Oslo – is located on the southern part of the peninsula. It is also the biggest city of the country, in the following place is Bergen.Norway mainly consists of mountains and wilderness and is a home to more than 300 mountain peaks over 2,000 metres tall. The word „Fjord“ comes from the Norse fjorðr, meaning to go, pass or cross over.
Politics
Norway is a constitutional monarchy with the king as its official head. The current king is King Harald V after his death his son Haakon Magnus will take the throne. Legislative power is in the hands of the parliament, which is elected for four years and cannot be dismissed. Executive power is in the hands of the Norwegian government headed by the Prime Minister. (fro explanation = The Legislature makes laws. The Executive puts those laws into effect and plans policy.) The King also stands at the head of the Church of Norway, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
Population, economy and education
Population
In 2020 Norway has reached about 5,4 million inhabitants. Here we can see a population graph on which we can see, that the number of inhabitants is increasing.
Economy
Norway is a developed industrial country. An important role, for Norway’s economy, has fishing, logging, oil and natural gas extraction, and other mineral resources. Above all, due to possible restrictions on oil production and fishing, Norway has repeatedly refused to join the EU. Norway is a large producer of relatively clean electricity, more than 99% of which is produced in hydroelectric power plants.
Languages
Norwegian in its two forms (which are Bokmål and Nynorsk) is the main official language of Norway. Sami, a group of three separate languages, is recognized as a minority language at the national level and is a co-official language alongside Norwegian in the Sami Administrative Language Region (located in northern Norway). Another language is, for example, the minority Kven language.
Religions
Even though Norway no longer has a state religion, the faith of the largest part of the population belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway – as we can see on this circle graph. Atheists make up the second largest part of this graph. Furthermore, Islam and the Catholic church are present almost equally. This unmarked pink field represents other Christian faiths. The last – light blue field represents other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism and the like.
Education
Public education is virtually free, regardless of nationality. Higher education in Norway is provided by seven universities, five specialized colleges, 25 university colleges, as well as countless private colleges.
Resources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
- https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/norway-population/
- https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/nature-attractions/mountains/
- https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/nature-attractions/fjords/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Norway
- https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/norway
- https://www.skandinavie.info/norska-kultura/
- https://cultures.cz/10-faktu-o-norsku-ktere-jste-nevedeli/
- https://nomadparadise.com/norwegian-food/
