Norway is a long stretched country on the north-western seaboard of Scandinavia.
Most of its 5 million inhabitants live in
the southern part between Trondheim to the north and Kristiansand in the south. Here you also find the capital Oslo.
The Scandinavian
Mountains with its many glaciers dominate the landscape, with to the west the Fjords,
these magnificent remnants of the Ice Ages.
Early
habitation goes back to 10.000 BC, when the glaciers receded the coast was settled by fishermen and hunters.
Norway
is well know for the notorious Viking Age, a period that
"officially" started in 793 with a brutal looting raid in
Northeast England.
Later the country made unions or wars with its neighbours Denmark and Sweden until in 1905
it became independent.
The discovery and exploitation of large offshore petroleum and gas resources has made Norway rich. Bergen
is the epicenter for the oil industry.
The country is agressively transferring to a fossil fuel free ecomony, but interestingly
that does not mean they will stop exporting their oil.
Never let principles interfere with profitable business..
Norway
is a wealthy and expensive country with a high standard of living. It is a member of NATO and associated with the EU through EFTA.
