Norway

We have finished studying Sweden – now we move west to learn about their Scandinavian neighbor – Norway! As usual we’ll locate Norway on the map – stamp our passports and start diving into what makes Norway unique.

 MAPPING NORWAY

• Print out Map for Norway – National Geographic MapMaker
• Stamp passports with flag, continent, country name, capital, languages, crest
• coloring page for Norway with flag and facts
• Label and color blank Norway map

ABOUT NORWAY

• Norway – Powered by Nature – official travel site
• Visit Helgeland

LANDMARKS/GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

• Oslo
• goes through the Arctic Circle
• midnight sun
• Børgefjell National Park
• fjords (sea water flooded U-shaped valleys when glaciers retrea – very deep!) UNESCO protected
• The King of the Fjord: Sognefjord
• rivers
• Norwegian Sea
• mountains (300 peaks above 2,000 m)
• glaciers
• waterfalls
• northern lights
• Hitler’s Teeth (yes, you read that correctly…)
• Rullestadjuvet Gorge
• Lake Rullestadvatnet
• Warming effect of Gulf Stream caused by Coriolis effect
• Pulpit Rock
• Barents Sea
• many links off to other ‘must see nature attractions‘
• Trolltunga

Norway is the land of many fjords – a kayaker’s paradise!! Check out this beautiful photo by photographer Tomasz Furmanek:

Beautiful photos of the Fjords of Norway by photographer Tomasz Furmanek – deMilked website

FOOD

• ribbe (pork ribs)
• pinnekjott (lamb ribs)
• Arctic cod
• Norwegian lamb – all parts!
• sheep’s head … :< called Smalahove
• game: moose, reindeer, deer, grouse
• rakfisk – fermented trout
• prawns, crab, mussels – from Barents Sea
• Thor Bjorklund invented the ostehøvel (cheese slicer)
• Brunost – Brown Cheese (caramelized whey cheese with consistency like fudge ?!)
• Norwegian Deserts
• Lefse
• Krumkake
• Kringle
• Norwegian Pancakes
• Kjottboller Meatballs in creamy mushroom beef broth
• Norwegian Recipes
• Vafler – Waffles

ARTS and CRAFTS

• Modern Design
• Top 10 Norwegian designs from scarves, waffle-shaped trivets to wooden birds – check them out!
• Knit a Lucetted Viking Scarf
• Create a Rosemaling Design on wood and lacquer it

ARCHITECTURE / SHIPBUILDING

• stave churches – wooden churches you have to see to believe!!
• Steinvikholmen Castle
• Roros Church

PEOPLE/HISTORY

• polar explorers
• Viking Culture – seafaring warriors
• Modern Day Vikings
• Trondelag
• Battle of Stiklestad 1030 – Transition to paganism to Christianity
• Sami people
• mining
• 6,000 year old rock carvings, Bola and Steinmohaugen  (reindeers, skiing, bears…)
• Romsdal Museum
• rock climbing
• ice climbing
• kayaking
• cruise travel through the fjords

CULTURE & TRADITIONS

• Jul – Norwegian Christmas
• Santa Lucia Celebration (like Sweden)
• Norway’s National Day
• Look at Norwegian Folk Costumes
• the little Red Hat wearing Nordic pixy – The Nordiske Nisse or Norwegian Gnomes
• Learn Norwegian in 5 minutes a month

ANIMALS

• seals
• porpoises
• fish
• eagles
• Norwegian lamb
• Norwegian Forest Cat