History UsefulNotes / Norway

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Commandos}} Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines]]'' has its first 7 missions take place in Norway from 1941-1942 sabotaging German bases in the country.

* '''Highest point:''' Galdhøpiggen (2469 m/8,100 ft) (101st)

* '''Highest point:''' Galdhøpiggen (2469 m/8,100 ft) (120th)

* '''Country calling code:''' 47

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' NO

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' [[BigNo NO]]

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' NO

* '''Area:''' 385,207 km (148,729 sq mi) (61st)

Because of Norway's multi-party system, while the Conservative Party is technically in charge of the country, they only have a minority of seats in the Storting. In order to maintain power, they require support from several smaller parties. If enough minor parties withdraw their support (like the Christian Party almost did), the Conservatives would lose power.

* ''The North'', arguably the region with the strongest regional identity, prone to produce singers and authors who emphasize their regional independence. Also the region with the greatest {{brain drain}}, with people in the capital at times handling northerners no better than Africans. Lots of internal strife and quarrel, and intense anger over southern interfering. Also known for Viking inheritance and iron age building sites. Sami People live in the north of the north, and there is an uneasy truce between Norwegians and Sami in the area, with some racism involved. While an independence movement was joked about in the west, Northern Norway actually wanted to push through with it, having created a political party.

Because of Norway's multi-party system, while the Conservative Party is technically in charge of the country, they only have a minority of seats in the Storting. In order to maintain power, they require support from several smaller parties. If enough mnor parties withdraw their support (like the Christian Party almost did), the Conservatives would lose power.

** Chief Justice: Toril Marie Øie

Norway ('''Norwegian Bokmål:''' ''Norge'', '''Norwegian Nynorsk:''' ''Noreg'', '''Northern Sami:''' ''Norga''), officially known as the Kingdom of Norway ('''Norwegian Bokmål:''' ''Kongeriket Norge'', '''Norwegian Nynorsk:''' ''Kongeriket Noreg'', '''Northern Sami:''' ''Norgga gonagasriika''), is a Northern European country and the westernmost state of Scandinavia. Once one of lands of UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge, now the land of petroleum. And the Nobel Peace Prize. Norway is also the go-to place for tourists interested in fjords, midnight sun, aurora borealis, cartoon moose, troll figurines, mountains and fish. There are also actual live elks/moose and reindeer. In fact, the road signs that warn against crossing elks (triangular with a black elk silhouette on white background with a red border) often get stolen by foreign tourists that for some reason are fascinated by the animals.

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* The country is [[MoeAnthropomorphism personified]] as a DeadpanSnarker and a bit of a {{Tsundere}} in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' takes place in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle, which WordOfGod says is based on Norway. This is further established by ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', when Olaf crosses paths with a baker making a gingerbread cookie shaped like Norway.

Norwegians display striking amounts of mostly harmless nationalism, which likely grew from the fact that Norway during the late Middle Ages and early modern period always was under the thumb of one of its Scandinavian neighbor-countries. It began in 1380 when King Olaf II of Denmark also ascended the throne of Norway, and it was ratified in 1397 with the advent of the Kalmar Union which united the vast majority of Scandinavia under the Danish crown. After Sweden broke away from the Kalmar Union in 1523 and thereby ended it, Norway would remain in a personal union under Denmark as a part of the realm Denmark-Norway until 1814, where Denmark was forced to give up the entire territory of Norway in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Though the Norwegians used this opportunity to declare independence, draft a constitution[[labelnote:*]]Making it one of the world's oldest active constitutions, dating to 1814, though it does not accurately reflect the workings of the parliamentary democracy in place since 1884[[/labelnote]], and install a king of their own, Christian Frederick (who would later ascent the Danish throne as Christian VIII), part of the peace Denmark had signed had formally ceded Norway to Sweden, so in the summer of 1814 Sweden swiftly invaded Norway, resulting in conquest. Although the Swedes did acknowledge the Norwegian constitution as a part of the peace deal, they forced the recently crowned king to abdicate and renounce all claims on the Norwegian throne, forcing the country to accept yet another personal union, this time under the Swedish crown. Norway would finally achieve true independence as a constitutional monarchy in 1905, following a peaceful separation deal with Sweden, after which it [[UsefulNotes/OtherRoyalFamilies once again adopted a Danish prince, Prince Carl, and his family]], gave them Norwegian names, and made them regents.

From the trope mentioned, we also have the delicate balance between center and periphery, which has been central in Norwegian domestics policy for decades. People who live in one place will actually take great pains to stay there if they can, although mobility often is easy.

* ''The North'', arguably the region with the strongest regional identity, prone to produce singers and authors who empathise their regional independence. Also the region with the greatest {{brain drain}}, with people in the capital at times handling northerners no better than Africans. Lots of internal strife and quarrel, and intense anger over southern interfering. Also known for Viking inheritance and iron age building sites. Sami People live in the north of the north, and there is an uneasy truce between Norwegians and Sami in the area, with some racism involved. While an independence movement was joked about in the west, Northern Norway actually wanted to push through with it, having created a political party.

* ''The South'', also called Agder, after a historical pre-Norwegian petty kingdom in the area. Known for a strict religious tendency, a historical focus on piousness, especially in the south-west. The region encompasses much of what is known as the Bible Belt (similar to the U.S. one), along with parts of The West. Known for somewhat patient behaviour, and stereotypical aversion to direct conflicts. The stereotype is sometimes defined as it being impossible to get a Southerner to completely disagree with you, but impossible to make him completely agree with you as well. This is sometimes held in contrast with the more direct and confrontational speech of Northerners. The region has historically been associated with maritime activities, like fishing and warfts, especially the export of timber to the British Isles, which, during the Age of Sail, made the region very wealthy. The regional accent is noted for being the one most influenced by Danish due to its close proximity to UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} (just across the Skagerrak strait), but as with anywhere in Norway, regional accents and dialects are highly varied even over small distances. It is currently split between two counties (West- and East-Agder), with the two county capitals having an intense rivalry. Although the capital in West-Agder is signficantly larger, it is however, much younger. The inland municipalities located in the heaths and valleys are in many ways regarded as disconnected from this conflict, and represent their own stock, with accents that can be very hard to understand for anyone not from there - some of which preserve grammatical elements from older versions of Norwegian that are now gone everywhere else. It is the smallest region in both population and size, as well as being the one to be defined in particular last. Because of the strong religious tendencies, be sure to find a priest using a southern dialect or accent as a Norwegian StockCharacter. Reverend Timms of WesternAnimation/PostmanPat renown was dubbed like a southerner in Norway, to underline this point.

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' takes place in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle, which WordOfGod says is based on Norway.