Table of Contents 10 Welcome 4 Mountains and Fjords 6 Heading Downhill Finnmark How's the Weather A Long History 14 The Norwegians The Sami Let's Eat Bokmal or Nynorsk 22 School 24 Kids 26 Buildings 28 Hit the Slopes Keep the Beat The Church of Norway Celebrating Holidays Made by Hand Grab a Book Story Time The Flag of Norway Fast Facts Glossary To learn more Index 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 16 18 20 45 46 47 48
Welcome IIIC CIRCLE We're going to Norway Norwegians call their country Norge The word means the way to the North It is easy to see why On the continent of Europe Norway is the country farthest to the north Norway curves over the top of Finland to meet Russia Sweden touches eastern Norway The Norwegian Sea lies to the west The North Sea spreads across the south Skagerrak is an arm of the North Sea The city of Alesund is built on seven islands in the Sea Norwegian
Honningsvag IORTH SVALBARD ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN BEAR ISLAND RUSSJA RUSSIA JAN MAYEN ISLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN FINLA IIIC CIRCLE NORWEGIAN SEA SWEDEN OR WA DENMARK ATLANTIC OCEAN Alesund W E D E FINLAND SOGNE FJORD KILOMETERS Bergene Oslo HARDANGER FJORD a N131 lowlands country's capital glacier mountains BOK FJORD NORTH ГЕА SKAGGERAK
