2 - Historie, geografi og levesett

Question 1

Viking Period

Answer 1

800 and 1050 AD

Question 2

Christianity was introduced in Norway

Answer 2

11th century

Question 3

Norway was absorbed into a formal union with Denmark and Sweden

Answer 3

1397

Question 4

Denmark and Norway remained united until

Answer 4

1814

Question 5

Norway adopted a constitution of its own on

Answer 5

17 May 1814

Question 6

National Romanticism

Answer 6

middle of the 19th century

Question 7

bokmål derived from

Answer 7

danish

Question 8

Ivar Aasen (1813-1896)

Answer 8

consolidated regional language to from nynorsk

Question 9

mid-19th century, percentage of the Norwegian population lived in rural areas

Answer 9

70%

Question 10

Norwegians emigrated to America during the period

Answer 10

1850–1920

Question 11

number of Norwegians emigrated to America during the period 1850–1920

Answer 11

800 000

Question 12

union with Sweden was dissolved in

Answer 12

07 June 1905

Question 13

King Haakon

Answer 13

7th was King of Norway from 1905 until his death in 1957

Question 14

Norway started using water power to produce electricity

Answer 14

at the end of the 19th century

Question 15

Norway was occupied by German forces from

Answer 15

9 April 1940

Question 16

Norway was governed by a pro-German government led by

Answer 16

Vidkun Quisling

Question 17

number of Norwegians fled to Sweden during World War II

Answer 17

50 000

Question 18

Norwegians died as a consequence of the 2 world war

Answer 18

9 500

Question 19

Norway capitulate in

Answer 19

May 1945

Question 20

Norway was among the first countries to join the UN in

Answer 20

November 1945

Question 21

first Secretary-General of the UN

Answer 21

Trygve Lie, was Norwegian

Question 22

amount Norway received from USA Marshall plan

Answer 22

NOK 3 billion

Question 23

Norway, along with eleven other countries, signed the North Atlantic Treaty (leading to NATO) in

Answer 23

1949

Question 24

The first oil was found in the North Sea in

Answer 24

1969

Question 25

The roots of the Norwegian labour movement date back to the

Answer 25

17th century

Question 26

growing number of jobs in industry from

Answer 26

1880s

Question 27

labour movement gained greater influence from the

Answer 27

1920s

Question 28

Termination of Pregnancy (the Abortion Act) was adopted in

Answer 28

1978

Question 29

Termination of Pregnancy (the Abortion Act) act gives women the right to have an abortion until week

Answer 29

13

Question 30

surface area of Norway

Answer 30

385,199 square kilometres

Question 31

Norway is part of the Nordic countries, consisting

Answer 31

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland

Question 32

Norway also makes Scandinavia together with

Answer 32

Sweden and Denmark

Question 33

Norway share a common border with

Answer 33

Sweden, Finland and Russia

Question 34

Number of geographical regions

Answer 34

5

Question 35

Number of counties in Norway

Answer 35

11

Question 36

Number of towns and cities in Norway.

Answer 36

nearly 100

Question 37

Population of Oslo

Answer 37

600 000

Question 38

Norway’s highest mountain

Answer 38

Galdhøpiggen, 2,469 metres

Question 39

The largest lake is Norway is

Answer 39

Mjøsa. Surface area 365 square kilometres.

Question 40

The longest river in Norway

Answer 40

Glomma. 611 kilometres long

Question 41

the longest fjord

Answer 41

Sognefjord, 204 kilometres long and 1,308 metres deep

Question 42

Built-up areas (buildings and roads) make up only

Answer 42

2%

Question 43

divsion of land

Answer 43

1/2 mountains, 1/3 forested

Question 44

Number of municipalities

Answer 44

356

Question 45

Cultivated land

Answer 45

3%

Question 46

Population of Norway

Answer 46

just over five million

Question 47

% of inhabitants live along the coast

Answer 47

75%

Question 48

population lives in Eastern Norway

Answer 48

50%

Question 49

% of the population come from immigrant backgrounds

Answer 49

17%

Question 50

cities in Norway with the highest percentage of inhabitants with an immigrant background

Answer 50

Oslo and Drammen

Question 51

Population of Sami in Norway

Answer 51

40 000 to 50 000 (Also about 50 000 in Sweden+Russia+Finland)

Question 52

Sami Parliament was established in

Answer 52

1989

Question 53

The highest temperature ever measured in Norway is

Answer 53

35.6 degrees Celsius (Nesbyen, 20 June 1970).

Question 54

The lowest temperature ever measured in Norway is

Answer 54

-51.4 degrees Celsius (Karasjok, 1 January 1886).

Question 55

Women’s Day

Answer 55

08 March

Question 56

Easter public holidays

Answer 56

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday

Question 57

40 days after Easter

Answer 57

Ascension Day (public holiday)

Question 58

50 days after Easter

Answer 58

Pentecost

Question 59

After Ascension

Answer 59

Whit Monday

Question 60

International Workers’ Day

Answer 60

01 May

Question 61

Constitution Day

Answer 61

17 May (fra 17 May 1814)

Question 62

Number of couples get married in Norway

Answer 62

23 000 (50% in church)

Question 63

Number of births in Norway

Answer 63

60,000

Question 64

% of infants christened in church

Answer 64

50% - 60 %

Question 65

age for confirmation ceremony

Answer 65

14 or 15

Question 66

% of confirmation in church

Answer 66

60%

Question 67

% of confirmations that are humanist

Answer 67

20%

Question 68

% no having confirmation

Answer 68

20%

Question 69

Number of deaths in Norway

Answer 69

40 000

Question 70

% of burials organised by the church

Answer 70

85%

Question 71

% cremations

Answer 71

40%

Question 72

% of population that have membership of church

Answer 72

70%

Question 73

Christianity was introduced to Norway

Answer 73

1000 years ago

Question 74

dominant religion in Norway

Answer 74

Protestantism