2. INTRODUCTION AND SOME PHYSICAL
FEATURES
• Located in northern Europe, Norway occupies the western and northern
portions of the Scandinavian peninsula. It is bordered by the Barents
Sea, Finland and Russia, Sweden, Skagerrak Strait and the Atlantic
Ocean, known as the Norwegian Sea.
• More than three times larger than Iceland, Norway covers a total land
mass of 323,900 square kilometers. This includes the volcanic island of
Jan Mayan to the north east of Iceland, and a portion of Antarctica.
• Norway is a mountainous country, with nearly one-third of the country
lying north of the Arctic Circle. From the inland mountains and
mountain plateau, the landscape falls sharply towards a coastline
dotted with innumerable islands.

3. RELIGIONS AND LANGUAGES
• More than 85 per cent of the population belong to the state church, the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway. Other Christian communities
active in Norway include Baptists, Pentecostalists, Methodists and
Roman Catholics. However, only 3 per cent of the total population
attend regular church services on Sundays. The largest non-Christian
religion in Norway is Islam.
• Norway has three official languages, Bokmål, (‘Book
Language’), Nynorsk (‘New Norwegian’) and the Sámi language.
• The most commonly used is Bokmål which is heavily influenced by
Danish, used in most written works and spoken by more than 80% of
the population, especially those living in urban areas.

4. TRADITIONS
• There is a traditional rule for the naming of children born in Norway is
referred to as “patronymics’ . A child is given a first name and a
patronymic name.
• Among Norwegian at the turn of the twentieth-century, dishes often
served at the homes of the Viking descendants were lutefish, a salted
fish, and lefse, a delicious bread rolled thin and baked on top of the
stove.
• On New Year's day, friends and acquaintances always call upon each
other, exchanging calls of good wishes. In each reception room there
are little tables, which are kept furnished all day with wine, cakes and
sweetmeats for the visitors, who talk, flirt, compliment and drink wine
and eat cake

5. CONCLUSION
I have learned many things about Norway since we started
this project. Wether it be from the many seas and
countries that surround it or the strange traditions that
they uphold each year.
Norway is a fascinating country with many tales that go
back to the time of Vikings and other historical events.
The End…