Norway's power was weakened during this period by the loss of a large part of the population during the Black Death pandemic of 1349 – 1351.

Shipping has long been a support of Norway's export sector, but much of Norway's economic growth has been fueled by an abundance of natural resources, including petroleum exploration and production, hydroelectric power, and fisheries.

Unfortunately, as is the case with many of Norway's tallest waterfalls, it has been targeted for hydroelectric power, which results in a greatly diminished water flow during the summer tourist season.

It produces of coal annually, of which is used to fuel Longyear Power Station, Norway's only coal-fueled power station.

However, Norway's power over Svalbard is restricted to limitations listed below:

Høyre is currently in power in four of Norway's five largest cities: Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand, also being the largest party in all of these four cities.

He is most recognized as the performer of the power ballad " On My Own ", Norway's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The fjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, jointly with Nærøyfjord, since 2005, although this status is now threatened by the disputed plans to build power lines across the fjord.

Although Norway's trade policies have long aimed at harmonizing its industrial and trade policy with the EU's, a new referendum in 1994 gave the same result as in 1972, and Norway remains one of only two Nordic countries outside the EU, the other being Iceland.

Nevertheless, Iversen was called up for the next squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Iceland where he scored Norway's two goals.

Norway's first nominative, complete census was taken in 1801, when Norway still was ruled by the Oldenburg dynasty of Denmark-Norway.

She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1979 and became Norway's first, and to date only, female Prime Minister.

The verdict, which was eventually upheld by Norway's highest court, awarded the gallery USD 2. 6 million in damages.

Norway's aid to Nepal was around 2 million NOK in 2008.

The Romsdal Museum, one of Norway's largest folk museums, was established in 1912.

Moreover, Raeder failed to take into account the possibility that in the long run Norway's occupation might represent a burden to Germany out of all proportion to its strategic advantages " Norway was vital to Germany as a transport route for iron ore from Sweden, a supply that Britain was determined to stop.

The invasion of Norway was presented as a measure to protect Norway's neutrality from Britain, and Raeder claimed to have been a " political prisoner " at Spandau.

The Danish crown was represented by a governor styled Statholder, but it was always important for the King to maintain Norway's legal status as a separate hereditary kingdom.

Prior to the industrial revolution, Norway's economy was largely based on agriculture, timber, and fishing.

* Both politicians and the public came to terms with the fact that Norway's economic development was dependent on taking advantage of its comparative advantage by specializing in certain areas for export and relying on import for everything else.

The initial purpose of the newly formed Foreign Ministry was both to represent Norway's interests through diplomatic channels, and to provide consular services for Norwegian shipping and commerce overseas.

Norway's aid to Nepal was around 2 million NOK in 2008.

The usage of the title in Sweden was similar to Norway's.

After the Union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved in 1905, a committee of the Norwegian government identified several members of European royalty as candidates for Norway's first King of its own in several centuries.

The following morning, 11 April 1940, bomber aircraft of the Luftwaffe attacked Nybergsund, destroying the small town where the Norwegian government was staying in an attempt to wipe out Norway's unyielding King and Government.

Haakon VII was the last of Norway's Kings to have the style of God's Grace ().

In contrast to his brother, King Haakon VII of Norway, and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who went into exile during the Nazi occupation of their countries, Christian X remained in his capital throughout the occupation of Denmark, being to the Danish people a visible symbol of the national cause ( although it is important to note that Norway's King Haakon VII was forced to escape the invading Germans after refusing to accept a Nazi-friendly puppet regime ).

The Norwegian act Glittertind was playlisted in Norway's most popular radio channel NRK P1 with the song " Går min eigen veg " when their second album Landkjenning entered the Norwegian domestic charts at number 20 in May 2009.

Norway was neutral during World War I, but the armed forces were mobilised to protect Norway's neutrality.

By the end of the 1960s it was clear that Rosenborg had emerged as one of Norway's leading football clubs.

As Norway's army, led by young Prince Fortinbras, surrounds the castle, Hamlet finally exacts his revenge and slays Claudius by stabbing him with the sword and then forcing him to drink the very poison that he had intended for Hamlet.

* Recounts the 1994 theft of The Scream from Norway's National Gallery in Oslo, and its eventual recovery

* 1905 – Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, a vote that is confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.

* September 10 – 11 – Norway's ruling Labour Party loses eight seats in the parliamentary elections, its worst showing since 1945.

As an hereditary kingdom, Norway's status as separate from Denmark remained important to the royal dynasty in its struggles to win elections as kings of Denmark.

Norway's political situation may have been bad but its economy improved with the introduction of the water-driven saw in the early 16th century.

Norway's long-term social democratic policies, extensive governmental tracking of information, and the homogeneity of its population lent themselves particularly well for economic study, and academic research from Norway proved to make significant contributions to the field of macroeconomics during this era.

The high cost of labor and other structural features of the Norwegian environment have caused concern about Norway's ability to maintain its cost of living in a post-petroleum era.

* New Zealand joined 11 other countries in 2006 in delivering a formal diplomatic protest to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo over Norway's plans to increase its whaling activities.

It later became one of Norway's most important industrial centres, famous for its large shipyard, Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted.

" Inspired by Bathory, Enslaved set out to " create Viking metal devoted to retelling Norway's legends and traditions of old -- not attacking Christianity by means of its own creation: Satan.

Bærum, particularly its eastern neighbourhoods bordering West End Oslo, is one of Norway's priciest and most fashionable residential areas, leading Bærum residents to be frequently stereotyped as snobs in Norwegian popular culture.

Over the next 15 years he would organize Norway's final conversion and its integration into Christian Europe.

In 1962, the Schei Committee concluded its survey of the organization of Norway's municipalities.

Lier is thought of as a " green lung " for Norway's capital, Oslo, with its vast number of fields and apple trees.

Norway's only festival of its kind.

During the next five hundred years Norway's border to Russia and the limits of Norwegian settlement would be pushed eastwards to Sør-Varanger, making Tromsø lose its character as a " frontier town ".

The river is well known for its salmon, and forms the Målselv waterfall (), which has been selected as Norway's national waterfall.

During the 1930s the club produced several of its best known players, most prominently Reidar Kvammen, who played in Norway's bronze medal winning 1936 olympic team.

He remained active in numerous other organizations as well, acting as Norway's delegate or alternate delegate to the League of Nations from its founding until 1938, writing reports and acting as a correspondent for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and participating in the Dutch sponsored Central Organisation for Durable Peace, amongst other activities.

It was given its modern design by Hallvard Trætteberg, Norway's preeminent heraldic artist, and published in his book Norske By og Adelsvåben.