But he plunges into yet another, this time with Norway, and is killed in an assault on the fortress of Fredrikshall, being only thirty-six years of age when he died.

Even Norway, despite daily but limited manifestations against atomic arms in the heart of this northernmost capital of the alliance, is today closer to the NATO line.

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

* 1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.

* 1860 – Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.

The total population estimate in all of Norway, Sweden and Finland is a mere 120 adult individuals.

The other threatened population is the one in Fennoscandia ( Norway, Sweden, Finland and Kola Peninsula ).

The total population estimate for 1997 is around 60 adults in Sweden, 11 adults in Finland and 50 in Norway.

In Norway the sale of alcohol on Sundays and election day is strictly illegal, the sale of alcohol on Saturdays ends at 6pm, while it ends 8pm at weekdays.

The word " Bluetooth " is an anglicised version of the Scandinavian Blåtand / Blåtann, the epithet of the tenth-century king Harald I of Denmark and parts of Norway who united dissonant Danish tribes into a single kingdom.

It is one of the busiest railways in Europe, with 20 % more train services than France, 60 % more than Italy, and more than Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined.

Kontinenten – the Continent – is a vernacular Swedish expression excluding Sweden, Norway and Finland, but including Denmark ( even the Danish archipelago ) and the rest of continental Europe.

One of the legends in cross-country skiing competitions is Bjørn Dæhlie ( Norway ).

Denmark is located southwest of Sweden and due south of Norway and is bordered by the German state ( and former possession ) Schleswig-Holstein to the south.

The railway system is connected to Sweden by bridge in Copenhagen and ferry in Helsingør and Frederikshavn, by land to Germany in Padborg and ferry in Rødby and to Norway by ferry in Hirtshals.

In contrast, though Oslo ( Norway ) and Stockholm ( Sweden ) are quite dominant in terms of speech standards, cities like Bergen, Gothenburg and the Malmö-Lund region are large and influential enough to create secondary regional norms, making the standard language more varied than is the case with Danish.

Similarly, the Norwegian language is classified as a descendant of West Norse, while the written language used by the vast majority in Norway is derived from an older variant of standard Danish.

This trait is common in the northernmost part of Norway, where life and culture was based on fishing more than anywhere else.

But, though the draugr usually presages death, there is an amusing account in Northern Norway of a Nordlending who managed to outwit him:

( In Norway " vampires " is translated as " Bloodsucker-draugar ".

1016 ), perhaps married firstly with Eric the Victorious, King of Sweden, and later wife of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, by whom she is said to have been mother of Canute the Great, King of Denmark, Norway and England.

The E 4 is the fastest road to go from Germany / Denmark to areas north of the arctic circle, including places in Norway like Tromsø.

The fact that settlers from Norway also settled in the Faroe Islands is proven by a runestone ( see Sandavágur stone ) found in the village of Sandavágur on Vágoy Island.

Because of the penetration of Christianity in Scandinavia, serious conflict divided Norway for almost a century.

Because of the penetration of Christianity in Scandinavia, serious conflict divided Norway for almost a century.

Norway is divided into 19 counties ( sing.

In 1999, the catch was divided among Denmark ( 31 %), Scotland ( 25 %), the rest of the United Kingdom ( 12 %), the Netherlands ( 10 %), Belgium, Germany and Norway ( 17 %).

By the time of the first historical records of these events, about the 700s AD, Norway was divided into several petty kingdoms.

The county is divided into twelve townships: Bethel, Fairview, Garfield, Glenwood, Meckling, Norway, Pleasant Valley, Prairie Center, Riverside, Spirit Mound, Star, Vermillion.

The county is divided into eighteen townships: Brothersfield, Centerville, Childstown, Daneville, Dolton, Germantown, Home, Hurley, Marion, Middleton, Monroe, Norway, Parker, Rosefield, Salem, Spring Valley, Swan Lake, Turner.

The county is divided into sixteen townships: Brooklyn, Canton, Dayton, Delapre, Delaware, Eden, Grant, Fairview, Highland, La Valley, Lincoln, Lynn, Norway, Perry, Pleasant, Springdale.

In 1826, the previously disputed areas were divided between Norway and Russia, causing great difficulties for the Sami.

The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities ( kommune, pl.

The rest of the world's population is divided between Canada, Ireland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, with small numbers in France ( they are often seen in the Bay of Biscay ), the Channel Islands, Norway and a single colony in Germany on Heligoland.

Finland, France ( except for some small overseas possessions ), Italy, Netherlands, Norway ( though a handful of unincorporated cities exist within ordinary municipalities ), Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland ( with exceptions ), Czech Republic and Slovakia ( with the exception of the military areas, which are administered directly by state government ) are divided into communes.

Also Snorri Sturluson describes Sweyn and Olof as equal allies when they defeated the Norwegian king Olav Tryggvason in the battle of Svolder 1000, and thereafter divided Norway between themselves.

In 1047 Magnus died, having stated on his deathbed that his kingdom would be divided: Harald would get the throne of Norway, while Sweyn would be king of Denmark.

This first railway was constructed by British engineers, and the financing was divided between British investors and the Government of Norway.

Norway is divided into 19 counties, and each county is a constituency in the election.

In earliest recorded history, Norway was divided into a number of small and sometimes warring petty kingdoms with weak central authority.

Norway of the Viking Age was divided into petty kingdoms ruled by chiefs who contended for land, maritime supremacy or political ascendance and sought alliances or control through marriage with other royal families, either voluntary or forced.

The sons and grandsons and later descendants of Nór continually divided their inheritances among themselves so that Norway became filled with many small kingdoms and lordships.

In Norway Borchgrevink divided opinion ; Roald Amundsen was a long-time friend and supporter, whereas Fridtjof Nansen, according to Scott, spoke of him as a " tremendous fraud ".

The Younger Futhark is divided further into the long-branch runes ( also called Danish, although they also were used in Norway and Sweden ), short-branch or Rök runes ( also called Swedish-Norwegian, although they also were used in Denmark ), and the stavesyle or Hälsinge runes ( staveless runes ).

During the 9th century, Norway was divided between several local kings controlling their own fiefdoms.

ICA Norway is divided into four different stores: