Ultimately, many of them settled there permanently, in a land that became known as Normandy ( deriving from the expression " Nordmenn ", or ' Northmen ' (' Norsemen '), which was-and indeed still is-both the name the Norwegians called themselves and also the name the Franks used for the Scandinavians ).

This period also saw the rise of the Norwegian romantic nationalism cultural movement, as Norwegians sought to define and express a distinct national character.

From 1509 to 1814, it formed part of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, also referred to as the Common Fleet, which was largely funded by the Kingdom of Norway and manned by Norwegians.

Kautokeino is a Finnicized form of the Sámi name Guovdageaidnu, and also used by Norwegians.

The flag contains three flames also because Kárásjoga-Karasjok is a place where three peoples live: the Sami, Norwegians, and Kvens.

The owl also seems somewhat aggressive, to represent the fighting spirit of Norwegians.

In early 1365, Haakon and Magnus assembled a large army in Västergötland, consisting mainly of Norwegians, but also a large number of Swedes from the said province, and marched on the German-held city of Stockholm.

The next recorded king was Godred Crovan's son Olave Godredsson, also known as " the Red " to the Highlanders and " Bitling " to the Norwegians, the latter apparently on account of his small size.

Sweden has also historically dominated the Scandinavian music scene, with Danes and Norwegians listening to music in Swedish rather than the other way around.

The Norwegians, however, were also attempting to take control of these lands, resulting in armed conflicts.

She also talked about a coronation in Norway, but the Norwegians found it impossible because of her religion.

He also gained a lot of publicity for criticizing Norwegians traveling to Sweden in order to buy cheaper food, calling it " Harry ".

Several Quislings and a number of loyal Norwegians were also brought back.

They also returned with over 200 Norwegians who had volunteered to serve in the Free Norwegian Forces.

The loch also hosted, if that is the word, the battle fleet of King Hakkon of Norway on his way south to the disastrous ( for the Norwegians ) battle of Largs in 1266 ; the small harbour of Portnacon has variously been translated as " Port na coin " " the port of the dogs " or a corruption of " Port Hakkon ", " Hakkon's Port ".

His initiative was successful, partly due to clandestine support from the Danish Crown, but also because it was supported by prominent and influential Norwegians.

( Although Norwegians would understand what is meant by klassevenninne, it would also sound awkward and somewhat archaic.

This is also the third reference to Kvens and Norwegians fighting against each other.

It is also common for Norwegians living abroad to gather and celebrate.

Norwegians also refer to " inneklemte " indays, which are between a public holiday and a weekend.

Norwegians also show the characteristic R1a genes of the paternal ancestorship at 17. 9 % to 30. 8 %.

Vian then stated that he intended to board Altmark and invited the Norwegians to take part, but this was also refused.

The Norwegians also burned all of the maps and documents from the glider crash before the Germans could arrive, and managed to keep the entire operation secret for almost twenty-four hours.

As well as power politics, religion also played a part in these conflicts, as two of the descendants of Harald Fairhair, Hakon the Good and Olaf Tryggvason attempted to convert the then heathen Norwegians to Christianity.

On this anchorage, being the best sheltered within the maritime region of Sweden ( Suevoniae ), all the ships belonging to Danes ( Danorum ) known as Norwegians ( Nortmannorum ) as well as to Slavs ( Sclavorum ), Sembrians ( Semborum ) and other Scythian ( Scithiae ) peoples use to convene every year for sundry necessary commerce.

Even today, both Swedes and Norwegians use the 10, 000 metre mile (" mil ") to refer to travel distances in everyday language.

The haste with which the Danes resumed their attack on Norse Dublin before consolidating their control of Saxon England indicates that the entire Danish invasion was not primarily aimed at the conquest of Saxon England, but to secure a North Sea base of operations to use as a springboard in the conflict with the Norwegians, who controlled an extensive trade network in the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, and Ireland, which exported goods as the Danes did, from the British Isles south-east through Kievan Rus as far as Constantinople and Baghdad, following the Dniepr from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

Putting the strategic situation and his own abdication to good use, he persuaded the Swedish crown prince Carl Johan ( the former Marshal Bernadotte of France ) to let the Norwegians keep their constitution.

* Six gunboats ( Faaborg, Holbek, Kjerteminde, Nestved, Nysted and Nykjobing ) abandoned or stranded in the Kattegat were recovered by the Norwegians or Danes and returned to naval use.

* Norrbagge: A Swedish derogatory term for Norwegians ( first attested use in 1257 ), based on the root bagge meaning sheep's testicles.

Confusion soon sprung up though when the Norwegians received the order not to fire on British and French ships and the Germans began to use Norwegian codes they had captured at Horten.

Norwegians also learned to use ersatz products for a wide variety of purposes, ranging from fuel to coffee, tea, and tobacco.

The Norwegians ' claim that the German prisoners were Disarmed Enemy Forces circumvented the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which forbids the use of prisoners of war for harmful or dangerous labour.

His name in mainland China is now a term used to refer to traitors, similar to " Benedict Arnold " for Americans or " Quisling " for Norwegians.

The term " Finn-Galls " ( i. e. Norse Vikings or Norwegians ) ( Gall Goidel, lit.

In the Old Norse language, the term norrœnir menn ( northern men ), was used correspondingly to the modern English name Norsemen, referring to Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, Faroe Islanders, Icelanders, Orcadians, etc.

During and after the war, the Norwegians commonly referred to these children as tyskerunger, translating as " German-kids " or " Kraut kids ", a derogatory term.

* Nordmenn: A term used by Scandinavians to denote Norwegians.

During the Viking Age the term Dubhghoill was used to describe the Vikings — usually Danes — and the term Fionnghoill (" fair foreigners ") was used to describe Norwegians.

It is also in favour of Norwegian membership in the European Union, although stating that this is not a priority, nor realistic in the short term, as Norwegians have rejected membership in two referendums and opinion polls show that at least two thirds of Norwegians still oppose membership.

Goebbels expressed annoyance in his diary about what he called Terboven's " bullying tactics " against the Norwegians, as they alienated the population against the Germans.

He made the journey from London to Yorkshire, a distance of about 185 miles, in only four days, enabling him to take the Norwegians completely by surprise.

Failing to convince the Whittakers that his group are Norwegians ( all of the Russians are conspicuously dressed in sinister all-black clothing ), Rozanov draws a gun and promises no harm if the family provides information about military on the island ( none ) and police force ( small ), and gives them keys to their car.

Norwegians were undecided about hosting a Winter Olympics.

It was used extensively in Northern Norway for about 150 years in the so-called Pomor trade, that is, the barter trade between Russians and Norwegians in the north.

In 2006, about 9, 000 research days were spent in Longyearbyen, most of which were by Norwegians.

It has been estimated that at Fulford the Norwegians had about 10, 000 troops of which 6, 000 were deployed in the battle, and the defenders 5, 000.

The Swedish troops had taken shelter in and by the old Norderhov rectory. Anna Colbjørnsdatter, the wife of pastor Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, sent an alert to Norwegians forces about the presence of the Swedes.

In the first, to about 1900, thousands of Norwegians homesteaded on the Canadian prairies.

In spite of efforts by the Government of Canada to retain these immigrants for Canada, very few remained because of Canada's somewhat restrictive land policies at that time and negative stories being told about Canada from U. S. land agents deterring Norwegians from going to Canada.

One of the anecdotes told about the Nazi occupation of Norway ( 1940 – 1945 ) is that at a time when the public display of the Norwegian flag or the State Coat of Arms could bring imprisonment or even death, the Norwegians discovered that they could display the ' H ' overlapping the ' 7 ' of the royal cypher of their exiled king, Haakon VII, at the center of a rosemaling design without the German occupation forces seeing anything but a colorful peasant design.

Swedes are not known to have carried out any other military campaigns between 1222 and 1249, making the claims about their forceful appearance at the Neva with Norwegians as their allies seem questionable.

By about 1000 the neighbouring hamlet of Raw and village of Thorpe ( Fylingthorpe ) in Fylingdales had been settled by Norwegians and Danes.

The Norwegians must have known about the isles before leaving Norway.

If Grímur Kamban had settled some time earlier, this could explain the Norwegians knowing about them.

Another, more logical explanation might be that the Norwegians came to know about the islands by the Gaels of Scotland and Ireland.

Furthermore, about 15, 000 Norwegians volunteered for combat duty on the Nazi side ; of the 6, 000 sent into action as part of the Germanic SS, most were sent to the Eastern front.

Even before the war ended, there was debate among Norwegians about the fate of traitors and collaborators.

The Norwegians who fled from Harald Hårfagre must have known about the isles before leaving Norway.

If Grímr Kamban settled some time before, this could explain the Norwegians knowing about Faroe.

In 1985 Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet published an opinion poll about the most admired Norwegians.

In 2011, media reported that Rettsmedisinsk institutt, belonging to Norway's government, had a database that illegally kept information regarding thousands of Norwegians ' DNA, including information about the DNA of witnesses, victims and people who had been acquitted.