What is Norway well known for?

Answer 1

Answer:Norway is a long country with beautiful scenery, green fields,forests, mountains,and very cold weather.Also the music scene in Norway is massive black metal is most popular.Another thing Norway is known for are the famous fjords (Fey-Ords). The are very beautiful narrow inlets of the sea, and are a very popular tourist attraction for Norway. If you look closely at a map of Norway, you should be anble to see them on the western and northern coast.

Fjords is pronounced (F-yourds)

Answer 2

A mixed bag of suggestions :

Vikings leaving an impression on the English and French

Fairy-tales by H. C. Andersen

The Kronborg castle which is the location of Shakespeare's Hamlet

The unique rescue of the Jewish population during WW2

The so-called Cartoon crisis

Some famous Danes in chronological order:

Astronomer Tycho Brahe : Measured the distance to Supernova proving that even the furthers parts of the visible universe was dynamic, and thus not created once and for all by God at the beginning of time.

Scientist Ole Römer: The first to measure the speed of light.

H.C. Ørsted : Discoverer of Electromagnetism

Philosopher Søren Kirkegaard : One of the founders of Existentialism.

Scientist (& Philosopher) Niels Bohr : Invented spherical model of the Atom and made vital contributions to quantum physics. Was working actively for international control of nuclear weapons after WW2. Both he and his son have been awarded the Nobel prize, but 50 years apart.

Answer 3

Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Model Helena Christensen, Morten Andersen all-time scoring leader in NFL, Niels Bohr physicist, H. C. Andersen author, LEGO, Carlsberg beer and Viggo Mortensen actor, to name only a few things

Answer 4

The Kingdom of Norway occupies the western and northern portions of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland and Russia. It also shares sea borders with the United Kingdom and Denmark. The capital of Norway is Oslo. A rugged country of mountains, fjords and glaciers, Norway covers an area of approximately 324,000 square kilometres. Norway also holds sovereignty over Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Norway has a population of 5.2 million (2014) of which approximately 80,000 are Sami, an indigenous people living in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sami settlements are located mainly in the north of the country. Norway celebrates its national day on 17 May.

Answer 5

Denmark is famous for the little mermaid statue, football stadiums and art galleries.Denmark is also famous for the writer Hans Christen Andersen.

Answer 6

Brown cheese (and the cheese slicer), sour cream porridge, fish, oil, wealth, and the paperclip.

Answer 7

Fjords