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The amazing journey of salmon in Norway
During the annual migration in Norway, salmon jumping up waterfalls.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How scrap metal becomes steel in Norway's northernmost mill
Overview of a steelworks in Mo i Rana, Norway.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Wafuefotodesign/Dreamstime.com; © Bahdan Zhorau/Dreamstime.com
A guide to a traditional Norwegian dinner
Learn how fish dumplings are made in Norway.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How to make traditional Norwegian sour cream pudding
Learn about rømmegrøt, a Norwegian sour-cream pudding.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Why Norway is a paradise for skydivers
Overview of skydiving in Norway.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Summer skiing adventures in Norway
Overview of skiing in Norway, including a discussion of kite skiing.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How the Ormen Lange gas pipeline was engineered
The construction of an offshore gas pipeline in the North Sea.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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northern lights, Norway
Northern lights illuminating the sky near Kautokeino, Norway.
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Physical features of Norway
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fjord, western Norway
Scenic fjord, or sea inlet, winding deep into the mountainous coast of western Norway.
Bob and Ira Spring
Norway spruce: cones
Norway spruce cones (Picea abies).
Copyright Michael P. Gadomski/Photo Researchers
Oslo
A harbor and castle in Oslo.
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Bergen, Norway
Bergen, Norway, at twilight.
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Oslo: Storting
Storting (Norwegian parliament), Oslo.
© TasfotoNL/Shutterstock.com
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
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Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen.
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Frogner Park, Oslo
Sculptures by Gustav Vigeland in Frogner Park, Oslo.
© Shawn McCullars
Sonja Henie
Skating star Sonja Henie performing in her Hollywood Ice Revue of 1950.
Pictorial Parade
Canute
Canute, line engraving by George Vertue.
Courtesy British Library, from the British Library archive (191.g.9)
Black Death
Plague victims during the Black Death, 14th century.
Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine
Erik the Red
Erik the Red, woodcut from a book published in Iceland in 1688.
Courtesy of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Kalmar Castle
Kalmar Castle, Kalmar, Sweden.
© LordRunar—E+/Getty Images
Christian I
Christian I, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Frederiksborg Castle,...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Christian IV
Christian IV, detail of an oil painting by Pieter Isaacsz, 1612; in Frederiksborg...
Courtesy of Det Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Hannibal Sehested
Hannibal Sehested, copperplate engraving by Albert Haelwegh.
Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) Copenhagen, Denmark (KKS10407)
Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Robert Malthus, detail of an engraving after a portrait by J. Linnell, 1833.
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Company Ltd.
Christian VIII
Christian VIII, detail of an oil painting by L.-A.-F. Aumont, 1834; in Frederiksborg...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg.
Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway
Fredric Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John, painting by Fredric Westin.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, Donated according to the will of 1872 by Karl XV (NMGrh 1705), https://collection.nationalmuseum.se.
Marcus Møller Thrane
Marcus Møller Thrane.
National Library of Norway (blds_05747)
Oscar II
Oscar II, detail from an oil painting by Emil Osterman, 1904; in Gripsholm Castle,...
Courtesy of the Svenska Portrattarkivet, Stockholm
Haakon VII
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Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling.
Courtesy of the Norwegian News Agency, Oslo
Olaf V
Olaf V, 1973.
Knudsens Fotosenter
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland.
© World Economic Forum (http://www.weforum.org)
Harald V and Jens Stoltenberg
The Norwegian government gathering at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, on October...
Berit Roald—Scanpix/Office of the Prime Minister of Norway
Harald V
Harald V, 2007.
Photo: Jarle Vines
memorial in Oslo for victims of the July 22, 2011, attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utøya
Flowers adorning a memorial outside Oslo Cathedral for victims of the July 22, 2011,...
© Vegard Saetrenes
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg, 2009.
Guri Dahl/Office of the Prime Minister of Norway
Norway: Nigardsbreen glacier
Nigardsbreen glacier, southwest-central Norway.
© Shawn McCullars
Seven Sisters Falls
The Seven Sisters Falls, Geiranger Fjord, with sod roof houses on the hillside, western...
Kirkendall—Spring Photographers
Svalbard, Norway
Summer landscape on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
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Nordic countries and their territories or dependent areas
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