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Norway

Norway. Ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy Main leader is Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg There are 19 fylke or countries make up norway For about 100

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Norway

• Ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy• Main leader is Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg• There are 19 fylke or countries make up norway• For about 100 years there has been no kings or

queens • picture is of the vice president

Government

Oil takes up 20 percent of their GDP Fish catch from norway takes up 3 percent of the

world's total catch Norway has a long line of being one of the world's

leading fishing nations Norway is great with resources from the sea but

needs more help in farming oil rig off of Norway

Economy

• Almost two thirds of norway is covered in mountainous area

• fjords are narrow inlets made by glacial erosion• Norway is divided into 5 main regions• winter of Norway

General Geography

The blue on the flag stand for the link between sweden and norway. white represents freedom of the country Finally red stands for liberty of the people and was taken from denmark country's flag to right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2v53KV00B4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Country flag

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• Cold and requires a winter coat in the winter and warm in the summer

• As people move farther north the climate gets colder because less sunlight

• Winter days are longer as you go farther up closer to the north pole

• weather is milder because of the gulf stream

Climate

• Norway uses the currency called Norwegian krone• Now about 1 american dollar in Norway is worth

about 6 norwegian krone• these are norwegian krone and bills

Currency

methodists and other religions have came to Norway these religions came from other european countries this picture is of a methodist church

Cultrals #1

• Norwegian• over 300,000 monuments have been registered in

Norway also 375,000 building have to• Norwegian people have worshiped gods from a place

called asgard • this a picture of a norwegian church

Cultrals #2

• this shows where norway is on the world• a country so close to the arctic circle is cold most of

the year

Geography maps

• About one four of Norway is within the arctic circle• most of the time winters days are shorter and colder

than normal days in winter here

Geography maps

• http://www.ehow.com/facts_6973942_do-colors-represent-norway-flag_.html• http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/norway/currency/• http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/energy_news/images/2008/06/16/picture_9.png• http://www.topnews.in/files/Norway-Flag_1.gif• http://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/610x.jpg

Sites for research and pictures

• http://www.nortrade.com/Documents/Invest/Norway%20at%20a%20glance/Geography/NorwayPR4.jpg

• http://home.online.no/~rvalen/bilder/reine.jpg• http://www.norway-hei.com/images/norwegian-money-norske-kroner.jpg• http://odin.dep.no/ud/html/brosjyrer/norway/images/graphics/klode.jpg• http://humanflowerproject.com/images/uploads/Norway-map318.jpg

Sites for research and pictures

• http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/LegacyImages/F/FirstUnitedMethodistChurchofPeoria-Jul08-002a.jpg

• http://www.globusjourneys.com/Common/Images/Destinations/norway-stave-church.jpg

research sites and urls of pictures