NORWAY CULTURE

NORGE ORIGONALLY PERTAINED TO A REGION OF A COUNTRY BEFORE POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION.  THEY HAD TWO INDIGENOUS GROUPS IN THE NORTH HAD A SEPARATE LANGUAGE.  SOME PRACTICE REINDEER NOMADISM  AND RANGE TO FINLAND.  A SMALLER GYPSY POPULATION WAS PART OF THE THE OTHER WISE HOMOGENOUS POPULATION.
IN 1900'S THE WELCOMED IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. 

THEY HAVE AN ACUTE SENSE OF IDENTITY! THE NORWAY POPULATION HAS ABOUT 4 MILLION AND PROMOTES CULTURAL SHARING..  THE LENGTH OF NORWAY IS OVER 1000 MILES.  IT IS A RUGGED MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE. OPEN VALLEY HAVE BEEN PLANTED WITH GRAINS AND ROOT CROPS.  FARMING AND FISHING HAS BEEN THE MAJOR OCCUPATION IN THIS REGION.  THERE ARE REFUGEE TODAY CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND LARGE CITIES TODAY.

THE MAJOR LANGUAGES SAMISK, BUKMEL, AND NYNORSK, GERMAN LANGUAGES.  MYNORSK IS TO CREATE  FROM PEASANT DIALECTS.   THE FLAG , FOLK COSTUMES, THE LAND AND HOMES ARE SYMBOLS OF THEIR NATIONAL UNITY.  ON THEIR CONSTITUTION DAY  THEY CARRY SMALL FLAGS WITH 13 OFFICIAL FLAGS.

IN 1999 THE POPULATION GREW BY 7%.  THE NATIONAL AFFIRMS A LOVE OF FOR THE LAND AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOME.  ENTERTAINING IS DONE AT HOME, FAMILY MEMBERS LIVE IN THE LOCAL AREA.  EVERYONE ENGAGES IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS - SKIING, HIKING. AND BOATING.  NORWEGIANS PRESERVE RATHER THAN TRANSFORM THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.  TO PRESERVE THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF THE LOCALITY THROUGH NUMEROUS FOLK MUSEUM.  NORWAY CLAIMS THE HERITAGE OF EARLY NORSE SEAFARERS, EXPLORERS  AND MERCHANTS FOR THE VIKINGMERCHANTS FOR THE VIKING AGE NORSE SEAFARERS, EXPLORERS AND MERCHANTS FOR THE VIKING AGE 793 TO 1050 A.D.  IN THE 17TH CENTURY NORWAY WAS MOSTLY RURAL.  SOME RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS COLLECT TOPOGRAPHICAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY INCLUDING INFORMATION OF FOLK TALES, CUSTOMS, MYTHOLOGY, MUSIC,  AND PEASANT CULTURES.

THE IDEA OF  A NORWEGIAN CULTURE PIQUED THE IDEA OFWRITERS, PAINTERS, DRAMATISTS, MUSICIANS, AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS.  THE CULTURE OF THE  PEASANTS VARIED VARIED FROM THE ELITE.  THE U.N. ASKED THE NORWAY TO EXPLAIN THE DELAY IN GIVING THE POPULATION TO DELAY IN GIVING THE POPULATION SELF DETERMINATION.  THEY TRY TO KEEP RURAL PEOPLE FROM MOVING TO URBAN CENTERS BY PROVIDING MANY SERVICES TO THEM.

THEIR FOOD IS TYPICALLY A BROWN CHEESE THAT IS TH8INLY SLICED WITH BREAD.  THEIR BREAKFAST INCLUDES LARGE MEATS, BREAD, FISH, COLD MEATS, EGGS, CHEES, YOGURT OR MILK.
LUNCH IS A SANDICH WITH FRUIT.  THEIR DINNER IS A LARGE MEAL WITH BEEF, LAMB, CHICKEN OR WHALE AND POTATOES WITH ROOT VEGETABLES.  BEER OR WINE IS DRUNK IN EVENINGS.

PIZZA AND HAMBURGERS ARE POPULAR .  THEIR CONSUMPTION OF FATS HAS GONE DOWN IN THE LST 20 YEARS, AND THEY LIKE FISH BUT EAT IT LESS.  THEY EATMORE PASTA AND RICE THAN USUAL NORWAY HAS HUNTED MINKE WHALES ALONG THE COAST.

THEY DEPEND ON TRADE FOR MANY GOODS.  THEY HAVE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SERVICE WITH ONLYA SMALL GROUP IN THE FARMING AND FISHING INDUSTRY.

CONFLICTS OVER FARM BOUNDRIES ARE PART OF FOLKLORE.  HIKERS WALK IMPLANTED FARMLANDS.

THEY HAVE BUILT MANY SHIPS  AND THEY ARE THE WORLD'S LEADING SHIP BUILDERS.  THEY WERE EXPORT GOODS TO PARTNERS IN SWEDEN, GERMANY , ENGLANDNETHERLANDS, FRANCE AND THE U.S.  MANUFACTURED GOODS COME FROM TRADE PARTNERS.  THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS HAVE5 WEEKS OF VACATIONS PAY.

EACH DISTRICT IN DENMARK HAS A TRADITIONAL COSTUME.  AFTER 1945 THEY DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE AND OLD AGE AND SINGLE PARENTS.  62% OF THE FOLKS ARE PART OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION.  VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEB BASED ON UNPAID PARTICIPATION .  RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DECLINED.  THEY HAVE DEVOTED MORE TIME TO RECREATIONAL SPORTS.

WOMEN ENTERED THE WORKFORCE IN LARGE NUMBERS DURING THE 70'S AND WERE INVOLVED IN UNPAID WORK.  EDUCATION HERE IS GENDER NEUTRAL WITH THE GO OF GIVING EVERYONE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SELK REALIZATION.  IN THE 1980'S WOMEN ENTERED HIGHER EDUCATION IN LARGE NUMBERS.

MARRIAGES ARE MATCHED BECAUSE OF LOVE.  ONLY 38% OF THE FOLKS ARE MARRIED AND DIVORCE HAS DEDOUBL;ED IN 20 YEARS.  SO MANY WOMEN ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME.  THE RURAL FARM FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING A HARMONIOUS UNIT.  THREE GENERATION FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE COMMON IN RURAL AREAS.  THE PARENTS OF BOTH FAMILIES COME TOGETHER FOR LIFE CRISIS CEREMONIES -BAPTISM, MARRIAGE DEATH.

PARENTS CAN LEAVE THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR INFANT CARE.  BABIES CAN SLEEP OUTDOORS IN A PRAM.  SOME MOMS CARRY INFANTS CLOSE TO THEIR BREAST IN SLINGS.  MANY PLACE INFANTS IN DAY CARE.  THIS IS STILL CONTROVERSAL.  THE CULTURE IS CHILD CENTERED.  MANY CHILDREN ARE SOCIALIZED IN THESE FACILITIES.

BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF A CHURCH IT IS A RITE OF PASSAGE.  GIRLS ARE GIVEN A FOLK COSTUME.  AFTER 10 YEARS OF AGE THEY MAY GO TO UNIVERSITIES.
THREE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE COMMON IN RURAL AREAS. THE PARENTS OF BOTH FAMILIES COME HERE TOGETHER FOR LIFE CRISES CEREMONIES- BAPTISM, MARRIAGE AND DEATH.

PARENTS CAN LEAVE THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR INFANT CARE.  BABIES CAN SLEEP OUTDOORS IN A PRAM.  SOME MOMS CARRY INFANTS CLOSE TO IN SLINGS.MANY PLACE INFANTS IN DAY CARE.    THIS STILL CONTROVERSAL.  THE CULTURE IN NORWAY IS CHILD CENTERED.  MANY CHILDREN ARE SOCIALIZED IN THESE FACILITIES.

CONFIRMATION AS A MEMBER OF A CHURCH IS A RITE OF PASSAGE,  GIRLS ARE GIVEN A FOLK COSTUME.  AFTER 10 YEARS OF SCHOOLING CHILDREN MAY GO ON TO UNIVERSITIES,

PEOPLE MAY BE RESERVED AMONG STRANGERS BUT WARM ONCE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHEED.  COMPETITION IS DOWNPLAYED.
BY 994 AD THEIR KING BROUGHT CHRITIANITY HERE.  IN 1536 THE REFORMATION BROUGHT MORE EMPLASIS HERE ON PERSONAL SPACE.  BY 1814 LUTHERAN RELIGION WAS NAMED THE MAIN RELIGION.  THEY HAVE OTHER OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS.  NOWAY IS ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST COUNTRIES WITH AVERAGE AGE OF 74.  THEY HAVE A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEME.  MANY OF THEIR THEIR COLLAGES FOCUS ON SCIENCES AND OIL EXTRACTION.

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