SECOND STOP: Norway

Second Test

• This country became independent in 1905 (B).

*Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved the 7^th June 1905.

• How many countries does Norway border?

-          3 (C).

*Norway is located in the northwestern part of the Scandinavian peninsula, that shares borders with Sweden, Russia and Finland.

• The Old Norse (A) was the first language of the country.
• This country is divided into 19 (C) administrative counties.

*They’re called fylke or fylker (plural).

Fishermen shacks in Reine, Lofoten

• It has the 3^rd (B) GDP (gross domestic product) per capita in the world.

*According to the dates of the IMF and World Bank Norway is the 3^rd GPD per capita in the world with 55.672 dollars in 2009.

•  A-ha is the most popular band from this country.

a-ha today

a-ha in the 80s

• Roald Amundsen was the first explorer to reach the South Pole and was born in this country.

 

www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

a-ha.com/

paises.enerclub.es/gu%EDa_energ%EDa/Noruega--128/Econom%EDa--1/index.html

www.globalpropertyguide.com/.../Norway/gdp-per-capita

www.finfacts.ie/.../globalworldincomepercapita.htm

www.indexmundi.com › Norway › Economy

wiki.answers.com/.../The_us_has_the_number_one_gross_domestic_product _gdp_but_countries_like_iceland_norway_and_1

www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Norway/gdp-per-capita

www.norges-bank.no/.../article____42937.aspx

www.indexmundi.com/es/noruega/independencia.html

 Marta Macías de la Corte Hidalgo