How much do you know about Norway?

I thought it would be fun to learn some interesting facts that you may not have known about Norway.

Visste du at (Did you know that) Norway’s kystlinje (coastline) is about 25,000km/15,500 miles long?

Visste du at Norway has more than 45,000 øyer (islands) within it’s domain?

Visste du at Norway’s vestkyst (west coast) is home to an 8km/4.97 miles road called Atlanterhavsveien (Atlantic sea road)?  It zigzags over 12 bridges in the sea that connect islands from the mainland towns of Molde and Kristiansund.  The workers endured 12 orkaner (hurricanes) during the 6 år that the prosjekt (project) was in process. 

Visste du at Norway is home to more than 150,000 innsjøer (lakes)? 

Visste du at Norway’s biggest byer (cities) are Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø, and Stavanger?

Visste du at the name of Norway’s største fjell (biggest mountain) is Galdhøpiggen (pronounced Gald-huh-piggen)?  It is 2469 meters/8100 feet tall.

Visste du at Sognefjorden is Norway’s største fjord (biggest fjord)? 

Visste du at Norway’s nasjonalsang (national song) heter (is named) “Ja vi elsker dette landet” (Yes we love this country)?

Visste du at Norway is slightly larger than Tyskland (Germany) in square-footage?

Visste du at there are 19 fylker (counties) in Norway?

Visste du at the krone (crown) is one of the sterkeste (strongest) currencies i verden (in the world) right now?

Visste du at only about 20% of ethnic nordmenn (Norwegians) consider religion to be an important part of their lives?  This makes Norway one of the most secular countries i verden.

Forhåpentligvis (hopefully–one of my favorite Norwegian words) vet du mer om Norge en du visste før du leste dette (you know more about Norway than you knew before you read this)!