Statens Kartverk-Norwegian Mapping Authority Posted by kari on Apr 20, 2011
Founded in 1773, Statens Kartverk is the Norwegian Mapping Authority. NMA is a public agency of the Ministry of the Environment responsible for Research and Development, surveying and mapping both land and sea, and generating and producing both digital and printed information (including loads of really cool maps). My dad and I traveled around Norway…
Top Norwegian Companies Posted by kari on Apr 14, 2011
Further to my last post on Statoil´s new oil field off the coast of Brazil, Peregrino, I thought it appropriate to write about the top companies in Norway. Statoil is actually the #1 company in Norway based on annual revenue. The top industries include oil, natural gas and energy, telecommunications, lumber, maritime, and tourism. These…
Norwegian Oil Company Statoil and new field in Brazil Posted by kari on Apr 13, 2011
Norway is the eighth largest producer of oil in the world and the 3rd largest exporter. Most of the Norwegian oil is produced in the North Sea and Barents Sea off of the coasts of Norway. Last week, in the Campos basin 85 kilometers off of the coast of Brazil, Statoil, Norway´s largest oil…
Bicycling in Norway Posted by kari on Apr 12, 2011
Biking is one of my favorite activities and Norway is my favorite place to be away from home. I have yet to complete a biking trip in Norway. This is definitely on my bucket list. I lived in Tromsø this past summer and bought a hybrid bike for pleasure yes, but mostly for transportation from…
Why are Norwegians so good at speaking English? Posted by kari on Apr 6, 2011
I saw an article in Aftenposten this morning titled ´Nordmenn er verdens mestere i engelsk´(Norwegians are world masters in English), which I thought was quite ironic since I just posted about Språkrådet, the Norwegian Language Council, the main goal of which is to preserve the Norwegian language and not let English take it over. Therefore…
Språkrådet-the Norwegian Language Council Posted by kari on Apr 5, 2011
Since late in the 19th century, Norwegian language politics have been present, but it wasn´t until 2005 that the official Norwegian Språkråd as it exists today was established. The goal of the Council is that Norwegian will be present in all sectors of society and will continue to do so forever. Furthermore, English will not…
Wenche Foss-one of Norway´s pioneering actresses Posted by kari on Mar 31, 2011
Just 2 days ago, one of Norway´s leading actresses, Eva Wenche Steenfeldt-Foss, more commonly known as Wenche Foss, passed away. Foss was born in 1917 in Kristiania (the old name for Oslo), Norway to her mother, Alfhild and father, Christian (an engineer). Foss made her debut on the stage in her early 20s in an…