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Norway
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The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land, until 1814, the kingdom included the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It also included Isle of Man until 1266, Shetland and Orkney until 1468, Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres and a population of 5,258,317. The country shares a long border with Sweden. Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway, erna Solberg became Prime Minister in 2013, replacing Jens Stoltenberg. A constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the Parliament, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court, as determined by the 1814 Constitution, the kingdom is established as a merger of several petty kingdoms. By the traditional count from the year 872, the kingdom has existed continuously for 1,144 years, Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels, counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have an amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament. Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United States, the country maintains a combination of market economy and a Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system. Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the countrys gross domestic product. On a per-capita basis, Norway is the worlds largest producer of oil, the country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists. On the CIAs GDP per capita list which includes territories and some regions, from 2001 to 2006, and then again from 2009 to 2017, Norway had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the world. It also has the highest inequality-adjusted ranking, Norway ranks first on the World Happiness Report, the OECD Better Life Index, the Index of Public Integrity and the Democracy Index. Norway has two names, Noreg in Nynorsk and Norge in Bokmål. The name Norway comes from the Old English word Norðrveg mentioned in 880, meaning way or way leading to the north. In contrasting with suðrvegar southern way for Germany, and austrvegr eastern way for the Baltic, the Anglo-Saxon of Britain also referred to the kingdom of Norway in 880 as Norðmanna land. This was the area of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, and because of him
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Arne Garborg
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Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg was a Norwegian writer. Garborg championed the use of Landsmål, as a literary language and he founded the weekly Fedraheim in 1877, in which he urged reforms in many spheres including political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic. He was married to Hulda Garborg, Garborg grew up on a farm named Garborg, near Undheim, in Time municipality at Jæren in Rogaland county. He grew up together with eight siblings, although he was to become known as an author, it was as a newspaperman that he got his start. In 1872 he established the newspaper Tvedestrandsposten, and in 1877 the Fedraheimen, in the 1880s he was also a journalist for the Dagbladet. In 1894 he laid the ground, together with Rasmus Steinsvik, for the paper Den 17de Mai and his novels are profound and gripping while his essays are clear and insightful. He was never inclined to steer clear of controversy, in 2012 the Garborg Centre opened at Bryne, Time. It is dedicated to the literature and philosophy of Arne and his wife, several of their homes are now turned into museums, like Garborgheimen, Labråten, Kolbotn and Knudaheio. Ein Fritenkjar Bondestudentar Forteljingar og Sogar Mannfolk Uforsonlige Hjaa ho Mor Kolbotnbrev Trætte Mænd Fred Jonas Lie, link to all his works, at UiO. no Works by Arne Garborg at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Arne Garborg at Internet Archive Garborg Center
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Finnmark
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Finnmark is a county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south, and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, the county was formerly known as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt. Since 2002, it has had two names, Finnmark and Finnmárku. It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, Vardø, the easternmost municipality in Norway, is located farther east than the cities of St. Petersburg and Istanbul. The Old Norse form of the name was Finnmǫrk, the first element is finn, the Norse name for the Sámi people. The last element is mǫrk which means woodland or borderland, in Norse times the name referred to any places where Sámi people were living. The coat of arms are black with a castle tower, technically described as Sable. The design is from 1967 and shows the old Vardøhus Fortress on the border with Russia. Finnmark is the northernmost and easternmost county in Norway, by area, Finnmark is Norways largest county, even larger than the neighboring country of Denmark. However, with a population of about 75,000, it is also the least populated of all Norwegian counties, Finnmark has a total coastline of 6,844 kilometres, including 3,155 kilometres of coastline on the islands. Nearly 12,300 people or 16.6 percent of the population in 2000 was living in the 100-meter belt along the coastline. Honningsvåg in Finnmark claims to be the northernmost city of the world, the coast is indented by large fjords, many of which are false fjords, as they are not carved out by glaciers. The highest point is located on the top of the glacier Øksfjordjøkelen, which has an area of 45 square kilometres, both Øksfjordjøkelen and Seilandsjøkelen are located in the western part of Finnmark. The Øksfjord plateau glacier calved directly into the sea until 1900, the central and eastern part of Finnmark is generally less mountainous, and has no glaciers. The land east of Nordkapp is mostly below 300 m, the nature varies from barren coastal areas facing the Barents Sea, to more sheltered fjord areas and river valleys with gullies and tree vegetation. About half of the county is above the line. This valley has the highest density of Brown bears in Norway, lynx and moose are common in large parts of Finnmark, but rare on the coast. The interior parts of the county are part of the great Finnmarksvidda plateau, with an elevation of 300 to 400 m, with numerous lakes, the plateau is famous for its tens of thousands of reindeer owned by the Sami, and swarms of mosquitos in mid-summer
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1891 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1891 in Sweden Monarch – Oscar II Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm, Erik Gustaf Boström. 13 October – Helge Bäckander, gymnast,28 November – Gustaf Dyrssen, military officer. Sten Selander, botanist and fiction writer,11 January Carl Johan Thyselius politician
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1892 in Norway
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Events in the year 1892 in Norway. 31 January - The Holmenkollen ski jump opens, mysteries by Knut Hamsun is published. Peace by Arne Garborg is published,5 January – John Johnsen, swimmer 1 February – Eugen Johansen, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist 5 February – Finn Bjørnseth, geodesist
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Sig Haugdahl
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Sigurd Olson “Sig” Haugdahl was an IMCA champion 1927 -1932 and an early promoter of stock car racing in the United States. Sig Haugdahl was born on the Tiller farm in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway and migrated to the United States in 1910 making his home with an uncle in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He started his career in 1912 on an ice motorbike powered by an Indian engine that reached a speed of 70 M. P. H. He soon switched to racing motorcycles but gave those up to race automobiles in 1912, haugdahls U. S. racing career in 1912, when he drove a specially equipped Indian Motorcycle in ice races in Minnesota. He began dirt track racing in 1918 and he became the IMCA champion six years in a row, between 1927 and 1932. He built the Wisconsin Special to unseat USAC champion Tommy Milton, the car was named after its 836 cubic inch Wisconsin Airplane 6-cylinder motor, which was directly connected to the rear wheels. The car was 192 inches long,20 inches wide, and had 250 horsepower, the speed would first be exceeded after over ten years. Haugdahl is reported to have set a land speed record of 180 miles per hour in his Wisconsin Special car at the Daytona Beach Road Course on April 7,1922. A world record was not awarded, however, because the run was not timed by the American Automobile Association and it is considered by some that the record speed was claimed by IMCA for the promotional benefits that it would offer. World land speed record attempts moved from Daytona to the more consistent surface at the Bonneville Salt Flats with Campbells Blue Bird in 1935. Not wishing to lose the valuable trade, Daytona Beach officials asked local racer Haugdahl to organize. Haugdahl is credited for designing the track, the city posted at $5,000 purse. The ticket-takers arrived at the event to find thousands of fans already at the track, the sandy turns became virtually impassable, and the event was stopped after 75 of 78 laps. The city has not promoted an event since, Haugdahl talked with another local driver named William France Sr. and they talked the Daytona Beach Elks Club to host another event in 1937. The event was successful, but still lost money. Haugdahl didnt promote any more events, France used the experience to found NASCAR. Sig Haugdahl died at 79 years of age in Jacksonville, Florida, Haugdahl was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994. Fleischman, Bill and Al Pearce The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide 1998-99 ISBN 1-57859-093-0, ISBN 978-1-57859-093-3 Historic Racing. com IMCA National Driving Champion
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