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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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Molde FK
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Molde Fotballklubb is a football club from Molde, Norway, that currently plays in the Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division. Founded on 19 June 1911, Molde was originally known as International, Molde are three-time league champions and four-time Norwegian Cup winners, and have finished 2nd in the league a further seven times. Molde is one of only two Norwegian clubs to have participated in the UEFA Champions League and its home matches are played at Aker Stadion, which has a maximum capacity of 11,800. The stadium was inaugurated in 1998, and was a gift from the local businessmen Kjell Inge Røkke, the club was formerly based at Molde stadion, which hosted the clubs record attendance of 14,615. Moldes supporter club is called Tornekrattet and were started after the 1994 Cup Final victory, until the beginning of the 1970s, the club mainly played in local lower division leagues, except for a short visit in the Hovedserien in the 1957–58 season. In 1974 Molde was back in the top division and finished second in the league, Molde also finished second in the league in 1987, when the club lost the championship to Moss in the decisive match of the season. The club was the first professional club of former Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjær, in his first season as manager, which also was the clubs centenary season, Molde won the league championship for the first time. The next season Solskjær and Molde retained the championship, Today the club has approximately 900 members and around 55 teams in three departments. Molde FK was founded on 19 June 1911 by a group gathered by Klaus Daae Andersen, the same year, on 5 August, the club played its first competitive match. The match away against Kristiansund ended 2–2, the rising interest and activity in football in neighbouring towns caused the club to change its name to Molde Fotballklubb in 1915. Jan Fuglset, Torkild Brakstad, and Harry Hestad, amongst others, the club played in local lower leagues, except for a short visit to the top division in the 1957–58 season. In 1970, Molde was promoted to the tier and played there for three seasons until its promotion to the First Division with a 5–1 win against Sogndal Fotball in Sogndal on 16 September 1973. Molde shocked the clubs in their first season of the Norwegian First Division. Before the last match, Molde would win the league if they beat Sarpsborg, both Molde and Viking won their last match, so Molde won the silver medals, one point behind Viking. Since then, Molde has generally stayed in the top division and has one of the nations leading clubs. The club has produced a number of national team players. Between 1978 and 1984, Molde did not play on the level in two consecutive years. Molde was relegated from the First Division in every even-numbered year, in fact, Molde and Brann did not play at the same level these years, as Brann were promoted when Molde was relegated and the other way around
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Rosenborg BK
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Rosenborg Ballklub is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in the Eliteserien. Rosenborg is Norways most successful team, having won a record 24 league titles, eleven Norwegian Football Cup titles, RBK play their home games at the all-seater Lerkendal Stadion which has a capacity of 21,400. Kåre Ingebrigtsen was appointed coach in July 2014. The club was founded as Odd in 1917 but were not allowed to play league matches until 1928. They reached the League of Norway in 1937–38, but were relegated to lower divisions during the 1940s, the club moved to Lerkendal in 1957 and their first title was the 1960 Cup, resulting in their first participation in a UEFA tournament. It was not until the 1960s that RBK was established as Trondheims leading football team, in 1967 RBK was promoted to the top league where they, except for the 1978 season, have remained ever since. They won three titles between 1967 and 1971. The clubs golden era started with the 1985 league title, from 1991 through 2004 the team won 13 consecutive titles,10 under manager Nils Arne Eggen. During this period, they participated in the group stage of Champions League 11 times. On 19 May 1917,12 young men from Rosenborg in Trondheim founded Sportsklubben Odd, the name Odd was a tribute to Odd of Skien, the most successful team in Norway at the time. Odd spent their first few years playing against other teams before attempting to join the regional series in 1920. As with most of the clubs formed at the time. Since many of players also played for the bigger teams. As the years went by, disillusioned players began leaving the club, a year later they were set for entry into the Football Association of Norway, but their entry was blocked as the association refused to have two member clubs with the same name. The club therefore took on its current name, Rosenborg Ballklub, Rosenborg is a mainly residential area in Trondheim. Rosenborg enjoyed little success at first, moving constantly between the divisions of the regional series. Yet their performance was improving and in 1931 the team qualified for the highest level and it was also at this time that Rosenborg started planning for a new home ground at Lerkendal, although this project was not completed until after World War II. In 1960 Rosenborg progressed all the way to the cup final where they faced Odd and it took a rematch to decide the winner, but Rosenborg were able to claim their first trophy
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Daniel Nannskog
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He is a pundit on Swedish TV channel SVT, as part of their football coverage. Nannskog was known for being a working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals. On 23 November 2010, he announced his retirement, Daniel started up at Högaborg, a small football club from his home city Helsingborg in Scania, the southernmost of Sweden, as a young boy. However, from the age 15 he quit football to concentrate on handball, after some persuasion, he started to play football again at the age of 19. After his comeback, he played two seasons for Högaborg, before switching to Allsvenskan side Malmö FF and his time at the club was not particular successful, but a goal he scored for them was very important as it sent Malmö to the UEFA Cup. The next seasons were spent in Swedish second tier, the Superettan, when he was 27, he was brought to Landskrona BoIS, by current Stabæk coach Janne Jönsson. His first season there they reached second place and got promoted and he followed Landskrona up to Allsvenskan and did very well, becoming the clubs top scorer with 11 goals, playing an important part in them finishing just above relegation play-off. In the middle of the Swedish 2003 season, he moved on to China, Nannskog played for Swedish Landskrona BoIS from 2001 when the club played in second tier Superettan. He was involved in the promotion of Landskrona BoIS to Swedish top tier league, and his success continued during the following year. After the eight first matches, Landskrona BoIS had won five matches, when forward colleague Milovanović got seriously injured against rivals Malmö FF, this surprising success ended for Nannskogs club, but Nannskog himself continued to score. Nannskog left Landskrona BoIS in summer of 2003 to join the Chinese club Sichuan Guancheng on a two-year deal and he went on to stay for a year-and a half, but terminated his contract in order to play for his old coach Janne Jönsson at Stabæk in the 2005 season. His first season at Stabæk was very successful, with his club being promoted in style, the Body Nannskog was also named top scorer with 27 goals in 29 games. Nannskogs debut in the Norwegian Premier Division was successful and they finished fifth, just outside an UEFA Cup spot. Nannskog was crowned top scorer with his 19 goals, one ahead of team-mate Veigar Páll Gunnarsson. Nannskog and Stabæk continued their progress, and for a time in a row, he managed to score 19 goals, but this time finishing behind Branns Torstein Helstad. However, Stabæk did better in the league, finishing second behind Brann and they were in front half way, but did not have the edge in the second part of the season. Stabæk have played well in the first part of the 2008 season with Nannskog an integral part, like when he scored two goals in the away match against Ham-Kam in round 5. The Norwegian media felt it was time the Swedish national team took a look at him again with an inclusion in the Euro 2008 squad
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Hamarkameratene
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Hamarkameratene, often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig, HamKam were most recently promoted to the Norwegian Premier League in 2007. Briskeby gressbane has been the ground of Hamarkameratene since 1936. The construction of a completely modernized stadium began in 2007, upon completion, expected in 2009, Briskeby will have a capacity of 10.200 spectators, whereas the capacity prior to the modernization was approximately 8000. Hamarkameratene were founded as Freidig on 10 August 1918 by a group of teenagers, the prerequisite for joining the team was being able to pay for the football. Freidig applied for entry into the series in 1926, but were only admitted after their second attempt. At the time a club by the name of Freidig was already playing in the series, the natural choice was Briskebyen Fotballag, Briskeby being the name of their neighbourhood. The club had no permanent playing location until 1936, instead renting fields from other clubs. Eventually this situation grew intolerable and ground for a stadium of their own was bought in 1934, Briskeby gressbane was inaugurated two year later and has remained the clubs home ground ever since. The neighborhood was located in the municipality Vang until an expansion of Hamars city limits in 1946, in 1946, Briskebyen Fotballag joined up with the multimodal sports club Hamar Arbeideridrettslag to form Hamarkameratene. The first manager was Roy Wright, a former Wolverhampton player and his experience from English football, however, did not benefit the club and he was considered a disappointment. The Czechoslovakian, Willem Cerveny, on the hand, proved to be an influential asset to club. The first half of the 1970s was the clubs most successful period to date, having won promotion to the 1st Division for the first time in 1969, the green and white placed third overall in their first season, as well as reaching the semifinals of the Norwegian Cup. HamKam remained a contender in the 1st Division until 1974. The club would earn promotion to the highest division three times before 1980. The 80s continued in much the fashion as the latter part of the 70s, with the club going back. In 1984, a new stand with a capacity of 2,346 was constructed at Briskeby, a measure of success was still achieved, however, the club reaching the semifinals of the cup in 1987 and 1989. A successful season in 1991 saw Hamarkameratene once again win promotion to the highest division, the club managed to avoid relegation in 1992 by virtue of a better goal difference, and entered into 1993 with renewed confidence
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Lyn Fotball
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Lyn Toppfotball is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two departments, one professional section and one amateur section. After the professional department, FK Lyn was bankrupted in 2010. With the help of some of the old FK Lyn players, the team plays its home matches at Bislett Stadium, and the head coach is Finn Bredo Olsen. Lyn was founded in 1896 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Norway, the club won the league in 1964 and 1968 and have won the cup eight times. Lyn was also the initiator of the construction of Ullevaal Stadion, Lyn has traditionally been perceived as representing the upper and middle classes, whereas the eastside club Vålerenga was seen as belonging to the workers. The club enjoyed success during the first half of the 20th century, securing many Cup titles. The Norwegian national football team won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics included six players from Lyn. The captain of team was Lyn-player Jørgen Juve, who is still the player with the most goals scored for the Norwegian national team. The clubs most recent period of success was during the 1960s, Lyn also fields a womens team, which in 2012 won promotion to the First Division, the second tier in womens football Lyn was founded on 3 March 1896 at St. Hanshaugen. Lyn was one of three clubs who in 1902 founded the Football Association of Norway, and is the one still existing. In the first decade of Football in Norway, the club was one of the strongest, Jørgen Juve is still the player with the most goals scored for the Norwegian national team. Lyn also won the cup in 1945 and 1946 but had to wait till 1964 for their first league-title, because of the weather conditions during the winter in Norway, both matches were played in Spain. Lyn lost the first game 2-3 and in the second match Lyn was leading 2-0 with 15 minutes left to play, the match ended 2-2 and thus Lyn was eliminated. The Double was followed by a period in the clubs history. The club was relegated in 1969, and even though the team was promoted back after one year and reached the cup final in 1970, the club was again relegated in 1973. During the next 30 years, Lyn was swiftly relegated and promoted between the first and the tier and the club was never playing in the top division for more than three consecutive seasons. During this period the fan base eroded and Lyn is said to have lost a generation of supporters, during the 90s the club went back and forth between the Premier League and the First Division
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Skeid Fotball
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Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Nordre Åsen, after the club stopped playing at Bislett after the 2012 season, other notable players include Paul Miller. Skeid played in Adeccoligaen in 2009 after a stint in the second division. They finished champions of the Second Group of Norwegian Second Division in 2008, however, Skeid relegated again to Second Division at end of 2009 season in 16th and last position despite a good start. They played in Norwegian Premier League between 1938-1970, 1972-1975, 1978-1980, 1996-1997 and their last season in the Norwegian Premier League was in 1999. The red and blue colors are used for the first time,1940,1945, Won the Oslo championships. 1962,1969,1998,1999, Won the Norwegian junior championships, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality
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SK Brann
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SK Brann is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and they play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season. In October 2007, Brann won the series for the first time since the 1963 season, Brann won their first Norwegian Premier League titles in 1961–62 and 1963, but after this Brann was involved in the race for the league title only in seasons 1974–76,1990 and 2006. In 2007, they reclaimed the title and thus ended a 44-year-long waiting period. Despite the limited success, the club has never failed to spark considerable interest from the Norwegian media, moreover, Brann have regularly been winners and runners-up of the Norwegian Cup. The club reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners Cup in the 1996–97 season, on 26 September 1908 Christen K. Gran and Birger Gjestland together with eight other men, met in a local café in Bergen. Due to dissatisfaction of the current state of the football clubs in Bergen. They called the it Ski- og Fodboldklubben Brann and this was later changed to Sportsklubben Brann. Brann played their first match against a local Bergen team on New Years Day 1909, during the first years Brann struggled with poor results. Then in 1917, considered the year for Brann, they managed to qualify for the cup final. Brann lost the match 1–4 against Sarpsborg, but was now among the top teams of Norway, in 1917 the club bought an area south of the city of Bergen. Two years later on 25 May, with funding contributed by fans and investors, the opening match was against the Norwegian national team, losing 2–6. In 1923 Brann won their first title when they defeated Lyn 2–1 in the Cup final, two years later Brann claimed their second title this time defeating Sarpsborg 3–0 in the cup final. The following years Brann entered a recession, Brann had to wait until 1947 before again qualifying for the top league that was now called Norgesligaen. In 1950 Brann once again managed to qualify for the cup final, in the 1960s Brann produced two of Norways most profiled players. With Roald Jensen and Rolf Birger Pedersen on the team, Brann won their first League Championship in 1961–62, during the 1963 season, Brann had an average attendance at 15,486, which was the league record until 2003, when Rosenborg did better. In 1964, Brann were among the favorites to win their third league championship. In the second half of the season, Brann was positioned in the relegation zone, before the decisive match of the season, Brann was one point behind Viking on the last spot which was clear of relegation, and Brann were facing the already relegated Raufoss at home
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