Norge
Specific status: Akrotiri and Dhekelia‡ · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Bailiwick of Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey – Limited recognition: Abkhazia‡ · Republic of Artsakh‡ · Gagauzia · Kosovo · South Ossetia‡ · Transnistria · Northern Cyprus‡ · United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus‡
‡: partly located in Europe
The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Europe. It has a very elongated form, and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic with seas like Skagerrak, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, where Norway's famous fjords are found. See separate page with galleries related to
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Norbegia & Gottia by Martin Waldseemüller from 1541
Abraham Ortelius` map from 1570
Gerardus Mercators map of Norway and Sweden from 1595.
Girolamo Ruscellis map from 1599
Norvegia Regnum ca 1662 by Joan Blaeu
Scandinavia complectens Sueciae Daniae & Norvegiae Regna ex Tabulis Joh. Bapt Homanni Norimbergae. Map by Johann Baptist Homann from ca. 1730
Norway and Sweden in 1847 by Peter Andreas Munch
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Island Halsnoy in Hordaland
Skyline of Oslo
Waterfalls at Geirangerfjord
A closer look on waterfalls at Geirangerfjord
Viking ships in Oslo Museum
Valley view from the Stalheim Hotel terrace