Norway

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It must be judged as an independent work Whether Norway is always to go to Denmark for her standard Shakespeare, or whether she is to have one of her own is, as yet, a question impossible to answer.

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  1. A country of northern Europe in the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Norway was ruled by numerous petty kingdoms from the ninth century, and raiding parties reached Normandy, Iceland, Greenland, islands off Scotland and Ireland, and the coast of the New World. Norway was finally unified in the 12th century. After 1397 it was controlled at various times by Denmark and Sweden. Independence was achieved in 1905. Oslo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 4,630,000.

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  • Norway was at that time divided up into a number of districts or small kingdoms, each of which was ruled over by an Earl or petty King, and it was these rulers whom Harald set to work to subdue. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • He intended to make one united kingdom of all Norway, and he eventually succeeded in doing so. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • But if they really did have a hand in fashioning Norway, they are to be congratulated on the result One of the first things one likes to know about a foreign country is its size. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • But the Norwegians protect a great many of their birds by law in the same way as we do, and if this had only been done a hundred years ago the Great Auk would not have disappeared for ever Most of our British birds are found in Norway at some time of the year, and many of our rarer birds are almost common in Norway--golden eagles, snowy owls, ravens, ring-ouzels, and crested tits, for instance. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • In this manner the scenery is capable of being more fully appreciated Until quite recently there were very few railways in Norway, and there are not many now. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
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