LIVING IN NORWAY

Norway is growing steadfast as a cultural nation. People are interested in culture, and they are willing to spend time and money on it. In Norway, there is also a widespread culture for participating in and contributing to culture and cultural and educative, growth.

Literature, Music, Art:
For such a small population, Norway has a strangely rich, accomplished and varied arts scene: from Ibsen to Knausgård, from Grieg to Kygo, from Munch to Pushwagner. This is supported by government funding of artists and institutions through Arts Council Norway, which investments art and artists of all kinds across Norway.
Cultural heavyweights such as Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen are still widely regarded as powerful figures in the history of art and literature. Today, Norway is still a major exporter of culture – and the world’s biggest exporter of black metal music. Another global hit in last years has been the so-called Nordic noir literary genre, led by the authors Jo Nesbø and Karin Fossum, among others.

Sports and Activities: A Norwegian saying, claims that ’Norwegians are born with skis on their feet’. And Norway is undoubtedly a winter sports , with skiing in general and cross-country in particular as the most beloved sport.

Every winter hundreds of thousands of Norwegian are stuck in front of the television, watching the Norwegian cross-country team make a clean sweep in the World Cup – if they are not out skiing themselves. Just how crazy Norwegians are about cross-country skiing is most clearly seen just outside of Oslo, when the race known as 5-mila is arranged every winter. The place swarms with Norwegians with and without skis that have come to encourage national and international cross-country stars through the 50-kilometre race.

Volunteering – Dugnad in Sports and Culture: Volunteering is widespread in Norway: in everything from sports and culture to neighborhood and originality in society in general. One word that many are proud and happy to call ’typically Norwegian’ is dugnad. And this is correct, in many ways voluntary work is an old Norwegian tradition.
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Education system: The Norwegian system of preferred education comprises all the institutions and/or programs that are accredited. With the exception of some private university colleges, all premiere education institutions are state-run. In general, tuition is not required for study at Norwegian higher education institutions, although fees may be imposed for certain professional education programmes, further and special education programmes and studies at private institutions.

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Norwegian language:
We have two written Norwegian languages, Bokmål and Nynorsk. In addition, the indigenous Sámi people have their own official language. The majority of the people in Norway are using Bokmål. But in areas in the Northwestern part of Norway and in the very south, Nynorsk is widely used. However, it should be noted that Bokmål and Nynorsk are not classified as two different languages where you have to learn the other as a foreign language. In short, one could say that they are more two different written forms. Thus, text written in Bokmål is good to understand for a person using Nynorsk, and vice versa.
the capital city of Norway: Oslo

the capital of Norway, sits on the country’s southern coast at the head of the Oslofjord. It’s known for its green spaces and museums. Many of these are on the Bygdøy Peninsula,containing the waterside Norwegian Maritime Museum and the Viking Ship Museum, with Viking ships from the 9th century. The Holmenkollbakken is a ski-jumping hill with panoramic views of the fjord. It also has a ski museum.