20 fun facts about Norway you maybe didn't know about

Hello guys this is my first post ever on steemit, later i will be to making a post to introduce myself so you guys can get to know me. But first i got some fun facts for you about my beautiful country.

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1. Norwegian citizens don't have to pay college tuition.
2.  The water brand VOSS is water from crane in Iveland. Iveland is around 7 hours by car from Voss. Voss corp says the water is collected from an underground aquifer deep beneath the surface under layers of sand and gravel, but a documentary on TV 2 (Norwegian TV-Channel) showed where the water came from. So if you guys have ever tried VOSS water you know how Norwegian crane water tastes like. 
3.  Hornindalsvatnet is the deepest lake in Europe
   514 meters at the deepest. However, there is a bit behind Baikal in Russia with a depth of 1 637 meters. 
4.  Norway has the world's longest road / car tunnel
   The Lærdal tunnel is 24.5 kilometers long. The longest tunnel in the world is the Delaware Aqueduct which is 137,000 meters. 
5.  By 2011, Norway has introduced more EU directives than any other EU country, and we are not members of EU.
6. Salmon Sushi is Norwegian
   In the early 1980s, Norwegian exporters introduced salmon to Japanese sushi chefs, but it did not get particularly popular until the mid 90's. 
7. Skateboard was illegal in Norway in the 80's
   Same with  the movie Life of Brian 
8.  Norway is the only country where you can buy the soda Urge
   The soda was named Surge in USA, and was originally Norwegian. In the United States, it was sold in 2003.
   (Source: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Urge_(soft_drink).jpg)
   
9. The word "Fuck" is Norwegian
   Fuck comes from Old Norse fukka, which meant to have intercourse. The bag is by the way also Old Norse, meaning pig stomach. 
10. Norway has taken the most medals in winter Olympics
    329 medals taken by Norway. The United States has 282, Austria 218 and Germany 209. Denmark has 1. 
11. Beds and wardrobes at IKEA are named after places in Norway 
12. Sweden's last war was against Norway
    The year was 1814. 
13. There are many more lakes in Norway than in Finland
    Finland is called “the land of the thousand lakes”, and they have 60,000 of them. In Norway it is around 450,000.
14. There are more people who speak English in Norway than in Canada
    There are 89 percent of Norwegians who speak English. The number for Canada is 86 percent. (Sources: Canada Census 2011, SSB) 
15. Norway has the world's most expensive gasoline
    .. but in relation to the income we are about average. The petrol is relatively much more expensive, for example, in Turkey. 
16. Norway is relatively larger on gas than oil
    Norway is the world's fifth largest exporter of oil, but we are third in gas. 
17. Norway has the second most expensive television license in Europe
    Only Switzerland has a more expensive license than us. 22 countries in Europe do not have a tv license while 21 have. Cheapest is in Albania, the annual TV license is around 45 kroner(5.28USD).
18. The world's largest deep water coral reef is Norwegian
    It is located outside of Lofoten.
    
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19. Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel was the king of Norway for 16 years
    The Danish prince took the name King Haakon VII. His wife was from Wales. His son, Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, was half Danish and half Welsh. He took the name Olav. Haakon Magnus will be the first king of modern times born by two parents born in Norway. 
20. There are more descendants of Norwegians in the United States than Norwegians in Norway
    The last number of American studies is 6.5 million
    
    
    
    Did you know any of these facts? Pleas comment below if you did!