Transcript Norway Ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy Main leader is Prime

Norway
Government
• Ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy
• Main leader is Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg
• There are 19 fylke or countries make up norway
• For about 100 years there has been no kings or queens
• picture is of the vice president
Economy
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Oil takes up 20 percent of their GDP
Fish catch from norway takes up 3 percent of the world's total catch
Norway has a long line of being one of the world's leading fishing nations
Norway is great with resources from the sea but needs more help in farming
oil rig off of Norway
General Geography
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Almost two thirds of norway is covered in mountainous area
fjords are narrow inlets made by glacial erosion
Norway is divided into 5 main regions
winter of Norway
Country flag
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The blue on the flag stand for the link between sweden and norway.
white represents freedom of the country
Finally red stands for liberty of the people and was taken from denmark
country's flag to right
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Climate
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Cold and requires a winter coat in the winter and warm in the summer
As people move farther north the climate gets colder because less sunlight
Winter days are longer as you go farther up closer to the north pole
weather is milder because of the gulf stream
Currency
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Norway uses the currency called Norwegian krone
Now about 1 american dollar in Norway is worth about 6 norwegian krone
these are norwegian krone and bills
Cultrals #1
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methodists and other religions have came to Norway
these religions came from other european countries
this picture is of a methodist church
Cultrals #2
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Norwegian
over 300,000 monuments have been registered in Norway also 375,000 building have to
Norwegian people have worshiped gods from a place called asgard
this a picture of a norwegian church
Geography maps
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this shows where norway is on the world
a country so close to the arctic circle is cold most of the year
Geography maps
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About one four of Norway is within the arctic circle
most of the time winters days are shorter and colder than normal days in winter here
Sites for research and pictures
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http://www.ehow.com/facts_6973942_do-colors-represent-norway-flag_.html
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/norway/currency/
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http://www.topnews.in/files/Norway-Flag_1.gif
http://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/610x.jpg
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http://www.nortrade.com/Documents/Invest/Norway%20at%20a%20glance/Geography/Norw
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http://home.online.no/~rvalen/bilder/reine.jpg
http://www.norway-hei.com/images/norwegian-money-norske-kroner.jpg
http://odin.dep.no/ud/html/brosjyrer/norway/images/graphics/klode.jpg
http://humanflowerproject.com/images/uploads/Norway-map318.jpg
research sites and urls of pictures
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http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/LegacyImages/F/FirstUnitedMethodistChurchofPeoriaJul08-002a.jpg
http://www.globusjourneys.com/Common/Images/Destinations/norway-stave-church.jpg