365 Days of Climate Awareness 276 — Introduction to Norway
Norway is a country on the northern edge of Scandinavia, part of northern Europe.
Norway is a country on the northern edge of Scandinavia, part of northern Europe. It covers 385,207 sq km/148,729 sq mi (slightly bigger than Montana) and has a population of 5.4 million (slightly fewer than Minnesota). It stretches from roughly 58° to 71°N, partly above the Arctic Circle. Its coastline stretches 25,148 km/15,626 mi) stretches from the Skagerrak between Norway, Sweden and Denmark, up to the White Sea north of Russia. The southwestern portion of the country is dominated by the Scandinavian Mountains, the northern tip of the long mountain range, including the Appalachians and Caledonian Mountains, which formed during the formation of Pangea. The coasts are dominated by narrow, steep fjords. Norway possesses to Arctic islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and claims several islands off the coast of Antarctica.
Traces of human habitation stretch back to the 10th century BCE Paleolithic, shortly after the retreat of the last (Weichselian) glaciers. There are traces of cultures through the Bronze and Iron Ages, into historical times. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire chiefs’ graves displayed greater wealth, perhaps a sign of…
