Architecture
Due to the large forest resources in Norway, wood has long been the main building material in the country. Because the use of wood requires less work (and it is less expensive) than cutting out, treatment and erection of walls with …
Art – Literature
Literature
Norway is a relatively young country, but Norwegian literature is over a thousand years old. At the turn of the first and second millennia, long before the advent of the best contemporary Norwegian writers, Ibsen and Hamsun, the Vikings created sagas telling about …
Art – Music
ART Music
The earliest recorded Norwegian musical works date back to the beginning of the 18th century., when city musicians and itinerant performers composed music for dance shows and chamber music. After concluding the union with Sweden (1814 r.) in Oslo, interest in music grew with everyone …
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
W 1889 r. made mandatory in Norway, common, at least seven years of teaching. W 1969 r. the period of compulsory education was extended to nine years, a w 1997 r. – to ten. Currently, it is devoted to education 7,6% national budget. Ok. 20% …