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You and your family need just have a quick glance at a map of Norway to guess where the primary attractions are: that jagged coastline is home to Norway's world famous Fjords. Almost 22,000 kilometers of dramatic coastline, glacial melting waters plunging down cliffs into fjords more than 100 kilometers long, tens of thousands of islands and skerries, and none of it is always off limits. If the outdoors is at a place you feel comfortable, and if you would rather not stand in line to look at nature, welcome to Norway!

Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It stretches about 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the North Sea aextensive the Norwegian Sea to more than 300 mi (483 km) above the Arctic Circle, the farthest north of any and all European country. It is slightly larger than New Mexico. Nearly 70% of Norway is uninhabitable and covered by mountains, glaciers, moors, and rivers. Did you know that the hundreds of deep fjords that cut into the coastline give Norway an overall oceanfront of more than 12,000 mi (19,312 km). Galdh? Peak, at 8,100 ft (2,469 m), is Norway's highest point and the Gl?ma (Glomma) is the principal river, at 372 mi (598 km) long.

Since, Norway is at high latitude, there is a lot of a seasonal variation. The southern and the western areas of Norway go through a lot of rainfall and have temperate winters as compared to the southeastern part. On the other hand, the lowlands in Oslo have the most warm and sunny summers while the winters are very cold and snowy.

The dominant period in the Norwegian’s history is the Viking age, in which the Nordic pirates made invasions throughout Europe and made settlements along their way. Harald Fairhair, the leader of the Viking, amalgamated Norway in 900. A century later, the King Olaf converted people to Christianity. The king Herald Hardrade retreated in the battle of Stamford Bridge in England due to which the Viking Age came to an end in 1066

Oslo appeared as the most powerful in Norway in the 13th century. However, this only lasted till the mid 14th century when the bubonic plague devastated the population to a great extent. In 1380 Norway was united with Denmark and this union lasted for 400 years. Moreover, in 1814, Sweden took control of Norway, however, in that particular year, a rebellious Norwegian tried to form its own constitution but he was defeated by the Swedish invasion. However, the Norwegians were permitted to keep their own constitution and in return of this they were forced to accept the Swedish king.

In 1940, even though Norway remained neutral in both world wars, but the Nazis took control of it. There was an active resistance movement which forced the Nazis to move back but on their retreat they destroyed nearly every village and town in the northern Norway.

The number of people living in Norway makes a total of 4.9 million of the population. Most of these people are Norwegians. However, there are also minority groups such as the Sami people and the Kven people. Moreover, Jews, Forest Finns and Norwegian Romani travelers also come under the minority population living in Norway.