Top 10 Cities of Norway 2017,Travel Norway | 10 Best Places to Visit in Norway
Top 10 Cities of Norway 2017,Travel Norway | 10 Best Places to Visit in Norway
Rank Urban area Population County
1 Oslo 958,378[2] Oslo/Akershus/Buskerud
2 Bergen 250,420 Hordaland
3 Stavanger/Sandnes 210,874[3] Rogaland
4 Trondheim 175,068 Sør-Trøndelag
5 Drammen 113,534[4] Buskerud
6 Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg 108,636 Østfold
7 Porsgrunn/Skien 91,737 Telemark
8 Kristiansand 60,583 Vest-Agder
9 Ålesund 50,917[5] Møre og Romsdal
10 Tønsberg 50,806[6] Vestfold
Norway (/ˈnɔːrweɪ/ (About this sound listen) NAWR-way; Norwegian: About this sound Norge (Bokmål) or About this sound Noreg (Nynorsk)),[10] officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign state and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.[note 1] The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the kingdom included the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It also included Bohuslän until 1658, Jämtland and Härjedalen until 1645, Shetland and Orkney until 1468, and the Hebrides and Isle of Man until 1266.
Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of 5,258,317 (as of January 2017).[12] The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden (1,619 km or 1,006 mi long). Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, and the Skagerrak strait to the south, with Denmark on the other side. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.
King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Erna Solberg became Prime Minister in 2013, replacing Jens Stoltenberg. A constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the Parliament, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court, as determined by the 1814 Constitution. The kingdom is established as a merger of several petty kingdoms. By the traditional count from the year 872, the kingdom has existed continuously for 1,144 years, and the list of Norwegian monarchs includes over sixty kings and earls.
Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels: counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United States. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and is also a part of the Schengen Area.
The country maintains a combination of market economy and a Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system. Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, fresh water, and hydropower. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).[13] On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East.[14][15]
The country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists.[16] On the CIA's GDP (PPP) per capita list (2015 estimate) which includes territories and some regions, Norway ranks as number eleven.[17] It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of 960 billion USD.[18] Since 2009, Norway has the highest Human Development Index ranking in the world, a position also held previously between 2001 and 2006.[19] It also has the highest inequality-adjusted ranking.[20][21][22] Norway ranks first on the World Happiness Report,[23] the OECD Better Life Index, the Index of Public Integrity, and the Democracy Index.[24]
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Skien [²ʃeːən] is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county.
Skien is one of Norway's oldest cities, with an urban history dating back to the Middle Ages, and received privileges as a market town in 1358. From the 15th century, the city was governed by a 12-member council. The modern municipality of Skien was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Gjerpen and Solum were merged into the municipality of Skien on 1 January 1964.
The conurbation of Porsgrunn/Skien is reckoned by Statistics Norway to be the seventh largest urban area in Norway, straddling an area of three municipalities: Skien municipality (about 62% of the population), Porsgrunn (30%), and Bamble (8%). This area is home to more than 100,000 people.
Skien was historically Norway's most important port town for shipping timber and one of Norway's leading commercial cities with extensive contact with neighbouring countries, particularly Denmark.[citation needed] The city was the birthplace of playwright Henrik Ibsen, and many of his famous dramas are set in places reminiscent of 19th-century Skien.
Top 10 Best Things To Do in Tonsberg, Norway
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Brygga i Toensberg
Castle Rock Tower
Saga Oseberg
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum
Slottsfjellsmuseet
Tonsberg Medieval Festival
Tonsberg Maritime Historic Centre
Tonsberg Cathedral
Oseberghaugen Royal Mound
Gullkronen
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The Telemark Canal, Brekkeparken, Skien Fritidspark, Skien Kirke, Ibsenhuset, Telemark Museum, Borgestad Church, Gimsoy Church
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Porsgrunn, Telemark
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Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was established on 1 January 1838.
Porsgrunn er en by og en kommune i Grenland i Telemark fylke. Kommunen omfatter de tidligere bykommunene Brevik og Porsgrunn og landkommunen Eidanger. Porsgrunn grenser i nord til Skien og Siljan, i øst mot Larvik i Vestfold, og i vest mot Bamble. Høyeste punkt er Fjerdingen, 360 moh. Kommunen er en del av det området som kalles Grenland. I selve bykjernen bor det rundt 13 000 innbyggere.
Porsgrunn by ligger ved utløpet av Telemarksvassdraget og er en viktig industriby. Den har fått navn etter en grunne i elven som var bevokst med pors (Myrica gale).
Av næringsvirksomhet i Porsgrunn er det prosessindustrien som dominerer. Tidligere var denne virksomheten en del av Norsk Hydro, men i dag er det Yara og Ineos som driver prosessanleggene for kunstgjødsel og polymer, og er Porsgrunns største industriarbeidsgivere. Yara, en av verdens største kunstgjødselfabrikker, er lokalisert her. Bilfinger Industrial Services Norway AS, Equinor, RHI Normag AS, Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik, Isola AS, BEHA, Eramet og Norcem er andre viktige industrielle aktører i Porsgrunn. Mange av virksomhetene er lokalisert i Herøya Industripark. For industrien er all infrastruktur på plass; kraftnett, damp, gassforsyning og havner. Det er derfor attraktivt for bedrifter å etablere seg i kommunen.
2300 studenter går på Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, studiested Porsgrunn. Studentene gir industrien et godt tilfang av fersk kompetanse.
En ny dobbeltsporet jernbane mellom Porsgrunn og Larvik er under bygging. Den skal stå ferdig i 2018. Det jobbes med en sammenkopling av Vestfoldbanen og Sørlandsbanen via Grenlandsbanen. En slik sammenkopling vil gjøre Porsgrunn til ett av Østlandets viktigste knutepunkter.
Det har blitt hevdet at Porsgrunn opprinnelig var navnet på en av tre små øyer som lå der hvor kjøpesenteret Down Town ligger i dag. Selv om det synes riktig at en av disse øyene har blitt omtalt som «Postgrund», er det trolig, som Tønnesen hevder i byhistorien, at navnet opprinnelig er blitt brukt om Vestsida. I middelalderen var dette et sumpområde hvor pors-planten vokste villig, og planten ble sanket her av nonnene fra Gimsøy kloster. Det er overveiende sannsynlig at disse ga det navnet til stedet som ordrett betyr «grunn hvor det vokser pors».
I 1964 ble Porsgrunn slått sammen med kommunene Eidanger og Brevik, samt mindre deler av Solum, Gjerpen, Hedrum og Brunlanes. Porsgrunn har utviklet seg som utdanningsby de siste årene. Teknisk utdannelse startet med Skiensfjordens Tekniske Fagskole i 1884. I dag er Høgskolen i Telemark etablert i Porsgrunn, også med sivilingeniørutdanning og doktorgrad. Sykepleieutdanning og helsesøsterutdanning er også etablert ved Høgskolens avdeling i Porsgrunn.
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