include the Alps or early Siberia. Geographic Location: This indigenous group calls Norway‚ Sweden‚ Finland‚ and parts of northwestern Russia home. While the Sami are credited with being the longest living group of people on the Scandinavia peninsula‚ the majority of today’s population resides in
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by them: universalism‚ gender equality and consensus on political decision. It is important highlight that I will adopt two different terms to group these countries. By Scandinavian countries I mean Norway‚ Sweden and Denmark while the wider concept of „Nordic nations‟ includes all five countries Norway‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚ Finland and Iceland. In a second moment‚ I will show how new external and internal pressures threatened the welfare state model and deviated the Nordic countries from their common
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“A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen is a play based in Norway in the 1870’s. To some extent‚ time matters to this work because it brings up the issues of roles of women in the 1870’s. Women were not very independent at that time and had to take permissions from a male authoritarian figure to make decisions related to work or finances. This issue is brought up through Nora‚ when Mrs. Linde is being told her secret of borrowing money. Mrs. Linde is shocked that Nora’s husband is not aware of this and
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Anders Behring Breivik Anders Behring Breivik‚ born in Oslo‚ Norway on February 13th‚ 1979‚ came from a broken home. His father‚ Jens Breivik‚ worked as a diplomat for the Royal Norwegian Embassy‚ and his mother‚ Wenche Behrin‚ worked as a nurse. The Breivik family lived in London together until his parents divorced in 1980. Anders was only year old at the time. Anders lived with his mother and half-sister on the west side of Oslo and frequently went to visit his father and his new stepmother in
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The term Viking‚ though used to denote ship-borne explorers‚ traders and warriors‚ is actually a verb describing the acts of the Norsemen who originated in Norway‚ Iceland‚ Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles‚ France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. This period of European history (generally dated to 793–1066) is often referred to as the Viking Age. It may also be used to denote the entire populations of these countries and their settlements
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only had in-house production and was producing shelving systems. A few years later they moved the headquarters to Markaryd in Sweden. During the years they have expand their company and established in Norway‚ Denmark and Finland. Sweden is now accounting for half of the selling‚ and then it is Norway‚ Denmark and last is Finland. Gerdmans Inredningar has offices in all those countries‚ one office in each country. The have also quit with their in-house production‚ and are now focusing to be a pure
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“The Scream” Edvard Munch‚ born December 12‚ 1863 in Loten Norway‚ suffered through many trials in his life time. Edvard experienced the tragedy of his mother’s death from tuberculosis‚ the death of his sister from tuberculosis‚ the death of his brother from pneumonia‚ and another sister having been institutionalized for mental illness. Throughout his life he internally faced many demons which lead to the creations of some of his most famous and incredible works of art. It was from 1889-1892
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and artistic products. There are 40 countries across the terrain of Europe. Many of them have their own language and lifestyle. From a logical geographical grouping‚ Northern Europe also known as the Scandinavian countries consists of Iceland‚ Norway‚ Sweden‚ Demark and Finland (Mancini‚ pp 239). This group is also known as the Nordic countries. Fig 1: Nordic Countries These five countries come under the purview of the Nordic Council. Since 1948‚ the Nordic Council (Nyberg 1995) made
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Vikings in the Middle Ages Take that Christopher Columbus; the Vikings landed in America first. The Vikings were ruthless‚ nomadic‚ people. Despite being known as warriors‚ they were smart inventors. Religion was a tremendous part in daily Viking life. From 800‚ to 1066 A.D.‚ the Vikings raided cities and towns all over Europe. In that time period‚ many Scandinavians left their homelands‚ to seek their fortune elsewhere‚ and joined them. The Vikings were famous for traveling massive distances. Not
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Christian Munch related to P.A. Munch was a religious military doctor. Munch’s mother Laura Munch died when Edvard was only 5years old‚ along with one of his sisters. In 1864 after Edvard was born all of his family moved Kristiania‚ the capital of Norway. Soon after that Edvard got interested in artworks‚ but his parents told him to focus on something else. After he graduated he left for college where he wanted to become an engineer then after a while he fought his true calling was art. Edvard dropped
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