Norway

In the cold reaches of Norway sat the largest naval vessel of Nazi Germany’s war machine. It lie in wait for allied shipping convoys bound for Russia from Britain. The sister ship to the legendary Bismarck, the Tirpitz was a 52,600 ton thorn in the side of naval operations in the North. From January of 1942 until November of 1944 it was exactly that. All the while, Prime Minister Churchill was emphasizing the importance of removing the Tirpitz from the arctic battlefield. They even went as far…

Take a moment to think about education from, let’s say, thirty years ago. When a student finished high school said student was able to get a good job maybe have a family. In the past a high school diploma was not taken for granted, a high school diploma was a big deal. Sadly over the last decade or so the value of a high school education has fallen. Next college was a valuable level of education for a young person. College was considered valuable and employers stressed having a college degree…

Scotland’s Quest for Independence Since the 16th century Great Britain has had control over the economic welfare of Scotland. Some of the economic levers that Great Britain controls is currency, finances, oil sales and debt. This control over the years has caused a lot of friction and in 2014 the first vote for independent was made. This first referendum was voted down due to the people thinking that Great Britain provided a safe blanket and felt Scotland was too weak to stand on its own…

Norway has one of the world’s most humane prisons; there is no use of the death penalty; consequently, they have an exceptionally low crime rate. The almost hotel-like conditions in the prisons are something American inmates could only dream about. According to Lindh, Norway’s maximum security prison – Halden prison – gives the inmates a cell with a bedroom, a bathroom, and a window. They have common social rooms where the inmates can meet, socialize with each other and with the guards by…

Dating all the way back to 10th and 11th century, people of Iceland and Norway has used Fenrir in their poetry, but under various names. The origins of Fenrir has been from Scandinavia and Norway. Sadly, Fenrir has not appeared in performing…

In 2008, the countries of Norway and Japan killed over 900 endangered minke whales, further dwindling their already small population. Will you allow this to happen? I believe that whaling should be banned because whales could be extinct. In addition, whale meat is dangerous and can be contaminated. A final reason is that whales are a major part in the ocean’s food web. Whales could be extinct because mainly females are killed due to their larger size. These females can be pregnant and hold…

stars and movie gained prominence. One such person was the incredibly talented figure skater Sonja Henie. Sonja Henie made many notable achievement and had a huge impact on the sport she loved. Sonja Henie was born April 8, 1912. She was born in Norway in what is the modern day capital city of Oslo. In 1924 she appeared in her first Olympic Games at the young age of 11, but sadly she finished in last place. She later went on to win 3 Olympic gold medals. She won these medal in the 1928. 1932,…

and Claudius asked Hamlet’s friends to come in order to either find the cause of his change or fix his mood. Polonius enters into the courtroom to proclaim that Voltimand and Cornelius have returned with news from Norway. Fortinbras, prince of Norway, swore he would never attack Norway after being chided for his threats by the king. Because of this, the king had allowed Fortinbras to attack Poland. The Norwegian king requested of the courtiers that the army have a safe passage in their effort to…

According to “Ban on Tobacco Ads by the Government of India” (http://www.icmrindia.org /free%20resources/casestudies/ban-tobacco-ads11.htm) India in Feb 2001, following suite after France, Finland and Norway, threatened to ban the advertising of cigarettes and the sponsoring of sports and cultural events. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Belgium in 1981 and the French Constitutional Council in 1991 supported banning advertising of tobacco products. The World Health Organization projected…

In Ludvig Holberg: A European Writer, Sven Hakon Rossel reveals that Holberg’s historical and moral works were so widespread in Norway that they were also read by the common literate populace, with his work Dannemark og Norges Beskrivelse being the “most popular book in eighteenth-century Norway next to the bible” (Rossel 199). In fact, due to his interest in Germanic and western European ideologies and literacy and his relationship with traveling German troupes, Holberg achieved international…