Norway

Edvard Munch who was born 1863 in Löten, Norway, the second child of five children. In 1864, Edvard moved to the city of Oso, with his other four siblings and mother. Where his mother died four years later after from tuberculosis and his sister died from the same thing in 1877 at the age of fifteen. His father Christian became emotional over the time when he starts to suffer from an agitated depression. Then more familial tragedies started to happen, one his sister spent most of her life in an…

prince and can be regarded as being part of the Viking invasions in the Northeast of England. After becoming King, he took Emma, former wife of Aethelred the Unready., as his wife, and began to consolidate his empire. He had control over Denmark, Norway, and England during his reign. In looking at the laws Cnut created and his letter to his empire, it can be seen that Cnut put the importance of his Christian religion as being his top priority. Christian faith and practice us what he held in high…

breathtaking geological features in the world. With a population of 329,100, it is the least populated country in Europe. It is the second largest island in Europe and the seventeenth largest in the world. Located in the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Norway, Iceland is nearest to Europe and is thusly considered a European country. To put it into perspective, its capital city Reykjavík is a five hour plane ride away from New York City and three hours from London. Iceland’s location near…

The book “The Vikings” is about the lifestyle of a Viking. The Vikings came from countries that are now known as Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. The land the Vikings came from are cold with deep, rocky coasts, and mountains. Many Vikings wanted to have a better life and using their skills as seamen and warriors. The richest and most powerful men became the leaders. They were called kings and dukes. There were many wars between the different kingdoms, mostly over pieces of good land. The Vikings…

Indexicality of language and style-shifting in Kebab Norwegian “Kebab Norwegian” is traced to “Kebab Svenska” (Kebab Swedish, now “Rinkebysvenska”) and was imported to Norway in the mid-1990s. Kebab Norwegian was rapidly adopted by the media and by word of mouth, and generally refers to the vernacular, the most relaxed and least conscious way of speaking, Norwegian amongst young people with and without immigrant background in the multilingual urban spaces of Oslo. The term was first coined in…

Throughout the course of history the Vikings have been characterized by historians and the very people who encountered them as savages, barbarians, and thieves. However, under close examination it is clear that many of the practices and skills that were developed and used by the Vikings in Eighth century Europe have served as additions not only to art but they also influenced changes in government that proved positive for future government protection. The viking way of nature was not to to…

In 1879 Norway, Henrik Ibsen published the play, A Doll House. A divisive play that created an awe reaction to the audiences during its first play in the Royal Theatre Copenhagen N, Denmark. At its release, it crippled the European social norms, so society had to establish a new “patriarchal line” that supported and reinforced women’s independence. But according to Henrik Ibsen, he intended to portray the need for “self-exploration”. In the play, its minor character, Krogstad, tends to be the…

Literary Devices in “A Doll’s House” “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen is a modern drama set in a house in the suburbs of Norway during the upper eighteen hundreds. The story centers around a housewife name Nora Helmer and the difficulties Nora experiences living a life acceptable in the eyes of society. People associated with Nora that have an impactful effect on the story include: Torvald Helmer, Nora’s husband and a banker; Mrs. Kristine Linde, Nora’s longtime friend who just moved into town;…

The play a dolls house has been written by Henrik Ibsen in the 19th century when women were seen as weak and feeble in comparison to men; women during this time period had very little real power and because of this Henrik Ibsen was criticised a lot for making the protagonist of his play a woman. Henrik Ibsen was a feminist and was against the very ideology that domestic work was meant entirely for women and that money matters was the man’s domain. Daily life in the Victorian era was very…

circumstances can influence attitude towards immigration in Finland. The research question I plan to investigate is Does economic circumstance affect individual’s attitude on immigration in Finland? Finland boards Sweden to the west, Russia to east and Norway to the north. The capital is Helsinki…