About Norway

When you think about Norway you probably imagine fjords, mountains, snow, skiing, reindeer, moose, fishing and Vikings. And apart from the Vikings your picture is probably still quite accurate! Add the less well known summer meadows, beaches, forests, farms and fresh air and you may find you already know Norway quite well.

Norway is renowned for the rugged beauty of its landscape, with mountains, fjords, forests and glaciers. The geographical position of the Land of the Midnight Sun balances long cold winters with delightfully warm and light summers. While Norway’s natural wonders have made this European frontier famous, there are also hidden treasures in historic sites from Viking and medieval times, as well as pretty fishing villages and lively and cosmopolitan, if comparatively small, cities.

Norway occupies the western Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia. Counting territorial waters it also has borders with Danish and British waters. Norway’s long, thin form has an extensive western coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where the fjords are found.