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Norseman = Norwegian?

It is not clear if Norseman has or had the same meaning as Norwegian or Nordmann, or perhaps the same origin (see for instance Juul Dieserud, Scandinavian Studies and Notes Vol. 8, No. 8 (NOVEMBER, 1925), pp. 233-238). Let us look at the source before we draw a conclusion. --— Erik Jr. 12:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

• This is the English language Wikipedia, so all that matters here is what words mean in English, and the meaning, in English, of the word Norseman is clear, it refers to all Scandinavians, whether living in Scandinavia or in settlements elsewhere (from Greenland to Russia) speaking the Old Norse language ("The Norsemen were a group of Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between c. 800 and 1300 AD.", "Norseman means "man (in the generic sense) from the North" and applied primarily to Old Norse-speaking tribes living in southern and central Scandinavia. In history, "Norse" or "Norseman" could be any person from Scandinavia."). - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 12:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
  • This is the current meaning of Norsemenn, but the article should also describe variation in usage of this term. --— Erik Jr. 14:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

According to Dieserud Norway in some sources from the 12th century were used in the same sense as Scandinavia (Scantia), and that old English Northman and Norse originally meant Scandinavian - but Northman later was reserved for people from the then Kingdom of Norway. Norwegian (used at least since 16th century) have only been used about people from Norway. The term Norse, Dieserud wrote, is vague and ambiguous, but not restricted to what is now Norway. --— Erik Jr. 14:28, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

• Why would the opinion of Juul Dieserud, a librarian (Store Norske Leksikon describes him as "norsk-amerikansk bibliotekar og litterat", i.e. "Norwegian-American librarian and writer", and not a historian) who apparently isn't sufficiently well known to have an article even on the Norwegian Wikipedia, override (and especially here, on the English language Wikipedia) what is in common use in English, and has been for a very long time? - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 15:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
  • I am presenting the sources in the order that I find them. I am trying to add content based on sources, that is much harder work than removing content. — Erik Jr. 15:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

These sources use Norseman/Norse meaning Norwegian in the middle ages:

• Keary, C.F. and Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1900). A history of Norway from the earliest times: with a new chapter on the recent history of Norway by C.F. Keary. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
• Andersen, Per Sveaas (1921-2014) (1971). Vikings of the West: the expansion of Norway in the early Middle Ages. Oslo: Tanum. ISBN 8251800269.
• Snorri Sturluson (ca. 1178-1241) (1967). From the sagas of the Norse kings. Oslo: Dreyer.

— Erik Jr. 15:36, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Parker (Parker, P. (2015). The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World. Random House.) use Norseman about people from viking-age Scandinavia that used the Old Norse language. — Erik Jr. 15:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

• Parker got it right. As for the etymology section here I don't care what it says as long as it doesn't make people believe that the English term Norseman (or Normans for that matter) is a synonym for Norwegian, as has been claimed on multiple articles here (such as here), since that mistaken belief has lead to a lot of work for other editors here, trying to clean up the mess it has resulted in, since people have claimed that everything referred to as Norse was Norwegian, including every piece of land being described as having had a Norse ruler, including Normandy, being claimed as a Norwegian possession. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 15:52, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

I dont know what is "right", I am trying to find out. — Erik Jr. 16:07, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

In Scandinavia the term Norrønt is used for the language and culture of Norway (present day) and Iceland in the Viking age/Middle ages, until around 1350 or 1500. Norrønt has been used in the same way as the english word Norse. — Erik Jr. 16:10, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) Just a comment on sources: you have to differentiate between people who look at it from inside, i.e. Scandinavians, and people who look at it from outside, i.e. non-Scandinavians, since people who looked at it from inside knew the difference between Danes, Norwegians and Swedes, and used different names for them, including referring to Norwegians as Nordmenn, while people who looked at it from outside automatically assumed they were all a single people, and used a single term to describe all of them, since what they saw was a bunch of people who looked the same and all spoke the same language (Old Norse). So the usage of terms differs between sources from outside Scandinavia and sources from inside Scandinavia, and that is still reflected in how terms are used in the English language. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 16:10, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

I am aware that Old Norse has a wider meaning than norrøn (which in English is called something like Old West Norse). Usage varied over time and is difficult to find out, but I am now looking primarily at etymology and not the meaning of the word in 2018 English. Also please note that for instance Snorri's were professionally translated and Keary/Nansen book were published in London. — Erik Jr. 16:39, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

"Norrønt mål" wasn't used only for Old West Norse, even if that's what often was meant, but was also used for all dialects of Old Norse (Old West Norse, Old East Norse and Old Gutnish), just like "dønsk tunga/dansk tunga" wasn't used only for Old East Norse, even if that's what often was meant, but also for the other dialects. Such as in the Grey Goose Laws, where it's said that Danes, Norwegians and Swedes all spoke the same language, referred to as "dønsk tunga". See Old Norse. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 17:07, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

In current use norrønt refers to the language spoken in Norway, Iceland and some other islands in the middle ages (also referred to as Old Norwegian). The term "norrøn" originates from norðrǿnn (Old English: norðerne). I try not to look at other WP articles (avoid copying errors into other articles) and I dont care if articles are inconsistent, instead I look at scholarly sources, but I dont find any sources discussing the words Norse and Norsemen. — Erik Jr. 17:23, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

From what I've seen in articles here it seems like there are quite a few people in Norway who believe that Old West Norse was a separate language, and not just a dialect of Old Norse, the language that was spoken by all Scandinavians at that time (~800AD-~1300AD), I've even seen an article here (then named "Norwegian Empire" but since renamed...) claim that "Old West Norse was one of the great classical languages, along with Latin and Greek". - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 17:21, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

The language spoken and written in Norway changed radically during the late middle ages and 1500s, and moved much closer to the language of in particular Denmark. Modern Icelandic is to some degree "frozen" and is much closer to Old Norwegian, so Norwegians can today easily read Danish (written Danish is basically the same as written Norwegian) but not Icelandic. — Erik Jr. 17:27, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

I've heard non-Scandinavians describe Norwegian (bokmål) as being "Danish with Swedish pronounciation". - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 17:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

More or less, Danish pronounication is something special. "Modern" Norwegian (from around 1500) is also heavily influenced by Low German dialects.--— Erik Jr. 17:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

21st century socialism?

The article states that Norway is defined as a 21st century socialism, and links to an Argentinian newspaper. One journalist's opinion defines what a country identifies as? Not only is that utter nonsense, but even Wikipedia's own page on socialism in the 21st century doesn't mention Norway. It's clearly someone's got an agenda and the sentence should be removed or altered.

I suggest removing the first part, leaving just: The Norwegian state owns key industrial sectors such as oil (Equinor) or hydropower (Statkraft), having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. Vomitmissile (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Makes sense to me. HiLo48 (talk) 01:37, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Obviously nonsense. Scholarly sources describes Norway as a coordinated market economy (along with Denmark, Germany, France, Japan etc), whereas the US and UK are regarded as liberal market economies. The Norwegian welfare state was designed partly by the centre-right parties, partly by the social democrats. Forbes ranks Norway as 15th best country for doing business. Some rankings place Norway higher, in some cases ahead of US or UK. — Erik Jr. 12:28, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Which scholarly sources and based on what? The source (La Nación newspaper) is a conservative or right-winged newspaper, and describes it as a unique kind of socialism based on the Norwegian state functions as the user describes above; Socialism doesn't mean is Cuba of course, or that you cannot makes business, it's just that is regulated by state in a high level without corruption. 190.194.214.51 (talk) 22:43, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

190.194.xx, you can't revert just because you've argued against it on talk, you're supposed to have consensus on talk. You're actually one against three. I've semiprotected the article for a while. You'd better log into your account. Bishonen | talk 01:57, 19 August 2018 (UTC).

An opinion in a newspaper is not relevant given the large volume of scholarly sources. A key source describes Norway as a kind of market/capitalist economy (Hall, P. A. & David Soskice, eds. 2001. Varieties of capitalism: The institutional foundations of comparative advantage'), other examples

• Bowman, J. R. (2005). Employers and the politics of skill formation in a coordinated market economy: Collective action and class conflict in Norway. Politics & Society, 33(4), 567-594.
• Thelen, K., & Kume, I. (2006). Coordination as a political problem in coordinated market economies. Governance, 19(1), 11-42.
• Busemeyer, M. R. (2009). Asset specificity, institutional complementarities and the variety of skill regimes in coordinated market economies. Socio-Economic Review, 7(3), 375-406.
• Schneider, M. R., & Paunescu, M. (2012). Changing varieties of capitalism and revealed comparative advantages from 1990 to 2005: a test of the Hall and Soskice claims. Socio-Economic Review, 10(4), 731-753: Quote: "Among 26 OECD countries, we find various institutional configurations including a group of liberal market economies (LMEs) and of coordinated market economies (CMEs). However, these configurations are not stable. From 1990 to 2005, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden all moved from the CME model closer to the LME model."

--— Erik Jr. 17:59, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi. Wikipedia itself lists the Nordic model in their categories of socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism#Nordic_model so those mentioned sources contradicts the sources of the socialism article.

Unless Norway had recently moved out of the Nordic model, this information is wrongly erased. (I'd just readed the spanish newspaper article and there is a mistake on the title translation, the correct one of "El unico socialismo del siglo XXI" is "The only socialism of the XXI century", meaning the only one that works, which shows the point of view of the conservative newspaper about other socialist countries, but does acknowledge the functioning of Nordic model.)

Either this information should be in the article or the Socialism article is wrong; otherwise this erasing edition is not neutral.

Regards --Agustin6 (talk) 17:26, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

WP articles should be consistent with sources not with other articles. In any case a WP article can not be a source for another article. If articles are inconsistent it is a hint that sources should be checked.— Erik Jr. 17:38, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

There is nothing in Socialism#Nordic_model about socialism. This short section is primarily based on Esping-Andersen, G. (1991). The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Esping-Andersen's book is actually called Welfare Capitalism, not Socialism.... and is classical. — Erik Jr. 17:44, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

I only can bring sources in spanish about the subject; (I'm not aware if Norway politics changed recently though). I may add to the discussion on the Socialism article. https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/-por-que-noruega-siendo-socialista-se-convirtio-en-un-pais-rico--20145416210

https://elpais.com/diario/2011/10/30/eps/1319956015_850215.html

Is Norway the last socialist state in Europe? When asked, the finance minister, the Labourist Sigbjørn Johnsen, smiles and moves on to another topic. At the end of the interview, the director of communication puts things in place with an icy gesture: "Socialists, yes, but democratic."

--Agustin6 (talk) 19:27, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

II World War

It should be written more about Norway's participation in this war on the German side. Also about 532 Jews sent by the norwegian police by the ship "Donau" to the concentration camps in 1942. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.177.2.232 (talk) 06:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Norway did not participate on the German side. Norway was a neutral country and was invaded by Germany, and tacitly allied with Britain. Norway's legitimate government officially joined the Allies later. The German occupant installed the Quisling government. Deportation of Jews: Main points can be copied from The Holocaust in Norway. --— Erik Jr. 16:09, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

German occupation in the infobox

This information is totally irrelevant, no other countries list this sort of thing in their infoboxBarryob (Contribs) (Talk) 00:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Agree. Norway was not dismantled like Czechoslovakia. --— Erik Jr. 12:19, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Well I will not agree with you that the information is irrelevant. WW2 will never be irrelevant. But being said that, those most probably aren't established dates. We can have a debate on this matter to solve the problem here as I haven't seen any information regarding this. SoloKnowHow83 (talk) 18:38, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Norway's government was in fact not fully restored until June 7th, 1945, when the allied commander for Norway stepped down and the king return. --— Erik Jr. 23:54, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2019

In the section First and Second World Wars, change the sentence Germany secretly established a metrological station in 1944. to Germany secretly established a meteorological station in 1944. Res Cogitans (talk) 16:47, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

 Done aboideau^talk 16:52, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose to merge Talk:Kingdom of Norway into Talk:Norway/Archive 9. Because Kingdom of Norway is only a redirect page for Norway for a long time; Talk:Kingdom of Norway really has some content; Talk:Norway/Archive 9 is the newest archive page for Talk:Norway, I think it is a good idea to complete this page merger.
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Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2019

change Northwestern Europe to Northeastern Europe. 2607:FCC8:FDE0:6200:B9B4:AEA2:FF3A:8EA9 (talk) 14:35, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: See the article Northwestern Europe. It's not a strictly defined concept, but Norway is there. – Þjarkur (talk) 14:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

If the change is to be made based on Norway's inclusion in other articles, then, because Norway is in both Northwestern Europe and Northeastern Europe (which redirects to Baltic region), the correct regional classification of Norway is not determined by that criterion. As name "Northeastern Europe" also isn't often used. It would make more sense to change the region to Northern Europe, which Norway is also listed under, if at all. That change would be supported by Norway's Eurovoc classification, the The CIA World Factbook: Norway, and The United Nations Statistics Division Geographic Regions. Talib1101 (talk) 23:58, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2019

the grammar needs to be corrected for the following two titles: Norwegian women's national team and Norwegian men's national football team . Grammatically, the title of each group is Norway not Norwegian. It is the country that is distinguished, not the nationality and should be reflected : Norway women's national football team or Norway national football team . Upu do not have to be Norwegian to be on either team. You do not have to reside in the country. 2605:E000:9149:8300:96D:CDAF:E2D2:47B7 (talk) 09:48, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

 Partly done: I've removed the nationality/country entirely. On a page about the country, "men's national team"/"women's national team" is sufficient imo. NiciVampireHeart 12:15, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

"Administrated"?

I know that this is a very minor issue, but please, why can't this otherwise excellent article use the standard English word "administered"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.195.65.101 (talk) 00:39, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

 Done--Goldsztajn (talk) 09:31, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Please fix the infobox

Look at the country's area, including its rank number. It says it doesn't include 2 exclaves, but then at the bottom of the infobox, it says it still has the same area and rank number even if they are included. Somebody please fix this. Georgia guy (talk) 21:44, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2019

"Of these 710,000 immigrants and their descendants:

   323,000 (39%)[211] have a Western background (Australia, North America, elsewhere in Europe)
   505,000 (61%)[211] have a non-Western background (primarily Pakistan, Somalia, Morocco, Iraq and Kurdistan federal region and Iran including Kurdistan Province)." is false (link is no more valid, see https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09817/ for true data of 2019). 93.23.19.70 (talk) 22:15, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. You've stated the current version is wrong, but have provided the new figures. NiciVampireHeart 14:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Updated numbers: https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef

• Western: 389,496
• Non-Western: 554,906

— Erik Jr. 17:15, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Status

current.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.205.165.218 (talk) 23:09, 25 September 2019 (UTC) 

In every main table of every country, add the category "native sex of the country" this is helpful

• country A: male, female, neuter, not defined

Many countries have many sexes.

The official sexes are 4.

male, female

not defined = N/A — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:844F:B600:C5CC:663A:374B:491E (talk) 03:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

"comprises of" incorrect

In the first paragraph, I see the phrase, "whose territory comprises of the western and northernmost portion." "Comprises" should be used alone. That is, remove "of" to get, "whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.162.101.50 (talk) 11:19, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Done --— Erik Jr. 13:06, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

National anthem made offical

The popular song "Ja vi elsker" which has been through many decades been considered by the Norwegian people as their national anthem has finally been made offical by the Storting (parliament). Maybe it would be wise to add that to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KongHaakonVII (talk • contribs) 14:18, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Counties need to be updated

As of jan 1 2020 a lot of counties has been merged. https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norges_fylker is updated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakudu (talk • contribs) 08:10, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2020

English version of the page shows state flag of Finland instead of Norwegian 95.161.246.38 (talk) 20:56, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

 Already done Vandal reverted JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2020

The page preview of the English version of the article displays the flag of Finland instead of that of Norway. 84.213.187.68 (talk) 00:09, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

 Already done. See above. El_C 00:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

National Motto

Norway doesnt have a national motto. What is listed is the Eidsvoll oath, which was used during one specific occasion in 1814, is not really used for anything now annd has no official status. Im confused as to why it would be listed as the national motto.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.104.125 (talk) 10:20, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. Removed from the "official" field in the infobox. I have seen the Eidsvoll oath referred to as an unofficial national motto several times though, so I've left it in the footnotes for now. κаллэмакс 17:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Country TLD field (in infobox) edit request

Norway's TLD is .no but .eu is also used and fairly common and is shared amongst other EU / EEA member states. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.40.154 (talk) 14:07, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Disagree. My understanding of the "Internet TLD" field in the infobox is that it should contain only the unique TLD of the country (or union) in question. For example: In the article about Germany, it only points to .de, while in the article about the European Union it points to .eu. Also, living in Norway, I can't think of a single time I've seen .eu used for any national organization or company. What's your rationale and/or source for saying it's "fairly common"? κаллэмакс 18:16, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 June 2020

Change: "Every December Norway gives a Christmas tree to the United Kingdom as thanks for the British assistance during the Second World War."

To: "Every December the city of Oslo gives a Christmas tree to the the city of London as thanks for the British assistance during the Second World War." 31.187.51.55 (talk) 23:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The cited source currently in the article isn't that specific. If you can provide a better source that explains this tradition a bit better, then this change could absolutely be made. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 02:43, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

No state religion since 2017

I removed this note in the infobox as it is outdated (and/or based on a misunderstanding):

[[Church of Norway]]{{refn|group=note|The [[Constitution of Norway]] states that "The [[Church of Norway|Norwegian church]], an Evangelical-Lutheran church, shall remain the Norwegian National Church and will as such be supported by the State. Detailed provisions as to its system shall be laid down by law. All religious and philosophical communities were to be supported on an equal footing." and that "[[Monarchy of Norway|The King]] shall at all times profess the [[Lutheranism|Evangelical-Lutheran religion]]."<ref name="NorwayConstitution">{{cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Norway_2016.pdf?lang=en|title=Norway's Constitution of 1814 with Amendments through 2016|publisher=[[Constitution Project]]}}</ref>}}

From January 1, 2017, the Church of Norway is separated from the government. Priests and bishops are no longer civil servants. This fundamental change ended 480 years of state church and 1000 years of public religion. --— Erik Jr. 17:08, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Erik den yngre, I have not checked, but have you reflected this interesting and fundamental change in the article as well as the removal you have made? Fiddle Faddle 17:35, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Norway#Church_of_Norway. --— Erik Jr. 17:39, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2020

The population number in the fact box is wrong. For January 1st 2020, it should be 5,367,580, not 5,432,580. The reference for this number (reference 8) is a dead link, the correct one is: 84.209.184.133 (talk) 23:05, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done — IVORK _Talk 00:00, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2020

77.29.157.232 (talk) 14:31, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

 Not done It's unclear what you want changing. Please submit edit requests in the form "change x to y". Pahunkat (talk) 14:44, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Remove weather boxes from climate section in Norway article

I suggest the weather boxes be removed from the main article about Norway. Such data should be in the climate section of Geography of Norway. Also, the text might need to be shortened a little. 18:29, 9 March 2021 (UTC) 18:30, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Good --82.53.170.26 (talk) 17:25, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2021

The 4th picture under the "Politics and government" section is accompanied by the description "Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg (since 2013) and U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018." Erna Solberg is no longer Norway's prime minister and was replaced by Jonas Gahr Støre as is stated earlier in the article. Dirgo1814 (talk) 05:22, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Sorry, cannot do it, because then that image has to be replaced, as that image shows the former prime minister of Norway. You can either upload a new image to Wikimedia commons, then you can give me that link, or wait for the time being. Itcouldbepossible (talk) 13:24, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done Caption updated. Thank you for the heads-up, @Dirgo1814:! --bonadea contributions talk 16:33, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Hof = Hill?

Hi, in the section on the Migration era there is a claim that "hov" means "hill". The Wiki article on "Hov" states: "Etymologically, the Old Norse word hof is the same as the Afrikaans, Dutch and German word hof, which originally meant a hall and later came to refer to a court (originally in the meaning of a royal or aristocratic court) and then also to a farm. In medieval Scandinavian sources, it occurs once as a hall, in the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, and beginning in the fourteenth century, in the "court" meaning. /.../". There are toponyms for elevated places with religious connotations, on such being "horg" (also found in names for mountains, e.g. Lønahorgi near Voss) and indeed "haug", which means "hill", but would also have been used to refer to local howes or barrows, i.e. distinguished graves. I would propose to correct the article's etymology, but can't do it myself due to current semi-protection. T 84.208.86.134 (talk) 10:43, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Viking westward exploration

Hi, the description of Viking North Sea exploration goes from Iceland directly to Vinland. perhaps one should also mention Greenland? I've been looking at other Greenland related articles to find some short, precise formulation, without finding one. "Two areas along Greenland's southwest coast were colonized by Norse settlers, including Erik the Red, around 986 " is so far the shortest, but even that is too long to fit the relevant sentence. Suggestions welcome :) T 84.208.86.134 (talk) 11:34, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 October 2019 and 13 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ColbyCampbell12.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 05:26, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request Feb 16

In reference to: "In 2011, 16% of newborn children were of immigrant background.[citation needed]"

Proposed citation from this article: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05415-y

Proposed edit: "In 2018, 29% of newborn children were of immigrant background on the maternal side."

Article citation: [19] Statistics Norway. Total fertility rate and number of live births, by mother’s country background, contents and year 2019 [Available from: https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/12481/tableViewLayout1/]

RosieTraveler (talk) 01:45, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Why the Trump reference?

Donald Trump visiting doesn't really represent any kind of "historic" event or relevant policy change. It seems irrelevant to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kallisti05 (talk • contribs) 14:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

I agree. It probably seemed relevant in 2018 but it is now dated, and the photo is also not referred to in the text in any way. I've removed it. Doremo (talk) 19:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2022

The second paragraph in the Environment subsection of the Geography section should be updated to include the results from the 2020 Environmental Performance Index. It would also be beneficial to include Norway's rating on other environmental impact indexes like the Happy Planet Index and the Environmental Vulnerability Index. OliveVista (talk) 20:08, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: Hey, OliveVista, thank you for the request! When submitting edit requests for other editors to review a required component is to provide verbatim what you would like the changes to be. You are more than free to re-open this request by setting the parameter back to "answered=no" after providing such content. Alternatively, you are very close to becoming autoconfirmed, which will allow you to edit semi-protected pages (such as this one). At the time of my reply you just need 3 more edits anywhere on Wikipedia. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 11:33, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

out of date information on rail services in Norway

The second paragraph of the Transportation section about railways is clearly out of date. NSB no longer exists and has changed its name to Vy. Also, during the Solberg government, passenger service for some segments of Norway's railways was handed over to private entities. Here's more information about some of those recent changes in English: https://www.railtech.com/policy/2021/10/20/norway-stops-competitive-tendering-of-passenger-rail/?gdpr=deny →- CWC, a Canadian living in Oslo. 2022-04-13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:799:D1E:F300:93F:3CB:CBE5:1AEE (talk) 16:43, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Do Lule Sámi, Northern Sámi and Southern Sámi actually have official status?

Section 3 of the 1987 Sámi act implies that the recognised Sámi languages of Norway only possess official status within the "Sámi language administrative district", alternatively translated as the "administrative area for the Sámi", and not throughout the Kingdom of Norway as a whole. Is a correction to the article necessary? 2A02:C7D:B612:AD00:E83C:C796:568:B426 (talk) 00:28, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Minor edit

Norway (Bokmål: Norge; Nynorsk: Noreg; Old Norse: Norvegr; Northern Sami: Norga; [...]

[...] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe comprising of the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, the arctic islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and the protected nature reserve of Bouvet Island.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.8.102.236 (talk) 02:46, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Climate

Why does Norway's climate map list the Csb climate? Nothing on the map has the associated color and I find hard to believe Norway would have that climate anywhere. I have heard of some spots having a Csc climate though. Could someone with the appropriate info look into this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Swinkels (talk • contribs) 21:32, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2022

The third paragraph describing Norway as neutral during the First World War is incorrect as the dates following it relate to the Second World War. Pyrotequila (talk) 07:28, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

I don't think you quite understand the sentence, what is meant is that Norway remained neutral until the second World War. --TylerBurden (talk) 07:39, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2022 (2)

(Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge) Adriannicolai07 (talk) 15:12, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

I guess that you mean that we should add that to the first sentence of the article. The short name is already there, in the most common/official langages, but in a note as it would be a bit too long and interfere with reading. Sjö (talk) 15:20, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Added WP:NPOV tag

@Profzed Hi, you added a neutrality tag to a sentence, but did not include an edit summary. Any thoughts or suggestions on how to make it better? TylerBurden (talk) 18:08, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

"He protected the constitution and liberties of Norway and Sweden during the age of Metternich."

I think the sentence in its current form presents him a liberal hero, if you will. Instead of saying, some have described as being XYZ, it presents it as fact that he protected the people's liberties. There is also an apparent contradiction with a succeeding sentence: "However, he was ruthless in his use of paid informers, the secret police and restrictions on the freedom of the press to put down public movements for reform—especially the Norwegian national independence movement". This makes me wonder whether the reference applies only to the "ruthless" sentence and an editor has inserted an unreferenced claim in front of it or if all of it is backed by the same source (see WP:CITEEVERYTHING).

Assuming the reference covers both, I think it could be changed to: "He has been described by some as having protected the Constitution and liberties of Norway and Sweden during the age of Metternich". If not backed by the reference, removal would make sense.

We would either need to track down when the sentence was first added (which would likely be too cumbursome) or get access to the source itself and personally verify the claim.—Profzed! 19:01, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

I think it is more likely that they reference backs the claim. Using WP:BLAME, dating back to at least August 2010, both statements have come together (along with the source). I would like to update my suggestion.

Original (from arcticle)

"He protected the constitution and liberties of Norway and Sweden during the age of Metternich. As such, he was regarded as a liberal monarch for that age. However, he was ruthless in his use of paid informers, the secret police and restrictions on the freedom of the press to put down public movements for reform—especially the Norwegian national independence movement."

Suggestion

"He was regarded as a liberal monarch for his time, having been described by some as having protected the Constitution and liberties of Norway and Sweden during the age of Metternich. However, he was ruthless in his use of paid informers and the secret police and restricted freedom of the press to put down public movements for reform—especially the Norwegian independence movement."—Profzed! 20:14, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Military - there is no longer an ISAF

Should be deleted Vaitape (talk) 00:41, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Vaitape Edited to reflect this. TylerBurden (talk) 14:18, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2023

Please change 'Norway is a Nordic country' to 'Norway is a Scandinavian country'. ~Tallulah (talk) 01:32, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Unless you have sources that say otherwise, the article on Nordic countries says "The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden" ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:38, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

They are both correct terms, the difference being "Nordic" is a wider term also covering countries typically not labelled "Scandinavian" like Finland and Iceland due to their ties with the Scandinavian countries which tends to be more exclusive to Denmark, Norway and Sweden. TylerBurden (talk) 02:12, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

oh. sorry. ~Tallulah (talk) 05:11, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Skagerrak

Intro:

"It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom"

What kind of map is this? You can either replace UK with Sweden (preferred) or replace Skagerrak with North Sea and then recount half of Europe... -82.83.23.141 (talk) 23:39, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 31 March 2023

I want to contribute something under "culture", where it talks about the "law of Jante" which has its own Wikipedia site.

This is what I wanted to write:

Norwegian society is highly affected by an unwritten law called the law of Jante (Janteloven). The unwritten law explains the social behavior to most Norwegians. The unwritten law's first two rules are 1. you´re not to think you are anything special. 2. You´re not to think you are as good as we are. Crispy-honey (talk) 23:51, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:54, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 April 2023

It says in the description of Norway that the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund is worth 1 trillion USD. But in reality it’s worth about 1.5 trillion USD (currently, as of April 25 2023, with today’a exchange rates, the value is 14.608 trillion kroner, equal to exactly 1.386 trillion USD. Such a significant difference should be noted on the Wikipedia page. 2A02:2121:30B:41A6:AD80:CE17:A3E8:A2AC (talk) 20:04, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:05, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

I found this reference https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-loses-164-billion-in-2022.html putting it at 1.3 as of January 2023. If you have a more recent reference, feel free to share. TylerBurden (talk) 16:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2023

Add the audio for the Royal anthem: Kongesangen.ogg (Just added the English subtitles). Ikmatt (talk) 19:41, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done M.Bitton (talk) 21:42, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

@Heavy Water: since the the YouTube video from which thr audio was apparently extracted is not free-use (I haven't checked), shouldn't be removed from

the Kongesangen article as well? M.Bitton (talk) 21:51, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for finding that. Heavy Water (talk • contribs) 21:54, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done. M.Bitton (talk) 21:56, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Issues with this slideshow

Turkbenizistan (talk) 10:53, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Length

At over 18 thousand words of readable prose, this article is too long to read and navigate comfortably. Some of the detail should be relocated to subarticles per WP:DETAIL. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:07, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

While this is a country article and I think some leeway can be offered to this guideline it has several sections that could be trimmed and instead have their main articles added as links where relevant or combined. Particularly the demographics section contains overly detailed statistics and repetitious content, looks similar to the problem Sweden used to have. Something could probably be done with the history section, such as combining sections to summarize a few different eras. TylerBurden (talk) 18:16, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2023

Minority groups in Norway include Sami, the Kvens, the Roma, as well as immigrant groups from Bosnia Herzegovina, Pakistan, Somalia and Turkey. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://minorityrights.org/country/norway/ 103.164.138.55 (talk) 22:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Several of these are already mentioned on the article, unclear why others are particularly WP:DUE. TylerBurden (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2023

Please change "The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1150–151 years" to "The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for over 1150 years". Extracosmonaut (talk) 11:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

I have changed age to 1151–1152 which currently displays as "1150-1151 years". This is better than a static "over 1150 years" because it is dynamic: next year it will say "1151-1152 years"
 EubieDrew  (talk)  ~  16:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done TylerBurden (talk) 19:20, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2023

The Forest Finns, Jews, Kvens, Roma and Skogfinn are officially recognized as national minorities according to Norwegian law. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://minorityrights.org/country/norway/#:~:text=Under%20Norwegian%20law%2C%20the%20Forest,officially%20recognized%20as%20national%20minorities.

https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/indigenous-peoples-and-minorities/national-minorities/id1404/ 5.180.179.8 (talk) 07:57, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: All of these groups are already mentioned in the article. Tollens (talk) 09:50, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Economy section

Which areas of Norway's economy has no state regulations? The article says a prosperous capitalist welfare state, it features a combination of free market activity and large state ownership in certain key sectors

There is well sourced data about the welfare state but not about areas of free market (supposing there is any of relevance)

Also, the line prosperous capitalist welfare state, should the word capitalist be there? 186.22.17.160 (talk) 11:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 June 2024

There's a typo in the "later modern period" section. At the end of the section, it's written "bourgeosie" instead of "bourgeoisie". 213.3.1.7 (talk) 08:25, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

I think it should be "bourgeois" instead of "bourgeoisie", since the former is the adjective and the latter is the noun, so that's what I've changed it to. Let me know if I'm wrong. Liu1126 (talk) 10:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

@213.3.1.7 here. Thanks for the correction. I found examples of both forms in dictionnaries. Here is an example of the "Bourgeoisie class" form.

But now that I think about it more, it looks like the intended orthograph is "bourgeoise class" as it only requires to switch two letters ; it seems like the best form to me. Triximix12 (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, using "bourgeoisie" as a noun adjunct is probably also grammatically correct. In the source text (The Civil War in Switzerland by Frederick Engels) Engles just used the word "bourgeoisie" independently as a noun. Since this sentence is a paraphrase and not a quote, I personally don't think the exact orthography matters much. I'm going on a wikibreak after today so I probably won't be able to read your reply, but feel free to reopen this request or open a new one if you think it's necessary, so others can weigh in. Liu1126 (talk) 10:30, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Outdated citation about the NSB

Under Economy and under Transport it says: "Airport Express Train are operated by Norges Statsbaner (NSB)." Sourced from 189 in the reference and it is from 2008. The problem is that the NSB no longer exists. Checking Airport Express Trains hyperlink shows that it no longer exists. Might be good to change and/or look into subject after our privatizing of rail during Høyre-coalition and stopping the privatization during our AP-coalition in recent times. Royal Respects (talk) 01:18, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I updated it and added a new source.Cashewnøtt (talk) 08:11, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Religion

world population review

There are Many studies that asked the Norwegian population what they believed in. 33% of Norwegians who are registered in the Norwegian Church are atheists or agnostics who have received the sacraments. It is not fair to report a graph on religion in Norway like this. According to estimates from 2024, 50-62% of Norwegians are non-religious. Pier1999 (talk) 02:18, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Personally think it's always best to use official statistics. Moxy🍁 02:20, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

No, because many of those who are enrolled today are atheists or agnostics. In the other pages, professional surveys that have been conducted among people are used. Not how many of them are baptized. Pier1999 (talk) 02:25, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

If one has to make a chart about religion in Norway, it should be done by citing studies that truly show what people believe in. This is how it's done on the pages of other countries. Pier1999 (talk) 02:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

What is done on the majority of pages is using official statistics rather than analysis done by small surveys. Let's see what others have to say. Moxy🍁 02:33, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

For my country (Italy), you used a Eurobarometer study which states that about 80% of the population is Catholic. But if we were to do as on this page, then we should write that 95% of the population is Catholic because 95% of Italians are baptized, thus part of the Church. However, in reality, they rightly used a European Commission study that interviewed thousands of people. Pier1999 (talk) 02:37, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, many pages report official data from academic studies or the European Commission. Not how many are baptized. Pier1999 (talk) 02:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

The majority of atheists or agnostics in the world are baptized. I am an atheist and I was baptized. A chart indicating religion in a country should cite studies where Norwegians state what their religion is. This is how it has been done on other pages! Pier1999 (talk) 02:29, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure you understand how these surveys work..... There is not a question about baptism.....its about your belief. Anyways we've been using official Norway published statistics for close to 20 years now. Moxy🍁 02:42, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

The statistics you are using are those of how many are members of the Norwegian Church. And many of these members today might be non-believers. Pier1999 (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Numerous studies, which I can provide, show that half of the Norwegian population today is not religious. Pier1999 (talk) 02:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

For example, a 2020 survey conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Statistics found that 39% of respondents considered themselves atheists or agnostics. Pier1999 (talk) 02:49, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Third party report on 2022 official numbers. Moxy🍁 02:54, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but in Norway, anyone who has received the sacraments is considered a member of the Norwegian Church. In addition to the fact that very few are practicing, even those who have become atheists/agnostics and were baptized and had communion are considered members. Do you understand what I mean? Pier1999 (talk) 10:08, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

"anyone who has received the sacraments is considered a member of the Norwegian Church"

This is not strictly true. The sacraments are a requirement for membership, but membership can be cancelled. Cashewnøtt (talk) 08:17, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but almost no one removes the sacraments because people don't care. In Italy, 95% of the population is baptized, but 84% are Catholic. The majority of atheists here are baptized as well, according to studies. Pier1999 (talk) 10:52, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

In Italy, 95% of the population is a member of the Catholic Church, but according to a study by the European Commission, only 80% are Catholic. About 15% of the members (people who are baptized and such) are now atheists and agnostics. This is what I mean; you can't rely on the number of Christians by considering church members. In many countries, even though they are secular, until 20/25 years ago, people were baptized and took communion as a social convention. Pier1999 (talk) 10:12, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

The article only states how many members there are in the Norwegian Church. It doesn't say how many people have declared their faith. My father is agnostic and has all the sacraments because he did them for social convention. he even got married in the church. He is considered a member of the Catholic Church. Pier1999 (talk) 10:16, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

In these surveys, does anyone ask the children and babies what they believe, or do we allow the parents to say what their kids believe? HiLo48 (talk) 10:28, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

In surveys, they usually consider people either from 18 years old or from 15 years old; they don't ask children. Anyway, I repeat that in the majority of the pages you used data from sociological entities, the European Commission, etc. All studies on samples of thousands of people. And they asked those people directly. Pier1999 (talk) 11:05, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

In the data on Italy, you used data from the European Commission. In fact, 80% of the population is actually Catholic, even though 95% are baptized. Pier1999 (talk) 11:06, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

In Norway, even 35% of the population doesn't even have baptism, so imagine how many are actually atheists or agnostics. Pier1999 (talk) 11:11, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Good news, the European Commission conducted a survey among Norwegians in 2024. You can find all the survey data on the Eurobarometer website. As of today, 62% of Norwegians declare themselves non-religious. I have included the source. Pier1999 (talk) 16:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

For now, I have updated everything, using the new data that shows fewer people are affiliated with the Church of Norway and, most importantly, for consistency, I have updated it to 63%. Anyway, as soon as I find important sociological studies on Norway and on how many are actually non-believers, I will link them here. Now I have things to do! Pier1999 (talk) 13:19, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

You'll need to get input from other people to implement these changes. Moxy🍁 18:12, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

So I will wait. However, I have many sources that show 62% of Norwegians are non-believers. Pier1999 (talk) 18:23, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

We are not into guess work here.. what we're looking for is accurate representation of the sources. [1]. Moxy🍁 18:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Um, okay. 62% of Norwegians declare themselves non-religious according to numerous surveys. So? Pier1999 (talk) 18:28, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Pls review WP:SYNTH... Lets quote the source When asked if religion was an important part of their lives, only 62% of Norwegians responded that it was. However, as is the case in many highly industrialized countries, a large number of Norwegians still culturally identify with Christianity without practicing the religion... Moxy🍁 18:33, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-religious-countries Pier1999 (talk) 18:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Not sure if your just pulling my leg or think I cant see the source ,,,but lets quote the source your using Religious people in Norway are mostly Christian, with 71.5% showing affiliations with Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official), 2.8% of people are Roman Catholic, and 3/9% practicing another denomination of Christianity. Muslims make up 2.9% of the Norwegian populous, 2% practice a different religion, and 16.8% of the population are unaffiliated with any faith. Like all people of Scandinavian origin, early Norwegians Norse Paganism. Missionaries brought Christianity to the area around the year 1000. Moxy🍁 18:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay, but the data still needs to be updated. More than 25% of the population in Norway is non-religious. I hadn't read the entire study, sorry. Pier1999 (talk) 18:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

"According to reports in The Local, the annual survey from Norsk Monitor revealed just 37 per cent answered yes compared to 39 per cent that answered no, when asked the simple question: “Do you believe in god?” Did you read my other source? Pier1999 (talk) 18:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/majority-of-norwegians-dont-believe-in-god/ Other source. Pier1999 (talk) 18:37, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Like many of my countryfolk, I am an apatheist. I hardly ever think about religion. That's not the same as not believing. Where would I fit into these surveys? HiLo48 (talk) 23:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

In the part of the indifferent! They created that too! Pier1999 (talk) 00:14, 7 August 2024 (UTC)