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Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a coastal city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound, founded in 1651, with a 2020 population of 91,184 and an oystering and seaport heritage.
Norwan Dorsa
Norwan Dorsa is a 450-km-diameter ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 65°N, 163°E, in the northern lowland plains, named in 1997 for Norwan, a light goddess of the Wintun people of California.
Norway
Norway (Norge/Noreg), a Nordic constitutional monarchy on the western Scandinavian Peninsula with Svalbard and Jan Mayen; population about 5.55 million, capital Oslo, NATO founding member, major oil and gas exporter outside the EU.
Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina, 6–22 Feb 2026): Norwegian team won a record 41 medals, 18 gold, led by Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's six cross-country golds; third straight Games topping the medal table.
Norway Chess 2026
Norway Chess 2026, the 14th edition, was held 25 May–5 June 2026 at Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo, its first edition outside Stavanger. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the open event and Bibisara Assaubayeva the women's tournament.
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026: NRK selected Jonas Lovv with "Ya Ya Ya" via Melodi Grand Prix 2026 in Lillehammer; he placed 4th in semi-final two with 206 points and 14th in the Vienna grand final with 134 points.
Norway national football team
Norway men's national football team (Norges herrelandslag i fotball), NFF-run, FIFA member since 1908. Four World Cups: 1938, 1994, 1998, 2026; Olsen era 1990–98; Solbakken's perfect 8/8 qualifying, 2026 quarterfinal run behind Haaland's 7 goals.
Norway women's national football team
Norway women's national football team, one of only two teams to win the World Cup, European Championship, and Olympic gold, is coached since 2024 by Gemma Grainger.
Norway–European Union relations
Norway–EU relations center on the EEA Agreement (in force 1994), giving Norway single-market access without membership after two referendum rejections (1972, 1994), under a two-pillar institutional structure with limited formal influence.
Norway–Russia border
The Norway–Russia border, also called the Norwegian-Russian or Storskog border, is a 197.7 km Arctic land border established by the 1826 St. Petersburg convention, crossed only at Storskog–Borisoglebsk and patrolled by the Garrison in Sør-Varanger.
Norway–Russia maritime boundary treaties (Barents Sea)
The Norway–Russia maritime boundary treaties are agreements delimiting the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean between Norway and Russia, culminating in the 2010 treaty signed in Murmansk.
Norway–Sweden border
Norway–Sweden border: the roughly 1,630 km land frontier (Europe's longest between two countries), fixed by the 1751 Treaty of Strömstad, marked by stone cairns, a customs border since Norway is outside the EU, and open to travel under Schengen.
Norwegian Academy
The Norwegian Academy can refer to either of two Norwegian learned societies: a language academy founded in 1953 and a science academy founded in 1857.
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is a Norwegian low-cost airline headquartered near Oslo. It was Europe's third-largest low-cost carrier at its peak, and acquired regional airline Widerøe in January 2024.
Norwegian Americans
Norwegian Americans, descendants of the nearly 1 million Norwegians who emigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1920, beginning with the 1825 sloop Restauration, concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Minnesota.
Norwegian Aqua
Norwegian Aqua is a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, delivered in 2025 as the first Prima-Plus Class vessel, known for the Aqua Slidecoaster.
Norwegian Armed Forces
Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Norway's military, led by the Chief of Defence with 13 branches including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Home Guard. Roots in the 10th-century leidangen; NATO member since 1949; gender-neutral conscription since 2015; NOK 1,854 billion long-term plan 2025–2036.
Norwegian Army
Norwegian Army (Hæren), land branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces, founded by Christian IV's 1628 army ordinance. Currently building Brigade Nord, Finnmarksbrigaden, and Brigade Sør; fields 54 new Leopard 2A8 NO tanks; distinguished by Arctic-capable troops and the Cold Response winter exercises.
Norwegian ballads
Norwegian ballads (Norwegian: middelalderballader) are medieval narrative folk songs with refrains, traced in Norway to the 1200s, with 265 ballad types and about 1,500 recorded melodies collected by 2016.
Norwegian banking crisis
The Norwegian banking crisis was a systemic banking crisis from 1988 to 1993, in which 13 banks failed and the state took over the three largest by 1992.
Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a Norwegian literary prize awarded each November by the Norwegian Booksellers' Association, first given in 1948 and voted on by booksellers nationwide.
Norwegian butter crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis was a late-2011 butter shortage in Norway caused by rainy-summer milk shortfalls, low-carb diet demand, and high dairy import tariffs, with prices reportedly reaching €350 per 500-gram pack before a temporary duty cut.
Norwegian campaign
Norwegian campaign (9 April–10 June 1940): Germany's Operation Weserübung invasion of Norway, opposed by Norwegian, British, French, and Polish forces; ended in Allied evacuation, Norwegian capitulation, Quisling's coup, and occupation until 8 May 1945.
Norwegian Coast Guard
Norwegian Coast Guard (Kystvakten): military coast guard within the Royal Norwegian Navy, based at Sortland and Bergen; 15 vessels, 1,000+ staff, fisheries and Svalbard Fisheries Protection Zone enforcement, SAR, and six new MH-60R helicopters.
Norwegian Continental Shelf
The Norwegian Continental Shelf is the seabed area under Norwegian jurisdiction in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea, and Western Europe's most important petroleum province.
Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature
The Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen for litteratur) is a set of five annual literary awards given by Norsk Kritikerlag, the Norwegian Association of Critics, since 1950.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line, originally Norwegian Caribbean Line, is a Miami-based cruise line founded in 1966 by Knut Utstein Kloster and Ted Arison, credited with launching the modern cruise industry.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is a Miami-based cruise company operating Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the world's third largest cruise operator.
Norwegian cuisine
Norwegian cuisine is the cooking tradition of Norway, rooted in self-sufficiency. It grew from the necessity of preserving seasonal surpluses of fish, grain, and meat in a marginal, cold climate.
Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, also known as Forsvarsmateriell, is the government agency that procures and manages materiel for the Norwegian Armed Forces, established in 2016.