NORWAY
In NORWAY neither geology nor climate are favourable to agriculture, and onlyjust over 3% of the country’s area is suitable for cultivation. In southern Norway corn and potatoes are …
Category: Scandinavia
Tampere Tammerfors Finland Map
Province: Hameen laani (Tavastehus lanHame). Altitude: 85 m (280 ft). Population: 175,000. Postal code: SF-33210. Telephone code: 9 31. Municipal Tourist Information and Con-gress Office, Aleksis Kivenkatu 14B; tel. …
Varmland Sweden Map
Provinces: Varmlands Ian, Orebro Ian. T Varmlands Turistrad, vS Box 323, S-65105 Karlstad; tel. (0 54) 10 21 60. The beauty of Varmland is in its scenic variety, its …
Ostersund Sweden Map
Ostersund, the only town in Jamtland and the administrative, economic and cultural hub of the province, is on elevated land above the E shore of the Storsjo. The town …
Traveling in Sweden
South German type, became the main type of animal ornament on the European continent. In Animal Style III, which developed in Scandinavia about 700, highly abstract animal figures are …
Denmark Travel Destinations
Economic and intellectual flowering. Copenhagen increases in importance as an international commercial centre. 174666 Frederik V. Under Frederik’s minister Count J. H. Bernstorff German influence in Denmark reaches its …
Lake Siljan Sweden Map
Lake Siljan, enclosed by gently rising hills with large areas of forest, lies in the heart of Dalarna (Dalecar-lia), with the Osterdalalv flowing in one end and out the …
Travel to Scandinavia
SURROUNDINGS. To the SE of the city (motor-boats from Market Square) is the Suomenlinna (Swedish Sveaborg) group of islands, with the remains of the 18th c. fortress. One of …
Setesdal Norway Map
Counties: Aust-Agder fylke, Vest-Agder fylke. The Setesdal (or Saeterdal), the valley of the Otteri (Otra), extends almost due N for a distance of 230 km (140 miles) from Kristiansand, …
History of Scandinavia
Only in quite recent years have detailed studies been published on the settlement of northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) in prehistoric and early historical times. In the …