Category: Scandinavia
The buildings of this period, mostly in red brick with sandstone decorative features, show the influence of Dutch architecture: Kronborg Castle (1577-85), Frederiksborg Castle (1602-20), Rosenborg (1608-17), the Exchange …
The Lapps (Same or Samians), whose ethnic origin is the subject of dispute but who are probably part Mongol, live in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland and in Karelia …
The season for the Lofoten fisheries, for which thousands of fishermen gather with their boats, is from mid-January to mid-April. The main catch is cod (Norwegian torsk). From the …
These ore towns lie in the heart of Lapland. Here the coniferous forests have given place to expanses of open birch forestand great stretches of moorland and bog, with …
SURROUNDINGS. To the W of the town rises the hill of Byhaugen (76 m 250 ft; fine views), extending as far as the Ryfylkefjell to the NE. 3 5 …
The new church, built of brick and Swedish granite, was modelled after some of the German cathedrals and the churches of Lund and Ribe. Its most characteristic features are …
Province: Ostergotland Ian. Region: Ostergotland. Altitude: 40 m (130 ft). Population: 110,000. Postal code: S-58 Telephone code: 013. T Linkopings Turistbyra, Stora Torget, S-58223 Linkoping; tel. 12 02 79 …
County: M0re og Romsdal fylke. Altitude: see level. Population: 20,000. Postal code: N-6400. Telephone code 0 72. HOTELS. Alexandra, 207 SB; Romsdalsheimen, 50 Nobel, 48 Knausen Pensjonat Motell, 150 …
This is the most northerly region in Sweden, the largest, with an area of 120,000 sq. km (46,000 sq. miles), and the most sparsely populated. It extends for 600 …
Thus Scandinavia in the wider sense coincides with the geographical conception of NORTHERN EUROPE, a region of clearly marked individuality. If we disregard eastern Europe, there is no other …