A Super Quick History of Norway

[@matthewstrick2697]

Every time we get a weirdly timed late night Mr History video in America I’m just like “….oh thank God I needed that”

[@el_chico1313]

as a swiss i always tremble at norwegian presence in the winter olympics

[@theroomofwall1162]

:3

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

as a Finn I can relate!! :/

[@ashadowperson9905]

As a norwegian: :)

[@keithwald5349]

But hey, as Germanic peoples, you share so much cultural and linguistic origins, like the word "berg." That word works from Holland all the way to Iceland!

[@Moopie580]

​@@keithwald5349True, but the word is actually interestingly quite different in Norwegian. In other Germanic languages the word can mean both mountain/hill, while in Norwegian it only means hill. The standard word for mountain is fjell, though thats slightly dependent on dialect. Its still understandable for every Norwegian, but as a Eastern Norwegian i dont think ive ever used the word

[@131alexa]

Credit to Norwegian explorers and navigators. A Norse settlement (L'Anse aux Meadows) of ~1000 years ago has been found and excavated in Newfoundland. In the early 20th C Roald Amundsen not only led the first party to reach the South Pole but also the first expedition to sail successfully through the North-West Passage. ❄🇳🇴

[@ioan_jivan]

Norway is just the top country for living a cozy life.

[@DimitrisKormis]

Love Norway amazing country 🇬🇷🤝🇸🇯

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

You are not descended of ancient greeks

[@eleutheriafasoulaki9612]

@@qerqiztopulli1708 Said the albanistani, descendent of turks in Balkans

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

@@eleutheriafasoulaki9612 we wr3 descnded of illyrians

[@GMHowitzer]

I love Norway, in fact even learning Norwegian and planning on moving there 🇺🇸🤝🇳🇴

[@poomasterlol6953]

​@@GMHowitzer good choice 👌

[@CeliaBordeaux]

The history of Norway I never knew I needed. Thank you.

[@2Zemog]

Great video! I'm getting married in that gothic cathedral at 1:35 next summer 😊

[@barakdan1858]

Mazal Tov

[@Rebel940]

I love Trondheim. Such a beautiful city.

[@karahwall]

How was the wedding 😅❤

[@2Zemog]

@@karahwall Thanks for asking, it went so much better than I could have dreamed of. It was an incredibly joyous day.

[@christhegamingdude3491]

The Convention of Moss is really facinating acctualy, without it Norway wouldnt have its constitution in the Union with Sweden. Also, the Norwegian King at that time lived in Moss at the iron works main office building until the end of the war with Sweden. It was also in this building where they designed the Convention, but it was signed in another city.

[@splitsee2526]

Ah, back to one of my favorite youtubers for learning nations. Hopefully you upload once a week.

[@sofiaverdes9886]

I love Norway.And i must thank you for this video.

[@runeskogstad6927]

Great video. Greetings from a Norwegian living in Thailand.

[@eileenliu9778]

First time here. Fun-filled, brief video!!!

[@margaretkairu7418]

I LOVE your videos.

[@burebor9940]

Excellent video

[@Aidan_Au]

Thank you, Mr. History! Please do a video for Sweden and Hong Kong as well

[@sevvyk]

Sweden coming real soon

[@Mapping-Gamer]

I remember This Country, Norway when one of My Teachers at My Summer Camp talked about that it has long Daylight During the summer. And I also Remember that My Dad Talked to Me about The German invasion of Norway During WW2. By The Way, Nice Video. Love Norway 🇺🇸♥🇳🇴

[@doxzdo_games5935]

Oh yes I am Norwegian, there is not too much sun at night down south, but if you go further north like Bodø or Andøya, you will see a weak sunset every night, all night in the summer.

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Norway must be the only country on earth not named after the people who live there, but how to sail futher north.

[@Tjalve70]

There are two theories about what the name "Norway" comes from. The generally accepted theory, is that it means "The way to the north". I find this to be extremely unlikely. One reason, is because nobody needed to go north, so it would be a nonsensical name to give. Another reason is because generally, (before the age of colonization) people tended to name their own land. And for someone living in a place, their land isn't the way to anywhere. The theory I support, says that the "o" in "Norway" is different from the "o" in "north". In Norwegian, the "o" in "Norge" (Norway) is pronounced as an "å" (or similar to the German "o"). Whereas the "o" in "nord" (north) is pronounced as an "o" (or similar to the German "u"). So if "Norway" was supposed to mean "north", then the pronunciation would be different. It is much more likely that the name is based on a very special (possibly unique) geological feature in the area. A geological feature that was very important for travel, and thus also for trade. At that time, the name "Norway" was only used for the southern and western coast of southern Norway. And in that area, there are a lot of fjords, and also a lot of islands just next to the coast. This row of islands will allow ships to sail up and down the coast without having to go all the way out into the open ocean, where both wind and waves would be a lot more dangerous. So it would make a lot more sense that this area would be called "The narrow way". While we currently do not have a Norwegian word meaning "narrow", that also sounds like "narrow", we have the word "nær", which means "near". And in Dutch there is the word "naar", which means "unpleasant". And these words are sufficiently similar to "Norway", that I will claim that is the most likely origin of the name.

[@lygialainfiesta794]

Ohh the sceneries!! Chef kiss 💋 but I'm afraid of snow.

[@Moopie580]

Snow is no danger, the only real problem is ice, but shoe spikes are easily accesible if needed ! !

[@ragooFTD]

His name is Nils olav and he deserves a high ranking in the military 😢

[@TylerAStinson]

4:09 Mayhem…nice

[@Norge_1]

Did not know he made a video about my country👍

[@Xiao-vb9tb]

welp this helps me with my school work

[@nacheefoxy8388]

Thank you for this video

[@Uma06]

You forgot "a-ha" as a very famous and accomplished Norwegian band. Cheers from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 ✌️

[@Tjalve70]

The more we can forget about them, the better.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Exactly! Fantastic a-ha - and I say it as a Norwegian.

[@ahkkariq7406]

@@Tjalve70 And what exactly have you accomplished?

[@Tjalve70]

@@ahkkariq7406 Do I have to accomplish anything in order to dislike a-ha?

[@ahkkariq7406]

@@Tjalve70 Snakk i det minste for deg selv. Bytt ut "vi" med "jeg".

[@nothingtoseeher3e3]

Who Else is from norway, likes=norweigan people

[@michaelvonreich74]

Norway is the real first world country

[@TorgerVedeler]

And Norway has the best goat cheese in the universe! 🇳🇴

[@Stealth_Pilot]

Lets gooooooooo Norway

[@ultra_axe7812]

The civil war era is generally agreed opon to have lasted 110 years

[@DavidMarkovic646]

Next video about serbia maybe? We hew really cool history

[@RespectTheLogos3]

Serbia comes after Senegal. He’s doing the countries in alphabetical order, so Oman is next.

[@josealves2128]

I missed mentioning that Iceland and the Faroe Islands were discovered by norwegians, but OK.

[@joezegers]

Fun fact: Norway’s prisons are more like rehab places.

[@Tjalve70]

Isn't that what prisons should be?

[@Bjornsgard]

4:09 you should have included Ingebretsen and håland

[@orvehagheim1647]

trust me, that peguin guld beat my and your a$s at the same time

[@ELIZADA-]

I just knew mayhem was going to be here

[@Max-cx2dl]

I’m sad Mayhem was mentioned as opposed to Darkthrone or Burzum, better than nothing I suppose

[@ELIZADA-]

@@Max-cx2dlsame burzum was extremely influential

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

Can you answer me a question? :(

[@alicebackman7226]

sweden next?

[@mystify03]

u mention the sport part at the end, but u dont include haaland xD literally our biggest sports star

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

You forgot to mention that they have lots of oil.

[@phav1832]

Thus the comfortable lifestyle . . .

[@josealves2128]

And, we're done with the letter N. Oman is next.

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

gonna tell you something shokcing : illyrians didn't used alphabet or any wriiting system but was made by greeks . The albanians have the same language with albanians for exaple : thika in albaniah means knife or sword . The king bardhyll (bardh yll) in albaniana meana white star. The shkodra lake kodra (kodra) in albanian means mountian where are mountians. Ths dalmatian tribe comes from the albanian word sheep, the arbani(arvanite in greek) comes from the albanian word worked field other words shepherd, dardani(dardh)in albanian means pear

[@DavidMarkovic646]

Ah that is sam as in salvs history greeks helped us to

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

@@DavidMarkovic646 ancient greks not modern

[@DavidMarkovic646]

Day 2: maybe next video will be about serbia we in serbia have really cool history

[@mysteryoftime24]

he makes videos of the countries in order of the alphabet, so...

[@awabezeldin9423]

Can plseas do Susan nubia

[@Io46and2]

❤

[@TecnoGearMusic]

So you decided to use the rolling R to pronounce Bergen? We use the "skarre R", thats similar to the german r

[@Tjalve70]

I would say Germany uses the "rolling R", while France (and Bergen) uses the "rasping R".

[@wiktor3017]

Sweden please

[@snorreproductions]

skipped the napoleonic wars :(

[@Tjalve70]

Hence "super quick".

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

😮

[@hamadagaming1520]

Mr history can you do history of Oman 🇴🇲

[@DavidMarkovic646]

He already did it

[@lllliiilllliiillll]

home

[@Bozewani]

i never knewnorway well thank you for mentioning it still waiting for russia and south africa

[@recethecrazy7972]

NORDIC

[@Nalhirrim]

🇩🇰🤝🇧🇻

[@andreiiiksavvv6054]

Black metal is their greatest accomplishment

[@Northy777.]

Hello everyone, welcome to, RUUUUUUUUAAAAA

[@3pleiss]

No way 😂

[@FallsGaming]

I basically got the best spawn and im doing fuck all with it lol.

[@RespectTheLogos3]

Norway is generally a happy and peaceful country that invests in North Sea oil. The only time the nation lost its spirit was in 2011 when a left-wing terrorist attacked a summer camp on the island of Utoya. Next is the Middle Eastern country that took over the Swahili coast and the only one beginning with O… Oman! 🇴🇲

[@formicidaeinc.8075]

A left wing terrorist? Lmao tf are you smoking man?

[@AndersLH]

He wasn't left wing. He was as right wing as you could possibly get. He was straight up a neo-nazi and an islamophobe. The children he killed on Utøya were members of the left-wing Labour Party in Norway.

[@binbasesatoktayyldran5236]

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[@margaretkairu7418]

second

[@greystonemandaniel]

Fourth

[@bettafishlive1]

Very high suicide ratr

[@Moopie580]

No, that is a common misconception. Norway ranks 71st(high to low ranking order) in suicide rate with 9.9 per 100,000 commiting suicide. Its behind major countries like the US, Canada, Australia, Russia, South Korea, India, DR Congo, Japan, and the second lowest of the Nordics.