Norway's Geographic Challenge

Stratfor discusses how Norway needs to secure interests in the north, which is important for its natural reserves and potential trade routes.
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[@AlternateHistoryHub]

I like Norwegians, they're probably the nicest Europeans

[@baddoggie101]

***** But you all need a big hug.

[@sannahtveitastl3827]

:3

[@Vanguard1-1]

Thanks man.

[@odinsssson]

thihi stop it - no keep em comming

[@Ceelxaar]

***** jepp, jeg bor i Norge, og synes nordmenn er veldig hyggelige.

[@huntersterling8623]

Norway's geographic challenge: Russia is the only country in between Norway and North Korea

[@robinsinpost]

+Hunter Sterling Russia is kinda big.

[@huntersterling8623]

Yeah i noticed. I heard it has the land area of pluto. Any truth to this?

[@kostam.1113]

+Hunter Sterling Actually that is truth, Russia is bigger than Pluto

[@johndesohn7973]

+The Black Pearl true

[@nakenmil]

+Hunter Sterling that made me legitimately laugh out loud. Thanks. XD

[@waynecarversr6375]

Never been outside USA but always loved the Scandanavian countries. Now my DNA ethnicity gives me 26% Scandanavia. Pretty sure some is in Norway. I love you Norway! From tiny Ironton, Ohio USA.

[@JonasGrene]

Hey that's awesome! Would love to have you some time, just make sure to bring a "nistepakke", because stuff's expensive if you're a tourist! :P

[@theviewfinder1652]

@@JonasGrene Packed lunch ? 😀

[@edgeldine3499]

Norway was one of the few countries that did oil extraction right ;)

[@budisoemantri2303]

And what's the others?

[@MarkyNomad]

@@budisoemantri2303 Building a ton of junk that will rot away once the money runs out. Dubai, Qatar, Saudi etc.

[@mildtoxicity]

Did you forget about the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard? It is an integral part of the country. I came here to learn something new about Norway. Disappointment.

[@earthakitt3661]

Obviously you already knew about Svalbard, so what's the point in you saying you wanted to learn something new?!??

[@TheGamingParadise22]

James Johansson HE WANTED TO LEARN SOMETHING ELSE NEW!!!

[@steelstanding8005]

After the Viking ages Norway joined in a Union With Sweden and Denmark, Swedes left after a while so Norway and Denmark was in Union for 4-500 years up to the Napoleonic wars, then we ended up on Napoleons side, we all know how that ended and Norway was given to Sweden as a Bounty by the big nations, then in 1905 we said nuff is enuff and had a smooooth revolution with the Swedes, wounded 0 dead 0. Rough resume of 1000 years of history. Pardon my typos...

[@NatureShy]

I live in the U.S. but Norway is like my dream country. It has so many beautiful mountains and fjords, much akin to our own here in the U.S. and Canada.

[@jayfawn8478]

ElementalFX hey I think US is better. lol

[@Mitchery]

jay fawn USA is hell in comparison to Norway.

[@EvilNeonETC]

I like these videos. Gets to the point, 100% educational. I also like your video format with the outro bit 👌

[@alexanderlehigh]

Wow, I didn't know Norway profited so much from offshore oil and gas reserves!

[@TheMist123]

So basically Norway's challenge is flying over some mountains to reach their new pots of gold. Nice.

[@soifon7000]

I wish we in Denmark also rejected EU membership, we would have been perfect trading partners.

[@SyndicateBrink]

If Sweden, Norway and Denamark all rejected EU membership and would've expaneded the NU for closer cooperation and trade then we would be some of the most richest countries in the world

[@navylaks2]

Nordisk Vision er stadigvæk på tegnebordet men Nordek røg den dag vi sagde ja til EU jeg tror bare at hvis vi havde beholdt Kalmar unionen ville vi blive ligeså imperialistiske som andre stormagter. Men prøv at tænke på de muligheder en skandinavisk union åbner. Danmark et kæmpe spisekammer + Olie/gas felter, Sverige store skovområder samt jernmalm Uran og Thorium. Norge Store olie/gas felter samt bjergområder fyldt med metaller. Finland skovområder samt Uran, Thorium of Sjældne Jordarter. Samtidigt grundet risfælleskabet ville Grønland også være en del af vores Union.

[@SyndicateBrink]

navylaks2 Gud vad det varit härligt asså. Skandinaviska Unionen/Nordiska Samväldet

[@navylaks2]

eELijaNilLs HD Plus jeg glemte at nævne grundet den globale opvarmning er det Aktiske hav nu isfrit 3 måneder om året hvilket giver os muligheder for et benytte Nord Øst Passagen. Dette er reduktion på 40% i forhold til Suez Kanalen plus at selv med Putin som styrende individ a Rusland i øjeblikket er en betydelig bedre deal end med De Muhammeddanske lande vi skal forhandle med. Der er ingen tvivl om at Egypten frygter en Nordisk Sørute.

[@augustd.3693]

Yeah.

[@alcanod]

why it doent show the northern islands, it should be consider in the geographic challenge of norway

[@beepbeeprustrust]

The industrial core lies in the west, not the south-east.

[@kjetilnyjordet7742]

Indeed, but the population lies in the south-east, though mainly east.

[@simonolthenorwegian]

I live at the west coast of Norway, and i see an oil platform atleast once a month!

[@Auge2011]

50 000 islands OMG. Could not believe there are so many of them certainly not by looking at the map

[@jokke_is_love6198]

They're incredibly small and spread along the whole coastline

[@fs30nord]

i dont think they know how meny there are. i have sean videos stating that there is over 200 000

[@jokke_is_love6198]

Oh? 200k surprises me lol

[@fs30nord]

well people say all kinds of stuff so its hard to know lol

[@silje8711]

I live on one of them lol

[@stan5250]

Migrants from the Middle East and Africa will increase the population of Norway.

[@Testostauren]

+Stanislav Dombrovsky Norway is very expensive. More likely to migrate to Sweden

[@stan5250]

Testostauren ok:)

[@hevnervals]

Norway is not expensive if you have a Norwegian salary. PPP per capita is higher in Norway than in Sweden.

[@augustd.3693]

They've already done it :(

[@HenrySims]

The colder climates are, the more developed you are, well, except for Russia.

[@HenrySims]

Fanrabbit That depends on the perspective. The UK for me is too cold. They seem both good countries for living except for the climate. Funny thing, Norway is more developed than the UK but Spain for example is also more developed than the UK so this rule has a bunch of exceptions.

[@HenrySims]

Fanrabbit Check the list of countries by Human development Index.

[@HenrySims]

Fanrabbit I have presented you the facts. Norway is the most developed country in the World. People there have the highest standard of living on Earth.

[@HenrySims]

Fanrabbit LOL I'm talking about living standards if you don't understand what the HDI is I can give you different data. GDP per capita Norway - 54,947 GDP per capita UK - 37,307 Life expectancy Norway . 81.9 Life expectancy UK - 81 I have so many different stats that show that living conditions are better in Norway that in the UK but if you're not wanting to understand them I guess this conversation is over.

[@vidarsaasen]

Fanrabbit I come from Norway, and i can tell you that there are almost no worries. Also our currency is strong, so we are filthy rich in some countries.

[@nightwalker40]

Hello Norwegians I wanted to ask I'm from Kosovo and I'm a DoubleBass player I want to study in norway and live there can somebody give some tips ? Plz

[@ickerolig]

Yes, it is. Considering their small population and the oil. Same goes for Sweden and the ore mines.

[@politicalchanel]

I know there is a lot of criticism about the CAP so I can understand those being unreasonable; I still hope that one day the EU will be attractive to Norway; if it comes about by reform within the EU itself to make it better, that would be all the more good

[@SIeipner]

That will never happen. EU is a lot less favorable now than it has ever been. This is why we haven't had any new referendum since 94. It's so bad that it's more likely that Norway leaves EEA than joining EU. This is mostly because of EU turning more and more authoritarian lately.

[@rugbyanden]

As a swede I can't help but feeling a bit irritaded at the deal that was made a while ago when the swe-nor union was broken. We get all the oil in the east and you get the oil in the west. What a brilliant idea! :(

[@larsp1985]

Challenges associated with Svalbard and the surrounding sea with natural resources on the sea floor should also have been mentioned. otherwise a sound summary of my country's geographic challenges.

[@AdstarAPAD]

Well yes the Iron was sweedish but: "German industry was heavily dependent on the import of iron ore from the northern Swedish mining district, and much of this ore was shipped through the northern Norwegian port of Narvik during the winter months. Control of the Norwegian coast would also serve to tighten a blockade against Germany." So germany invaded Norway to secure the Iron Ore imports that where sent from Sweeden through a Norwegan Port.

[@h3llo968]

I didn't know Norway had oil reserves. In NZ there's a lot of debate about whether or not we should drill oil off our coasts, as many people think there's too high of a risk of there being an oil spill and ruining our natural environment. I guess if a country as beautiful as Norway is prepared to do it then so can we.

[@Oddi92]

Well, the oil was first discovered December 23 1969. We started drilling in the 70's and a few catastrophes have happened. Costs in human lives: The worst one for Norway was in 1980 when a drilling-rig named Alexander L. Kielland capsized and killed 123 people. Security was naturally heavily increased after that, but all in all 287 people have died in work related accidents in the Norwegian petroleum industry from 1967 to 2010. The good news is that from 2000 to today, only 9 people have died in work-related accidents in the Norwegian petroleum-industry. New safety measures is constantly being made, slowing productivity, but increasing the safety. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_L._Kielland_(platform) The largest oil leaks: Ekofisk Bravo in 1977 with approx. 12.700 m3 Statfjord A in 2007 with approx. 4.400 m3 Statfjord C in 1989 with approx. 1.400 m3 Statfjordfeltet in 1992 with approx. 900 m3 Draugenfeltet in 2003 with approx. 784 m3 Just to show you the backside of the medal. If New Zealand decides to start drilling, the government should make sure to hold the big oil companies in a tight leash and make sure things are done in a safe way. The petroleum companies main concern is their income. So someone must force them to use the truly costly safety measures. I totally understand the scepticism, and in the northern areas of Norway, we are having the same discussion as you Kiwis in New Zealand. There's a lot of rare wildlife that a huge oil leak could damage. Still not as rare as New Zealand's wildlife though. The good part of it all is of course our profits, Norway has become truly rich and has the largest wealth fund in the world, which is money we save for the future, and to stabilize our economy. You can always see the fund's market value in the following link: www.nbim.no/en/

[@TheEk94]

do ypu have one on sweden would be fun to hear about it

[@Icarusdecending82]

Ummm, or the fact that they depend on the sea and can't inhabit most of their land. What happens if something were to happen to the fish population? They would depend on other nations to feed their people. Not a very enviable position. But at the same time, having a small population means you don't need as much food right?

[@TheWeirdNorwegianGuy]

"They are the same and speak the same language"... So you even know what you're saying? It's the same as saying that France and Belgium are the same. Or USA and Canada. Or Australia and New Zealand.

[@123biffer]

Norway demanded that the union with Sweden ceased to exist and declared war against Sweden and its ally Germany in 1905. Norway never wanted a union with Sweden in the first place, but the winners of the Napoleon war in 1814 thought it was an great idea to split Norway and give norwegian soil Greenland and Iceland to Denmark, and the rest of Norway to Sweden. All this just because Norway was in union with Denmark. And BTW it was Denmark which sided with Napoleon, not Norway. And because of that Norway started to make plans to end the Denmark-Norway union while the Napoleon war was still going on. Sweden also gave support to the nazis when the nazis invaded Norway in 1940. Prisoners from Norway were sent thru Sweden to concentration camps in Poland. The nazis also sent lots of weapon thru Sweden.

[@MarkyNomad]

At least Norway is best off out of the three today despite having a rough history

[@armzngunz]

No mention of the sami people?

[@nils-christiannilsen7115]

armzngunz Its no point they are a very smal part of the population. And 85-90% are Norwegian so no why should they?

[@armzngunz]

Nils-Christian Nilsen Because they are an important part of the history of northern scandinavia? And their homeland is stretched across 40% of Norway? And that Norway is looked up to because of their "good" work in recognizing indigenous peoples rights? Oh, and maybe because Norway hasn't always been goody two shoes, but has also been one of the "bad guys"?

[@nils-christiannilsen7115]

armzngunz In a history movie I would have agreed with you and yes Norwegians have not always been good to there minority population. But this is a 2min video about Norways geographic challenge, so it has not have to be included. Also 40%? of the landmass? Now you just make stuff up.

[@armzngunz]

Nils-Christian Nilsen No, the sami considers Finnmark, Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag as a part of their homeland, Sápmi. It wouldn't really take that much time to just say "And Norway is good at indigenous rights because of the sami" or something, wouldn't cost them more than two seconds.

[@guyfromthe80s92]

+armzngunz Oh quit your etnosentric bullshit. There never was a sami state, the sami people were nomads who formed no cities, and Norwegians has shared whats Norway today with the samis for thousands of years. You are not native americans.

[@Mr16thPrestige]

One of our biggest problems today is the governments unwillingness to spend money. The popularly dubbed "oil fund" (where the money made from our natural oil reserves is piled together) is larger than humanly fathomable and the main reason why Norway is the richest country in the world pr capita (even with only 5 million people, we actually have more money than the US government as a whole, and not just pr capita). Unfortunately, the government we've had for the past decade or so has been highly unwilling to dip into that fund, even the slightest. Our new government (elected 2013) are doing their best to fix this, and the budget for 2015 is higher than ever. Personally, whilst our military is by no means bad, I'm hoping for an increase in military spendings, then again, Norway are very close military allies of many countries, including the US, so if Russia decides to go after us once they're done taking Ukraine, we should be able to repell them. The main problem is of course that we border Russia in the far north, where our population is very low, and although we do have border protection there, we need more.

[@FrasierCraft]

The oil fund, also called the pension fund, was souly founded to prevent futurer crisis, and help avoiding declining in our constant economy. Also, it is meant to prevent Norway going bankrupt, or having to pay less in pension, which Sweden experienced in 2007, where they were in debt to their own population. Jens Stoltenberg, our former prime minister, educated State economist, says (along with other economist), that spending a higher percentage would increase the risk of inflation, which we have seen happening in both USA, UK and Spain. As of the Russian/Ukranina "invasion", there was no military action from Russia that took place in Ukraine. Pro militant inhabitants of Crimea, did however, take action against the suppresing military force of Ukraine. There was two votes at Crimea. Both asking the inhabitants if they wanted to join Russia. First time the vote was by Russia and Ukraine, second time it was by UN, excluding both Ukrainian and Russians state officials. Both votes resulted in a decisive Russian majority. As of history, we know that Crimea was Russian 50 years ago, and is mainly inhabited by Russians. Russia never took Ukraine, never invaded Ukraine, never took military actions against Ukraine. The inhabitants of Crimea did. The whole Crimean crisis is a conflict blown up, trying to set Russia in a bad light. And fighting fire with fire, never works. We do not need to invest in any more military. We have done far too much already, helping with the 131,916 civilian (03.11.2014 17:10) deaths in Iraq. Our two most right radical parties (capitalist/liberalist parties), want's to use less money on our military anyway, (which I personally find good), so it is weird that you support them if you think otherwise. Here is a fun fact that I think everyone should know. There have never been fewer deaths caused by war or conflicts as off today. We are declining in the number of conflicts, and political scientists believe that we are declining from the era of war, and going into a new era of peace. It seems to be that war is too expensive, and the profit of taking land is to low. Countries earn more on trading and diplomatic relationships. Just search it up yourselfes!

[@zadona254]

Plz, dont shout out propaganda like" russians taking over ukraine". russia has nothing to do with the situation in ukraine. it is merely Western/US propaganda trying to portrait the russians as a "new" soviet union. ofc which it is not.

[@Mr16thPrestige]

zadona254 What? Then what would you call tens of tanks and thousands of armed soldiers marching across Ukraine, and having surrounded the ukranian military? A friendly visit? You are cleary brainwashed by the russian regime. I wouldn't call it a new rise of the soviet union, but it is Russia being warmongering. They've invaded ukraine. All satelite image data, field reporters, video and photos as well as official reports from the ukranian military and population, confirms it. In fact, the only source that denies it, is the russian government. At first, Putin completely denied it. Recently, he's backtracked a bit, and said there "may be some people from Russian in Ukraine, but they're not Russian* ". (*like that makes any sense) Russian fighter jets have been flying closer and closer to the borders of it's neighboring countries, especially my own, Norway. Our military is now in crisis meetings to ramp up border security as well as make strategies and plan on what to do should Russian jets cross the borders (they are getting closer and closer, with gradually more aggressive flying)

[@zadona254]

Thomas Torrissen Please, Russia is feeling threatened. and so has a good reason to be, why did u Think this whole ukraine situation started in the first Place?. Do you Think russia whould have invaded ukraine ww2 style and taken control of a country that was in so much debt to US and EU that hell even china would rather nuke the Place then to having spending Money to save ukraine. And havent you stopped to ask yourself why russia, if you claim they "invaded" havent aready taken ukraine aready? you can honestly not think ukraine has a chance against russia in a military conflict do you? And i would like to mention to you to stop listening and beliving to all major european news channels /papers or whatever, as almost all of them are propaganda to demonice russia and/or the middle east. then going back to Ukraine you seem to Think Ukraine is a peaceful country whishing the best for everyone. Well..... i can tell you that is not the case. the entire ukraine goverment now are composed of Neo nazis, this has even been confirmed by european news (ofc these news have been silenced now) aswell as from the people of ukraine. I would like you to understand that russia is faced with an ultimatum from US and Ukraine, Eathier you let us kill the part of the population that are russian (Donetsk,Luhansk etc) or we impose sanctions against you. Reading between the lines is what has taught me alot in Geopolitics, and you should do the same.

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

Do not piss away money on military spending, god fucking damn. There are zero threats in the world that have required military intervention in the last 20 years at least. Maybe the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Maybe the genocide in the Balkans. That's it from now till WW2. Having a big military is a waste of money and just encourages shitty governments to send people off to die for no reason other than to try and make the fucking Americans happy. Norway does not need any serious military force.

[@meh23p]

How exactly is Norway trying to stifle the influence of continental Europe when they’re part of the European Economic Association, which means they have to follow every single EU regulation there is with few exception?

[@aulieance8003]

you say that as if the eu regulations has no limits. There are limits to what regulations can rule over and for some reason norway chose to be better off independent regardless. There are some things despite popular opinion that eu legisastions cant touch when independent. They cant just say jump and have us say ''How high?'' it's not how it works.

[@DaniboyBR2]

Why would someone read something out of a teleprompter to record audio?

[@Cappediem44]

Do a video about Sweden

[@alanvt1]

Ask again in a couple of years and the answer will be Where's that?

[@theboyuan0jcfan]

Ignored the Svalbard Islands

[@loisraymcinnis6006]

Notice how Norway, Sweden and Finland: it looks the same as Baffin Island.

[@cortwill4085]

You asked me if I was curious about Norway, and the answer is:NO

[@loisraymcinnis6006]

Thank you.

[@Icarusdecending82]

Well according to "The impact of World Trade Organization Agreements on fish trade", "Norway imports more than half its food needs." Why does that come to a suprise to anyone? A nation that far north, with so little arable land, must import food. Just like the people of Arizona have to rely on irrigation to get water in the desert. The Norweigan Lapps has 37,000 people, that is only 0.7 percent of Norway's total population.

[@OnumLCT]

What's the background song called? It's so catchy

[@AdstarAPAD]

Germany invaded Norway to gain control of Norways Iron Ore production. Norway did not discover oil untill after WW2.

[@BennoTheDutch]

That kind of music is mostly picked by companies because it is neutral (no lyrics) and not very distracting so that it can be easily used as background music. You'll find that -generally- if you watch a product video meant to be politically neutral, you'll probably hear something similar or something like mild trance.

[@Icarusdecending82]

No, Germany invaded Norway to secure a source of Iron Ore which was located in Northern Sweden. They needed the port of Narvik to easily get iron ore out of Northern Sweden and down the coast of Norway, via rail, to Oslo where it could easily be shipped to Germany. Keep in mind this is information gathered from the book, "The Ordeal of Total War" written by a British author.

[@zerozam73]

Exactly what norweigian iron ore production u talking about? In Sweden on the otherhand they mine a lot of Iron ore but Germans never invaded Sweden cause they threatened to blow up the mine in Kiruna.

[@randihansen3347]

Wrong. The king I Sweden was a nazist.

[@haakonjensen4824]

Get your facts right, we got our independents in 1814 when we got our own constitution. In 1905 we left the union with Sweden and got our own King.

[@НикитаКнязев-к6р]

Should have mentioned Spitzbergen

[@Maheshkangude]

most beautiful place on earth

[@greystash998]

i like norway.

[@galaxianknightoftheearth2285]

Thanks i live in Norway!

[@politicalchanel]

you went through hell? what did you do, go to war with Denmark?! I admit, I am ignorant on Norway's history; well, I know the big picture, but no details; still I doubt you went through greater hell to get your country than say Poland, Croatia, Ireland, Greece, etc. All countries that are in the EU now; as far as I know, being in the EEA, you follow all the rules of the EU; except for fishing and agriculture; are those the rules you find unreasonable?

[@steelstanding8005]

In 1108 the Norwegian King sacked Lisabon from the moors and held it for 3 years before moving on towards the Holyland, it was the only Norwegian Crusade. that was a Christian force with the King and his army/navy, after Jerusalem he went up to Bysant where he gave away the fleet to the ruler and rode home through Europe. After him it was atleast a 150 years of civil war and the end of our Royal bloodline, after that it was unions with Sweden and Denmark on and of up to our day, roughly

[@kirankotari1652]

I'm here after watching blogger Harald baldr

[@HDLayzz]

Norway made it thru all the hell

[@zadmku]

i like how i didn't have to watch a guy read off a teleprompter in this one. Bravo!

[@rosisalerno]

VGBB

[@AdstarAPAD]

Australia's interest in Asia is for no Asian nation to dominate Asia. But for there to be a ballance of opposing forces thereby ensuring peace. China has not yet come near to the milirary strengh it needs to dominate Asia. Plus China has been doing all it can to create an alliance against it by it's support of Pakistan and it's actions in the south china sea and it's threats to take Japanese islands. Australia wants a ballanced prosperious Asia as a marketplace for it's resources.

[@elgringorumbero]

What's with the new-age music at the end of theses videos?

[@TheMetalfreak360]

Oh yes, our papers (like newspapers and tabloids) just writes about the silliest things, and we worry about the smalest incident, which just shows that we have it too good for out own good.

[@alexhammerbekk]

so south eastern norway is the hartland ey, sharpens knife and curses in western dialect

[@DoctorKosmo]

Norway is a hard place to populate? Dude, Norway are the country in Scandinavia with largest growing populace at the moment (even though 40% of it comes from immigration)

[@julesworld1]

Traditionally, because of the rugged terrain and cold climate.

[@kuhukost5800]

Hahaha, the reason it is "hard to populate" is because people just don't want 10 kids.

[@milenumilena]

Most of the Norwegians I know have atleast 3 kids. You will not have a problem having many children: school is free, housing is not expensive, when you give birth to a child you receive 6 thousand dollar from government. Monthly you receive 150 dollar for each child until they become 18 years old. After birth for a complete one year, the parents will receive walfare. So I don't see any economic reason not to have children, except for if you don't want children.

[@torkarlsen4618]

i want north Norway to be one contery

[@victorvinjenystrom]

Would probably go bankrupt. There is nothing to make money from up there other than fishing and tourism.

[@torkarlsen4618]

and halv of norways oil

[@victorvinjenystrom]

tor karlsen LOL not even 3%

[@torkarlsen4618]

U WOT M8

[@torkarlsen4618]

DO YOU EVEN OIL M8

[@AdstarAPAD]

New age music? What makes new age music new age?

[@Shaikailash1]

Foreign citizens in Norway constitutes 8,8% of the whole population, 449 000 out of 5 051 000 residents. 77 000 are polish, the largest group, and 44 000 are swedes, the second largest one, which you should't really consider as immigrants: they are the same and speak the same language (think of it as a dialect). If you take into account Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, then we have a figure which is 14,1% and it's nothing special compared to other European countries.

[@wizltheblondealien675]

jeg elser norge

[@aEditorsGlory]

elsker* ;)

[@wizltheblondealien675]

kjeft behage :( jeg laering norsk

[@aEditorsGlory]

Ok, lykke til :)

[@KptSabeltann]

Wyatt Bakke Lykke til ;) Hard language to learn ;)

[@jkk3706]

Christopher Dvergsdal Ikke i det hele tatt :)

[@ChannelTheGamer]

Only problem is it's located on the planet Hoth.

[@aslaksockcraft]

yes we are

[@Dovenpeis]

Except in Norway you cannot quite trust official figures regarding immigration. They always try to make immigration look better than it actually is. For example, the official immigrant population figure of 14.1 % does not correspond with other official figures such as population growth and Norwegian women's fertility rate. The population has increased from 4 to 5 million, but for decades the fertility rate has hardly been enough to sustain the population, and 1 million is 20 % of the population

[@thatsenoughreally4609]

really, are you serious? all norwegians eat is fish? they protect their farmers to an extent that they do not buy their produce from other countries, and have you ever heard of the norwegian food bank? i doubt if there were some catastrophe norway would bw the only ones to suffer, besides have you ever heard of the concept of working together with others to survive, and on another note, the reason that most of its northers geography isnt occupied, have you heard of the lapps, thats where they r.

[@punitkundalia404]

I like Norway

[@hamzaabbas7150]

Leaving EU is a stupendous mistake on Norway side.

[@TheKristian1996]

Norway never joined the EU. And why is it such a bad thing?

[@blueNet101]

Yes, that is true.

[@Prometheukles]

Switzerland please =) Oh and the US would be sweat too =))

[@viktorjohansson2788]

Do sweden :)

[@ragnarthelibrarian]

We suggested we would share the oil and you share Volvo, Saab and IKEA. But you didnt want to so now you can be sorry, HAH!

[@larshakonslette2760]

Oil didn't make the norwegians rich. Fish and tertiary industry did.

[@joachimfure8030]

Thats partley true, we did become INSANLEY rich with the discovery of oil, but we barley use the oil money and would be fully able to run the country as it is today without the oil money, BUT Its a pretty awesome saftey net to have and we dare to spend more money then we would otherwhise.

[@baddoggie101]

The addition of 20% additional discretionary spending to a peoples income has a substantial effect on how well they live.

[@baddoggie101]

***** You are a nasty person.

[@baddoggie101]

***** Truly are a nasty person.

[@kjetilnyjordet7742]

***** "For the latter Norway is a pretty poor country". No. For the latter, Norway is an even richer country.

[@mathiashst8439]

actuality Denmark sold the big oil area in the north sea to norway to help them economical. that was the stupiest thing Denmark ever did and Denmark could be a superpower today if they steel got norway, sweden, finland and the uk but unfortunately they got no of them today :(

[@kuhukost5800]

False.

[@mathiashst8439]

nope it´s the truth

[@kuhukost5800]

When did you own Sweden, finland and the UK? Besides almost all the europian countries has owned a lot of land before. Like for example Norway, before Denmark conquered them right after the black death, they owned big parts of sweden, some of Denmarks sea-areas, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and some British Islands + some Russian and finnish territories. Denmark got the power and gifted away maybe 1/10 of todays Sweden from Norway to them, and gifted away some russian territories from Norway to Russia. And when Norway were given to Sweden because you supported Napoleon you kept Greenland, Iceland, Sea-areas, Faroe Islands, and the British Islands. Norway would have been bigger than Russia (if you count with the parts of the Antartica that Norway 'owns') if you hadn't attacked while Norway were at it's weakest. As an example. Most countries has it this way, not just Denmark :)

[@mathiashst8439]

densilex the kalmar union was started and controlled by the danes.and yes the danes owned the uk but not ireland and it was only for about 40 years. and norwey never had ireland. actuallity in some parts of scotland they speak a combination of danish and english.

[@mathiashst8439]

kuhuk ost you need to read the history books again, because all that you copied from wikipidia is rubbish

[@ragnarthelibrarian]

Become a US state? Sure, millitary security guaranteed.

[@andreaseie8650]

IT IS NOT A SUPER BIG PROBLEM UP IN NORWAY BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS OK

[@ANorwegianGamer1]

What? Norway? Never heard of it.

[@KillinatorPlay]

We're not really that lucky... :/

[@politicalchanel]

you live WHERE?! northern NORWAY? how the hell do you live north of the arctic circle? what do you live off of? wait, are you saami? then never mind i asked; if not, then again, how do you make a living? I am going to assume there hasn't been any night time there since you posted that comment has there?

[@jegheterikkeida]

Yeah it is nice.

[@peterwang5196]

Arctic beltway project Norway Russia and China great partners go

[@deathhownterz3590]

Im from there xD

[@thatsenoughreally4609]

edit... seed bank, not food bank...lol

[@prestefa1]

norway fuck yea

[@rugbyanden]

You know that is not how it goes down. Does Iraq or Afghanistan seem secure to you? ;)

[@orgonsolo6291]

What kind of Stratfor is this? No Svalbard!

[@Mrblackie59]

Hello C I A S T R A T F O R...tell to the people also how Russia fight the nazy and freed Norway in WW2..

There is NO CHALLENGE!!! the only CHALLENGE ISJEWMERICA!!! NUKE THE MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@akonproduce]

Stil think that 13 percent is abit much.

[@robinchwan]

norway. Rich supply of Heavy water. also a great Strategic spot in the ww2. that is the reason Germany invaded norway. England wanted to take over norway for the Strategic spot. Germany got there first. end of story.

[@strahdzarovic2138]

Norway's challenge is being bordered to Islamic Sweden.

[@robinchwan]

there is no hype. it's just alot of the rules eu put out are in Our thoughts unreasonable. also we went through hell to get Our country. we want independance. therefore eu is out of the question.

[@nicholascooper945]

Yurop stronk

[@KickAndDestroy]

GTS

[@Koi-mf3nm]

Estonia is a nordic country...

[@qTHEGAMERp]

HAHAHAHA, good one

[@Koi-mf3nm]

No it really is...

[@qTHEGAMERp]

WhyNotDerpy nordic country, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and iceland

[@Koi-mf3nm]

Estonia*

[@qTHEGAMERp]

WhyNotDerpy i dont bother myself with poor countries

[@eirikborlaug3386]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL

[@oujisanhikari18]

Lol norway..

[@cortwill4085]

Bye 😒🚶

[@88kjk75]

WTF, exploratin?!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Norway is "one of the richest countries in the world"?

[@politicalchanel]

anti-EU sentiment is all hype and no substance; the EU is a great thing in the long term; I emphasize long term: the crisis does not define the EU and those that think that are silly; i find it unfortunate that Icelanders and Norwegians would fall to this hype; I hope Iceland and Norway join the EU some day; constantly adding ex-communist countries is not good; a little addition of some prosperous western nation would be a nice change;