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Top 10 Norwegian Cities/Regions:
Oslo

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Norwegian
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Cultural Insight

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NORWEGIAN
1.

Oslo

2.

Oslo er hovedstaden i Norge og strekker helt tilbake til 1048-tallet da kong Harald III
grunnla byen. Som landets hovedstad er byen et knutepunkt for konomi, shipping, og
industri. Den spiller ogs en viktig rolle i den maritime nringen og i den kulturelle og
vitenskapelige verden.

3.

Byen ligger like ved munningen av Oslofjorden. Fjorden ligger p srsiden av byen og
Oslo er omgitt av ser og fjell p de andre sidene. To sm elver flyter inn i byen, og om
lag to tredjedeler av omrdet er fredet for dyreliv.

4.

Byen har blitt delagt i brann flere ganger, men har alltid blitt gjenoppbygget. Den siste
brannen var i 1624 og varte i tre hele dager. Kong Christian IV erklrte da at byen ikke
skulle bygges opp igjen og beordret alle byens innbyggere til flytte tvers over fjorden til
Christiania, en ny by like utenfor Oslo. Byen beholdt sitt navn Christiania fram til 1925 da
det ble offisielt endret tilbake til Oslo.

5.

I dag er Oslo hjem til en rekke kjente museer, deriblant Munch-museet, hvor Edvard
Munchs bermte "Skrik" maleri er utstilt. Andre store museer i byen inkluderer Norges
Nasjonalmuseum og Vigeland-museet.

6.

Det som Oslo er trolig mest kjent for er vre den byen der Nobels fredspris blir gitt ut
hvert r. Tradisjonelt har byen ogs blitt kjent ved gi et juletre som gave hvert r til en
rekke byer rundt om i verden, inkludert Washington D.C., Antwerpen, Reykjavik, New
York og London.

ENGLISH
1.

Oslo

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2.

Oslo, Norway is the capital city of Norway. It dates all the way back to 1048, when King
Harald III founded the city. As the nation's capital, the city serves as Norway's hub for the
financial, shipping, and industrial sectors. It also plays an important role in the maritime
industry and the cultural and scientific worlds.

3.

The city lies right at the mouth of Oslofjord Bay. The fjord is on the south side of the city,
and Oslo is surrounded by hills and mountains on all other sides. Two small rivers flow
into the city, and about two-thirds of it is actually protected wildlife area.

4.

The city has been destroyed by fire several times, but it was always rebuilt. The last fire
was in 1624, and it lasted for three whole days. King Christian IV decreed then that it
should not be rebuilt, and he ordered all the city's residents to move across the bay to
Christiania, a new city just outside of Oslo. The city retained its name of Christiania until
1925, when it was officially changed back to Oslo.

5.

Today Oslo is home to a number of well-known museums, including the Munch Museum,
which is where Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, is exhibited. Other major
museums in the city include the National Museum and the Vigeland Museum.

6.

The one thing Oslo is probably best known for is being the city where the Nobel Peace
Prize is given out each year. Traditionally, the city also made a name for itself by gifting a
Christmas tree each year to a number of cities around the world, including Washington,
D.C., Antwerp, Reykjavik, New York, and London.

VOCABULARY
Nor w e gian

English

C lass

fjord

fjord

noun

maritim

maritime

gaver

gifting

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opptjene

retain

sektor

sector

fjellomrde

mountain area

forordnet

decree

grunlegge

found

SAMPLE SENTENCES
krysse en fjord tok mye fotarbeid for

En fjord er en vakker landformasjon

mange r siden.

se, men skremmende krysse.

"Crossing a fjord took a lot of footwork

"A fjord is a beautiful land formation to see

back in the day."

but a terrifying one to traverse."

Den maritime nringen er viktig del av

Mennesker som liker gi gaver og

store havnebyer verden rundt.

andre ting til andre har en tendens til

vre lykkeligere.

"The maritime industry is important in

"People who enjoy gifting things to others

major port cities around the world."

tend to be happier."
Ikke alt vi nsker beholde i vre liv vil

Det er mange sektorer i nringslivet

vare for evig.

jobbe i.

"Not everything we want to keep in our

"There are many sectors of the business

lives can be retained indefinitely."

world to work in."

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De fjellrike omrdene er ikke bare

Tradisjonelt, nr kongen hadde bestemt

vakre, men ogs et utrolig tegn fra vr

noe, var det bli fulgt til punkt og prikke.

Skaper.

"Traditionally, whenever the king decreed

"The mountainous regions are not only

something, it was to be followed to the

beautiful, but also an incredible indication

letter."

of our world's Creator."

I dag er det f nye byer som blir grunnlagt i verden.
"Today there are few new cities being founded anywhere in the world."

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Did you Know?

"The Globalization" og "World Studies Group and Network" rangerte Oslo som Beta World
City i 2008, og regnes som en av de dyreste byene bo i, sammenlignet med byer som Paris,
Zurich og Tokyo. I 2009 gjenvant Oslo topplasseringen som den dyreste byen i verden, men
falt til andreplass to r senere etter Tokyo. Oslo har ogs vunnet andre utmerkelser gjennom
rene, inkludert 2003 European Sustainable City Award og 2. plass p Reader's Digest liste
over de mest miljvennlige og levelige byer i verden.

The Globalization and World Studies Group and Network ranked Oslo as Beta World City in
2008, and the city is also considered one of the most expensive to live in, ranking near cities
like Paris, Zurich, and Tokyo. In 2009 Oslo reclaimed the top spot as the most expensive city
in the world, but two years later it fell to second place, below Tokyo. Oslo has also won a few
other awards over the years, including the 2003 European Sustainable City Award and
second place on Reader's Digest's list of the greenest, most livable cities in the world.

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