Norway

Norge

Geographic regions:

1. Western Norway

• • • Bergen (national second city) – Bryggen (a Hanseatic League commercial building dock area – a World Heritage Site)
    • Sognefjord (King of the Fjords, including Nærøyfjord – a World Heritage Site)
    • Geirangerfjord (a World Heritage Site)
    • Trolltunga (Troll’s Tongue)
    • Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
    • Urnes Stave Church (a World Heritage Site)
    • Hopperstad Stave Church
    • Trollstigen national tourist route

2. Eastern Norway

• • • Oslo (national capital) – Oslo City Hall (Nobel Peace Prize ceremony location)
    • Jotunheimen National Park

3. Northern Norway

• • • Tromsø
    • Lofoten
    • Rock Art of Alta (a World Heritage Site)
    • Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park – Svartisen Glaciers

4. Trøndelag

• • • Trondheim

5. Southern Norway

• • • Kristiansand and the Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (a World Heritage Site)

6. Arctic Territories

• • • Svalbard
    • Jan Mayen (no permanent population)

7. Antarctic Territories

• • • Bouvet Island (no permanent population)
    • Peter I Island (no permanent population)

See also: Antarctica, Queen Maud Land (no permanent population)

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Sweden

Sverige

Historic lands:

1. Svealand

• • • Stockholm (national capital)

2. Götaland

Götaland, Gotland, Småland, and Scania

• • • Gothenburg (national second city)
    • Karlskrona (a baroque city)
    • Rock Carvings in Tanum (a World Heritage Site)
    • Stora Alvaret (a World Heritage Site)
    • Hanseatic City of Visby (a World Heritage Site)

3. Norrland

Norrland, Sameland Sápmi, and Jämtland Härjedalen

• • • Gävle
    • Umeå
    • Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (a World Heritage Site)
    • Gammelstad Church Town (a World Heritage Site)
    • Swedish Laponia (a World Heritage Site)

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Denmark

Danmark

Regions:

1. Zealand

• • • Copenhagen (national capital)
    • Helsingør (Elsinore)

2. Jutland

• • • Aarhus (national second city)

3. Funen

• • • Odense

4. Lolland-Falster

• • • The Cliffs of Møn
    • Archaeological Sites of Møn (Klekkende Høj and Grønsalen)

5. Bornholm

• • • Svaneke

Faroe Islands

An autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark

• • • Tórshavn

Greenland

Kalaallit Nunaat

An autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark

• • • Nuuk (capital)
    • Aurora Borealis – The Northern Lights
    • Ilulissat – Ilulissat Icefjord (a World Heritage Site), Uunartoq Hot Springs, Sermermiut Eskimo Settlement, and the Ilulissat Museum
    • Viking Ruins – Hvalsey Church, Eric the Red’s Brattahlíð, and more

Note: Also listed under Canada and Greenland (see: Northern Territories)

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Iceland

Ísland

Historic regions (farthings):

1. South Farthing

• • • Reykjavík (national capital)
    • Blue Lagoon
    • Þingvellir National Park
    • Gullfoss
    • The Great Geysir
    • Skógafoss
    • Eyjafjallajökull

2. Eastfjord Farthing

• • • Landmannalaugar in Fjallabak Nature Reserve
    • Vatnajökull National Park
    • Jökulsárlón lagoon and glaciers

3. North Farthing

• • • Vatnajökull National Park – Mývatn Nature Baths and Dettifoss

4. Westfjord Farthing

• • • Snæfellsjökull National Park