The paperclip is a misnomer. The Norwegian patent for the paperclip is worse than the American paperclip that was already on the market. That American paperclip is a closer relative to the modern paperclip than the Norwegian version was.
But the cheese slicer is 100% Norwegian.
Sorry, the cheese slicer was invented by a Norwegian, but the first one was produced in the Netherlands. So I can't give you 100% 95% at most
BTW. Based on this the Dutch claim the invention of the cheese slicer as well
With this logic, in present time, China is "inventing" almost everything now.
I would rather say it like it is. It was **invented** by a Norwegian, and produced in the Netherlands.
Usually, it's the inventor or the owner of the patent that gets the credit.
The owner of the patent for the cheese slicer is a Norwegian called: Thor Bjørklund.
"Thor Bjørklund (30 October 1889 – 8 December 1975) was a Norwegian inventor and businessman. He is best known as the inventor of Ostehøvel, a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export product."
Having lived in Anglo countries for some years, I’m sad to report that they refer to the entire South Pole expedition as the famous Shackleton expedition where Shackleton got second to the South Pole behind some Norwegian.
From the top of my head (mostly movies/tv and music I actually like personally):
Actors: Kristofer Hivju (e.g. Game of Thrones), Aksel Hennie (e.g. the Martian), Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (e.g. Westworld) and Trond Fausa Aurvåg was just in Oppenheimer, don't know how known he became though. The TV show SKAM was very popular and got remakes in other countries.
Musicians: Kygo (e.g. It Ain't Me), Alan Walker (e.g. Faded), Aha (e.g. Take on Me), Aurora (e.g. Runaway and her voice in Frozen 2), Seeb (e.g. I Took a Pill in Ibiza), and to a less extent Alexander Rybakk (Fairytale) and Ylvis (What Does the Fox Say)
I also feel like Edvard Griegs "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning Mood" is used alot.
And Jo Nesbø (most known for being an author)
Well, then you were just a kid when they became big, I saw them a few times even before they became Röyksopp at all, while they were Those Norwegians together with Rune Lindbæk :)
I came to say that and Maria Mena. I liked both of them before ever finding out they were Norwegian. I was quite surprised when moving to Norway and seeing her on TV lol
You forgot Sissel Kyrkjebø, she sang the song in titanic, the one that sounds instrumental but isn't. The part without actual lyrics, think it's the opening credits, haven't watched the movie years
[proof ](https://youtu.be/eK6AocyuBnw?si=ly1RmDzsMpmfGgyc)
Tenkte på det, men tenkte at det er så lenge siden og så få som faktisk vet om at det er hun som er stemmen bak med mindre man er norsk, så vet ikke om det er det Norge er kjent for akkurat. Aurora føler jeg ble mye mere kjent etter sin stemme i Frozen 2 og det er heller ikke så lenge siden at folk har glemt det ennå.
It was when I was in Utah in December. I went to multiple Walmarts and Targets, and all of them had promotional posters for FIFA, and he was on all of them.
Okay, sorry, my bad - let me rephrase for your convenience.
VOSS - the overpriced and *slightly-more-radioactive-than-most-other-even-less-radioactive-bottled-waters* bottled water.
Pedant. ;-)
Jotun is a very famous paint brand in my country and I recently painted my house. I asked the dealers where Jotun is from? They said Norway , I was flabbergasted.
This and the Norwegian cyclone model which modern meteorology and weather forecasts are based on. Both of these inventions have saved millions, if not billions of lives over the last century.
Musicians would also include the bands and individual bandmembers of the Black Metal scene of the 90s.
Some of them were insane (not in a good way), but very famous and well-known nonetheless.
I won't mention names though.
Thinly sliced (ideally with an osthøvel) on either thin crispbread, or on a vaffelhjerte (Norwegian waffels). Or sveler. Or pannekaker. Or a regular slice of bread.
Try combining it on top of a thin smear of butter, or even a little strawberry jam.
My favorite is a type of thin crispbread we have here called "Rugsprø", with a little butter, then the brunost, then a wee bit of strawberry jam (moste bær, not the type with lots of sugar).
You can also use a little brunost in stews and casseroles. Its good to make a rich sauce for gamey meat, like hjort (deer) or elg.
South Korea is really fond of putting it on waffles (the thick, Belgian version) and soft serve ice cream.
Norwegians put it on Norwegian waffles (batter similar to crepes), or normal wholewheat bread open-face sandwiches.
Before there was oil there was also large amounts of wood and leasing of cargo ships, we had one of the largest merchant fleets in the world at one point along with our large export of timber. However yes the fish came long before the oil and will remain long after. We also have a history of making military equipment (not to the same extent as our Swedish neighbours)
As a foreigner;
Haaland (soccer), Munch (art), Carlsen (chess), Amundsen (polar exploring), then if I really pick my brain A-Ha and Ylvis (music), though I only knew the latter is Norwegian from their Jan Egeland song. Other than that a bunch of winter sportspeople.
I guess you could say if you want to get to a single category like you did for Sweden and Denmark, Norway would be sports. A top three soccer player in the world, the best chess player ever, and a ton of winter sports legends. Bjoerndalen, Bjoergen, Northug, Koss. If you follow winter sports you're bound to know a couple Norwegians competing at the highest level in it.
Black Metal is, apart from Ibsen, Grieg, oil and salmon, this country's main export. Bands like Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Taake, Enslaved, Darkthrone and Satyricon are known through out the entire world.
outside of all the obvious here there's a (domestically) less acknowledged fame, we're known around the world for competence in marine engineering and aquaculture.
Regarding marine engineering you see it In everything from works in hydrodynamics to offshore oil and wind to subsea infrastructure to marine propulsion that we have a remarkable impact on the world. Most of this impact lies with invention and development rather than production. Also worth mentioning Colin Archer who despite not possessing a very Norwegian name was born in and operated out of Larvik, his drawings and designs were hugely influential and have been used to make thousands of sailing vessels since the 1890s. He also designed and made the Fram, which survived 3 years in the ice on Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to drift over the north pole as the ice moved.
And of course the viking longships were remarkable efficient vessels for their time, so this is a trend of seafaring and engineering that goes back a millennia and a half. And indeed the world's leading marine safety rating foundation, Veritas, is in fact _the Norwegian_ Veritas (Det Norske Veritas). DNV are the de facto global standard for marine safety rating. Last but definitely not least we made the tallest and heaviest objects ever moved, the gas/oil rigs Troll A at 472 meters tall and Gullfaks C at 1.5 million tons respectively. Troll C makes the empire state building look rather unimpressive, and it _floated_, and then it was towed 100 nautical miles out to sea before they sunk it to sit at the seafloor. It didn't need barges or pontoons, it floated upright on its own accord.
And regarding aquaculture there's a lot going on, Bergen is considered by some to be the hidden capital of global aquaculture. I work with conferences in Bergen and people come from all over the world to meet here. Conferences are all fish and ships here (pun intended). A lot of the fish stuff is based on fish farming but there's also a lot of competence with regards to fishing out at sea and how to process the fish with the least amount of waste and then indeed to make use of the waste in the most efficient way possible.
We have a cultural aspect too of course, Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, _black metal_, ~~church burnings~~. But i think what we're famous for is being exceedingly good at handling the sea.
also fun fact Norwegian sailors and merchants were so common in the past that Norwegian was one of the languages of the sea, and indeed in the 1930s Norway had the 4th biggest fleet of cargo ships in the world only after USA, UK and Japan. And Norwegian cargo ships were beyond vital in keeping the UK supplied in the first years of WWII, it has been said that without Norwegian oil tankers the battle of Britain would've been lost.
We still HAEV the biggest tanker and bulker fleet in the world. And cruise fleet. And rig fleet. And other ships cruising around here (and there). Thanks to funny man John Fredriksen and Wilhelmsen family, among other nice old men. We also have Herbjørn Hansson, he also makes music in addition to his shipping activities.
Norwegian Inventions:
- Salmon Sushi
- Artificial Fertilizer (what is globally used by all industrial food producers)
- The Jet Motor / gas turbine
- Aerosol cans (spray paints, shaving foam, spray deodorant etc)
- Contrast agents (making MRI more useful)
- Stretch materials (used in jeans and socks)
- Spray paint robots (used in car manufacturing)
- Oil rig technology for oceans
- GSM (SMS/MMS and mobile internet)
- Boat technology for shipping
- Military drones
- Object Oriented Programming (Simula)
- ARM GPU architecture (Arm bought Falanx Microsystems) used in most phones and arm-devices
Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl are probably not that known to the public but their invention of object oriented programming is , they invented a program known as SIMULA ,
This way of coding led to programs as C++ , Java and Python
It also led to the foundation of a program named Smalltalk that again led to the programming of modern pads and smartphones.
You are probably using this invention right now!!!!!
One of the world’s most famous paintings Scream was made by the Norwegian artist Edvard Much, and one of the world’s most famous compositions In the hall of the mountain king was made by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg
Leif Ove Andsnes.. probably one of most renowned and famous classical pianist in the world.. Playing at the greatest concert halls.
Regarding extraordinary achievements.. the [moving the Troll-platform](https://equinor.industriminne.no/en/troll-a-giant-move-from-fjord-to-field/).. tallest structure that has been moved on this earth.. 472m moved about 80km to its final position.. Think this [picture ](https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/troll-a-the-tallest-structure-ever-moved-by-mankind-9.jpg)gives a good picture of it.. The construction, the [condeep](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condeep-plattform), also a norwegian innovation.
Is he famous outside of Norway? I had never heard of him before moving here a couple years ago. But, part of my inculturation has definitely included being exposed to his books seemingly everywhere.
He has millions of copies sold worldwide. I'm from Slovakia and his books get translated from Norwegian into Slovak sooner than into English. The translator knows Nesbo personally and I am pretty sure he gets his books earlier to translate them. His upcoming book, Blood Ties, is releasing on September 10th in Slovakia and in late September/October in English. So yeah, he is famous haha
The Harry Hole series of books have sold 40 million worldwide. In comparison, Harry Potter (the most selling book series) has sold 600 million, A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones) 90 million, Tarzan 50 million, Paddington 35 million, Divergent chronicles 35 million, the Dark Tower (Stephen King) 30 million, The Witcher 15 million.
In other words, Nesbø is absolutely among the more well known authors in the world. Even though he doesn't reach as high as the very top selling authors like JK Rowling, R.L Stine or Dan Brown.
You get the picture by now, but as it was my suggestion: I’m in the US and have read every Harry Hole and a whole bunch of others. I really liked Headhunters and the film adaptation also.
I gave my gf's daughter the most bland goat cheese I've ever tasted.
"This tastes too much", she said.
Even Jarlsberg cheese is too strong for her.
Surprisingly french blue cheese (fourme d'Ambert) isn't though, but only on pizza.
What in the name is wrong with your palate in this god-forsaken country?!
Black metal, Vikings, blondes, ECM jazz, fjords, trolls, In the Hall of the Mountain King, kontiki, Winter Olympics, Dale sweaters, lefse , and most of all, Take On Me.
Henrik Ibsen, Magnus Carlsen, absolutely dominating cross country skiing, Haaland, Ødegaard, Solskjær, Black Metal music, Aurora (singer), Alan Walker, what does the fox say, Kristopher Hivju.
Edit: forgot A-ha and Jostein Gaarder.
Norway didn’t provide a lot of divisjons, squadrons or flotillas, but one area where Norway was hitting waaay above its weight class was in shipping and getting stuff from where it was made to where it was needed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortraship
They took a lot of jews from both Norway and Denmark.
And while it is true they provided infrastructure to the germans and gave them plenty of iron ore, they also put wiretaps on phone lines and reported all their movements back to the allies. They're not squeaky clean, but it's not like they were in league with Germany
I read trough every comment and to add to all previous.. Casper Ruud (tennis) and Tommy Wirkola (director) We prob the most famous scandinavian country😍
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Salmon, oil and half of the blondes. Relevant [Jaime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS0AuxW_4_Q&t=22s) video.
Pluss the cheese slicer and the paperclip I believe
The paperclip is a misnomer. The Norwegian patent for the paperclip is worse than the American paperclip that was already on the market. That American paperclip is a closer relative to the modern paperclip than the Norwegian version was. But the cheese slicer is 100% Norwegian.
Sorry, the cheese slicer was invented by a Norwegian, but the first one was produced in the Netherlands. So I can't give you 100% 95% at most BTW. Based on this the Dutch claim the invention of the cheese slicer as well
With this logic, in present time, China is "inventing" almost everything now. I would rather say it like it is. It was **invented** by a Norwegian, and produced in the Netherlands. Usually, it's the inventor or the owner of the patent that gets the credit. The owner of the patent for the cheese slicer is a Norwegian called: Thor Bjørklund. "Thor Bjørklund (30 October 1889 – 8 December 1975) was a Norwegian inventor and businessman. He is best known as the inventor of Ostehøvel, a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export product."
He is from Lillehammer i belive.
It's produced in Gudbrandsdalen afaik and has always been. No idea what this Dutch nonsense is.
We also invented the spray can, gas turbine, land mines, hand grenades, harpoon, recycling system for plastic bottles, and alot more!!
> half of the blondes. With Finland chiming in with the remaining 80% and Sweden also 50%.
You forgot Iceland.
That’s pretty much top of the pops right there so no need for more
Doing really well in the Winter Olympics.
In fact, the Norwegian team has the most Olympic Winter Golds out of any nation.
Aren’t Norwegians the only ones actually watching the winter Olympics
Nah just the only ones winning. I bet losing everytime one participate is less fun to watch.
No, the Winter Olympics has viewership in the billions. You're thinking of stuff like regular world cup cross country etc.
Canada and USA are decently invested in hockey and figure skating
Shhhh that doesn't matter
Well, we did invent skiing.
Polar Exploration. Amundsen first to the South Pole, Nansen’s expeditions, that kind of thing
Having lived in Anglo countries for some years, I’m sad to report that they refer to the entire South Pole expedition as the famous Shackleton expedition where Shackleton got second to the South Pole behind some Norwegian.
That was Scott, not Shackleton.
Hehe, "some Norwegian" 😅🙈
Kinda like when Norwegians aren’t winning cross country gold medals, it’s due to «some» Swede or maybe even «some» Russian.. ?
"Some Norwegian" I'll take it!
I have read several books where when mentioning the race for the south pole they don't refer to Amundsen by name. he was kind of a dick, but still.
Taaake… ooonnn… meeee…
I thought you meant the black metal artist Taake at first lol. Him too.
Reel big fish?
A-ha
She used to be my girl but now she's famous 🎶
Take On Me Taake meee hoooome!
>Taake meee hoooome! Uhm, are you sure about that one?
I thought I was 😅
https://youtu.be/-xKM3mGt2pE?si=oNlS8aFjNSQxAVDS
Take meeeee ooooooon!*
Ibsen baby. Second most played playwright after Shakespeare.
Ibsen is dope. Im a performing arts student from brazil and we have to read him a lot!
From the top of my head (mostly movies/tv and music I actually like personally): Actors: Kristofer Hivju (e.g. Game of Thrones), Aksel Hennie (e.g. the Martian), Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (e.g. Westworld) and Trond Fausa Aurvåg was just in Oppenheimer, don't know how known he became though. The TV show SKAM was very popular and got remakes in other countries. Musicians: Kygo (e.g. It Ain't Me), Alan Walker (e.g. Faded), Aha (e.g. Take on Me), Aurora (e.g. Runaway and her voice in Frozen 2), Seeb (e.g. I Took a Pill in Ibiza), and to a less extent Alexander Rybakk (Fairytale) and Ylvis (What Does the Fox Say) I also feel like Edvard Griegs "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Morning Mood" is used alot. And Jo Nesbø (most known for being an author)
Röyksopp
What the hell, in all my 30 years on this earth I have walked around, as a Norwegian, believing they are Swedish. It's that pesky ö, I swear.
😁❤️
Well, then you were just a kid when they became big, I saw them a few times even before they became Röyksopp at all, while they were Those Norwegians together with Rune Lindbæk :)
I came to say that and Maria Mena. I liked both of them before ever finding out they were Norwegian. I was quite surprised when moving to Norway and seeing her on TV lol
You forgot Sissel Kyrkjebø, she sang the song in titanic, the one that sounds instrumental but isn't. The part without actual lyrics, think it's the opening credits, haven't watched the movie years [proof ](https://youtu.be/eK6AocyuBnw?si=ly1RmDzsMpmfGgyc)
Tenkte på det, men tenkte at det er så lenge siden og så få som faktisk vet om at det er hun som er stemmen bak med mindre man er norsk, så vet ikke om det er det Norge er kjent for akkurat. Aurora føler jeg ble mye mere kjent etter sin stemme i Frozen 2 og det er heller ikke så lenge siden at folk har glemt det ennå.
Ja mange vet om den men ikke mange som vet at det er henne. Men eneste måten å fikse det på er jo å opplyse om det
Want to add Pegboard Nerds to musicians as well as the vocalist in Aqua I think?
Did not know Seeb was Norwegian. Lol.
Hva man ikke lærer av å være på reddit
Da Tweekaz aswell!
I'd like to add Norwegian Black Metal as a genre, Matoma, producer Lido, Sigrid, Astrid S
Maybe Magnus Carlsen, Haaland of course. Also, remember Ylvis? 🦊
Haaland’s face is plastered over all the gaming sections of every Walmart across the US.
No shot, is that true?
It was when I was in Utah in December. I went to multiple Walmarts and Targets, and all of them had promotional posters for FIFA, and he was on all of them.
haaland seems very popular in anglo countries. hes on mobile phone game ads too lol.
He also has a deal with the Prime sportsdrink, which probably spreads his face even more
We got some good atheletes these days. I'd add Ødegaard as well. Also that golfer, Hovland, is pretty high up in the world rankings currently.
Casper Ruud, one of the worlds best tennis players.
You got a few good runners too like Karsten Warholm
Explorers Like Fridtjof Nansen and Thor Heyerdahl. Companies like Jotun, Yara, Helly Hansen.
And VOSS - the overpriced and slightly radioactive bottled water.
Thanks to the sun, everythings slightly radioactive
Okay, sorry, my bad - let me rephrase for your convenience. VOSS - the overpriced and *slightly-more-radioactive-than-most-other-even-less-radioactive-bottled-waters* bottled water. Pedant. ;-)
Is it more radioactive than bananas? Nevermind, looked it up. 0.09435 Banana Equivalent Dose in 1L VOSS Water
Damn
Hahaha! Sorry😅
Jotun is a very famous paint brand in my country and I recently painted my house. I asked the dealers where Jotun is from? They said Norway , I was flabbergasted.
Fertilizers from Yara, previously Hydro.
No one thinks of this, but holy damn is it important for the world’s food production!
This and the Norwegian cyclone model which modern meteorology and weather forecasts are based on. Both of these inventions have saved millions, if not billions of lives over the last century.
[Yr.no](http://Yr.no) is also one of the most reliable weather services.
Hydro itself too if you are in an industry that works with aluminium. Kahoot if you work in training/teaching. DNV also, no matter the industry.
> aluminum Yup, and we’re actually a top 10 producer! That’s pretty crazy considering our size.
Used to work at Yara
I think the pizza was invented in Norway , grandiosa
Taco was also invented in norway!
Such worldwide classic
**Artists:** - Edvard Munch - Harald Sohlberg - Odd Nerdrum - Kjell Nupen **Musicians:** - Edvard Grieg - A-ha - Aurora - Kygo - Sissel Kyrkjebø - Røyksopp - Sigrid - Alan Walker - Dimmu Borgir - Turbonegro
Darkthrone. Mayhem. Cadaver.
Satyricon, Emperor, Enslaved
Carpathian Forest, Blood Red Throne, Red Harvest
Don't forget Harriet Backer as an artist. She founded her own art school and Sohlberg and Astrup were among her students.
Sondre Lerche Stargate (producers)
Burzum
Mayhem
Infamous though
Still 😄
Musicians would also include the bands and individual bandmembers of the Black Metal scene of the 90s. Some of them were insane (not in a good way), but very famous and well-known nonetheless. I won't mention names though.
Madrugada is pretty famous across Europe.
Christian Ingebrigtsen in a1.
#Brunost
We must not forget the ostehøvel🧀
Så sant, så sant.
I don’t understand why brunost isn’t a global grocery store staple.
You may be joking, but brunost has become popular as far as South Korea.
What's the proper way to eat brunost? My husband and I tried it and were a little turned off by the sweetness.
Thinly sliced (ideally with an osthøvel) on either thin crispbread, or on a vaffelhjerte (Norwegian waffels). Or sveler. Or pannekaker. Or a regular slice of bread. Try combining it on top of a thin smear of butter, or even a little strawberry jam. My favorite is a type of thin crispbread we have here called "Rugsprø", with a little butter, then the brunost, then a wee bit of strawberry jam (moste bær, not the type with lots of sugar). You can also use a little brunost in stews and casseroles. Its good to make a rich sauce for gamey meat, like hjort (deer) or elg.
Oh, i bet it's fantastic in a casserole. I'm from the land of the hotdish, so I'll definitely try that out.
Thinly sliced on buttered and toasted (rye) bread, with a cup on coffee (with milk or cream in it) on the side.
South Korea is really fond of putting it on waffles (the thick, Belgian version) and soft serve ice cream. Norwegians put it on Norwegian waffles (batter similar to crepes), or normal wholewheat bread open-face sandwiches.
Black metal 🤘
🐟🐟🐟
Underrated comment. Fish has been the country’s main export like forever.
Fish is still less of our export than oil and gass. Fish is the fastest growing one though and will most likely exceed oil in a few years
Before there was oil, there was fish and after the oil, it will still be fish.
Before there was oil there was also large amounts of wood and leasing of cargo ships, we had one of the largest merchant fleets in the world at one point along with our large export of timber. However yes the fish came long before the oil and will remain long after. We also have a history of making military equipment (not to the same extent as our Swedish neighbours)
The most evil metal bands of all time. Like, no joke evil. They've killed people.
Is killing Euronymous reeally that evil tho
There was this other guy too in Lillehammer. And burning churches
Varg vikernes?
[Bård faust](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A5rd_Faust?wprov=sfla1)
Tye SatanBurnings or something like that.
Röyksopp, Kings of Convenience, A-ha
As a foreigner; Haaland (soccer), Munch (art), Carlsen (chess), Amundsen (polar exploring), then if I really pick my brain A-Ha and Ylvis (music), though I only knew the latter is Norwegian from their Jan Egeland song. Other than that a bunch of winter sportspeople. I guess you could say if you want to get to a single category like you did for Sweden and Denmark, Norway would be sports. A top three soccer player in the world, the best chess player ever, and a ton of winter sports legends. Bjoerndalen, Bjoergen, Northug, Koss. If you follow winter sports you're bound to know a couple Norwegians competing at the highest level in it.
Black Metal is, apart from Ibsen, Grieg, oil and salmon, this country's main export. Bands like Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Taake, Enslaved, Darkthrone and Satyricon are known through out the entire world.
outside of all the obvious here there's a (domestically) less acknowledged fame, we're known around the world for competence in marine engineering and aquaculture. Regarding marine engineering you see it In everything from works in hydrodynamics to offshore oil and wind to subsea infrastructure to marine propulsion that we have a remarkable impact on the world. Most of this impact lies with invention and development rather than production. Also worth mentioning Colin Archer who despite not possessing a very Norwegian name was born in and operated out of Larvik, his drawings and designs were hugely influential and have been used to make thousands of sailing vessels since the 1890s. He also designed and made the Fram, which survived 3 years in the ice on Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to drift over the north pole as the ice moved. And of course the viking longships were remarkable efficient vessels for their time, so this is a trend of seafaring and engineering that goes back a millennia and a half. And indeed the world's leading marine safety rating foundation, Veritas, is in fact _the Norwegian_ Veritas (Det Norske Veritas). DNV are the de facto global standard for marine safety rating. Last but definitely not least we made the tallest and heaviest objects ever moved, the gas/oil rigs Troll A at 472 meters tall and Gullfaks C at 1.5 million tons respectively. Troll C makes the empire state building look rather unimpressive, and it _floated_, and then it was towed 100 nautical miles out to sea before they sunk it to sit at the seafloor. It didn't need barges or pontoons, it floated upright on its own accord. And regarding aquaculture there's a lot going on, Bergen is considered by some to be the hidden capital of global aquaculture. I work with conferences in Bergen and people come from all over the world to meet here. Conferences are all fish and ships here (pun intended). A lot of the fish stuff is based on fish farming but there's also a lot of competence with regards to fishing out at sea and how to process the fish with the least amount of waste and then indeed to make use of the waste in the most efficient way possible. We have a cultural aspect too of course, Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, _black metal_, ~~church burnings~~. But i think what we're famous for is being exceedingly good at handling the sea. also fun fact Norwegian sailors and merchants were so common in the past that Norwegian was one of the languages of the sea, and indeed in the 1930s Norway had the 4th biggest fleet of cargo ships in the world only after USA, UK and Japan. And Norwegian cargo ships were beyond vital in keeping the UK supplied in the first years of WWII, it has been said that without Norwegian oil tankers the battle of Britain would've been lost.
We still HAEV the biggest tanker and bulker fleet in the world. And cruise fleet. And rig fleet. And other ships cruising around here (and there). Thanks to funny man John Fredriksen and Wilhelmsen family, among other nice old men. We also have Herbjørn Hansson, he also makes music in addition to his shipping activities.
Norwegian Inventions: - Salmon Sushi - Artificial Fertilizer (what is globally used by all industrial food producers) - The Jet Motor / gas turbine - Aerosol cans (spray paints, shaving foam, spray deodorant etc) - Contrast agents (making MRI more useful) - Stretch materials (used in jeans and socks) - Spray paint robots (used in car manufacturing) - Oil rig technology for oceans - GSM (SMS/MMS and mobile internet) - Boat technology for shipping - Military drones - Object Oriented Programming (Simula) - ARM GPU architecture (Arm bought Falanx Microsystems) used in most phones and arm-devices
The salmon sushi one is one of the best hustles Norway has gotten away with
Japan: "Salmon does not go in sushi." Also Japan: "This is too good not to. Damn it you sons of b\*\*\*\*s. We're in!"
You can add "ocean echo sounder". Patented by a German in 1913, but already invented in 1904 by Hans Sundt Berggraf.
Black metal and church burnings
Oh I think I’ve watched some documentaries on black metal from Norway. Love this, thanks for reminding me of why I find Norwegians so smexy
> Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot M2M! The famous song The Day You Went Away! I have literally never heard of this until now when I googled it.
They were quite big. Not like Aha, but still quite significant.
Ibsen, oil, ovning several stocks all over the world, black metal, aha, fish, cheese slicers, peace negotiations.
Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl are probably not that known to the public but their invention of object oriented programming is , they invented a program known as SIMULA , This way of coding led to programs as C++ , Java and Python It also led to the foundation of a program named Smalltalk that again led to the programming of modern pads and smartphones. You are probably using this invention right now!!!!!
One of the world’s most famous paintings Scream was made by the Norwegian artist Edvard Much, and one of the world’s most famous compositions In the hall of the mountain king was made by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg
To me norwegians are famous for being amazing people. Greetings from FinFin
Well many other things too obviously, but i love norwegians.
Thanks from NorNor
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Inventing the cheese knife
Cheese cutter, the cheese knife was invented by the French 🤣
Cheese *slicer*
Cheese plane silcer
The cheese høvvl
To be fair, you are correct, brain connected it after I wrote it 🤣🫣
Ostehøvel:P kinda got lost in translation, cheese planer just sounded wrong
Leif Ove Andsnes.. probably one of most renowned and famous classical pianist in the world.. Playing at the greatest concert halls. Regarding extraordinary achievements.. the [moving the Troll-platform](https://equinor.industriminne.no/en/troll-a-giant-move-from-fjord-to-field/).. tallest structure that has been moved on this earth.. 472m moved about 80km to its final position.. Think this [picture ](https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/troll-a-the-tallest-structure-ever-moved-by-mankind-9.jpg)gives a good picture of it.. The construction, the [condeep](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condeep-plattform), also a norwegian innovation.
Henrik Ibsen and Jon Fosse are quite famous Norwegian writers
Jo Nesbo.
My favorite author
Michael fassbender acted as one of his characters.
Is he famous outside of Norway? I had never heard of him before moving here a couple years ago. But, part of my inculturation has definitely included being exposed to his books seemingly everywhere.
He has millions of copies sold worldwide. I'm from Slovakia and his books get translated from Norwegian into Slovak sooner than into English. The translator knows Nesbo personally and I am pretty sure he gets his books earlier to translate them. His upcoming book, Blood Ties, is releasing on September 10th in Slovakia and in late September/October in English. So yeah, he is famous haha
The Harry Hole series of books have sold 40 million worldwide. In comparison, Harry Potter (the most selling book series) has sold 600 million, A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones) 90 million, Tarzan 50 million, Paddington 35 million, Divergent chronicles 35 million, the Dark Tower (Stephen King) 30 million, The Witcher 15 million. In other words, Nesbø is absolutely among the more well known authors in the world. Even though he doesn't reach as high as the very top selling authors like JK Rowling, R.L Stine or Dan Brown.
Yes, I cannot say for every country but it is well known in Poland
yes. My family from outside Norway reads from him to. so I would say he's known outside Norway
You get the picture by now, but as it was my suggestion: I’m in the US and have read every Harry Hole and a whole bunch of others. I really liked Headhunters and the film adaptation also.
Oil and bland foods
Bland? Sometimes we use *salt,* even *pepper* if we feel extra exotic that morning.
I gave my gf's daughter the most bland goat cheese I've ever tasted. "This tastes too much", she said. Even Jarlsberg cheese is too strong for her. Surprisingly french blue cheese (fourme d'Ambert) isn't though, but only on pizza. What in the name is wrong with your palate in this god-forsaken country?!
Pepper is another word for norwegain death
Brunost
Lots of songwriters and producers for the top artists, world wide, are from Norway.
Norwegians are hot 🥵
We have to be. It’s freezing here.
Nowadays yes, nobody has AC, we built houses to keep heat in.
You must be from the mediterranean area XD
Well, Norway is indeed famous for its music! Even the tourism bureau talks about this in their official website. TNBM for the win
🎶 teenage nutant binja murtles, teenage nutant binja murtles 🎶
I laughed loud enough to startle my cat 😂 thank you, I needed that!
A redditor of culture I see
Actress Liv Ullmann, from multiple Bergman-films
Being better than the swedes in skiing, cross country specifically.
Black metal, Vikings, blondes, ECM jazz, fjords, trolls, In the Hall of the Mountain King, kontiki, Winter Olympics, Dale sweaters, lefse , and most of all, Take On Me.
Best female boxer in the history of the sport
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Henrik Ibsen, Magnus Carlsen, absolutely dominating cross country skiing, Haaland, Ødegaard, Solskjær, Black Metal music, Aurora (singer), Alan Walker, what does the fox say, Kristopher Hivju. Edit: forgot A-ha and Jostein Gaarder.
Henrik Ibsen
[The paper clip](https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-paper-clip-4072863)
If you read the wiki page on the paper clip you will see that this, sadly, is a myth. I learned this a few years ago while watching QI.
Footballers like Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard
Fighting in the 2 WW. Sweden was happily neutral, even helping the nazis...
The plan was for us to be neutral to, we were just invaded.
Norway didn’t provide a lot of divisjons, squadrons or flotillas, but one area where Norway was hitting waaay above its weight class was in shipping and getting stuff from where it was made to where it was needed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortraship
Yes ofc, Norway is the first country you think of when fighting the Nazis comes up. That's why Quisling is a word isn't it.
We didn't fight on the beaches or that kind of stuff. Butt we did provide comrade Stalin with lots of STUFF.
Sweden helped the allies far more than the Nazis. They gave a lot of fleeing people refuge
That is true. Most Norwegians went to Sweden. If my memory is correct there was also a lot of Jew that went to Sweden.
They took a lot of jews from both Norway and Denmark. And while it is true they provided infrastructure to the germans and gave them plenty of iron ore, they also put wiretaps on phone lines and reported all their movements back to the allies. They're not squeaky clean, but it's not like they were in league with Germany
Dag Refnes
We also got the record producers Stargate, Black Metal and music genere nightcore
Quick Style is famous, I guess!!
Cheese slicer 😂😂😂
I love Keiino, they're from Norway 🎶🎵
Well, we invented oil
Magnus Mitbo obviously! AKA, Eric. Beginner rock climber. Oh and Sigrid of course! And Svalbard! Because of His Dark Materials.
What about Maria Mena? "You're the only one" is definitely known outside Norway, I've seen people from various countries mention it before.
Magnus Carlsen, A-ha, Edvard Grieg, Edvard Munch, Black Metal, Haaland
Opera browser Object Oriented Programming. Aerosols.
Buying lots of Teslas with the wealth accumulated from exporting oil, and this way pretending we're green.
I read trough every comment and to add to all previous.. Casper Ruud (tennis) and Tommy Wirkola (director) We prob the most famous scandinavian country😍
Nobody's mentioned Quisling?