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NO-4601 [ 3] Data from Statistics Norway. Bergen ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbæ̀rɡən] ⓘ ), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. As of 2022, its population was roughly 289,330. [ 4] Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after the national capital Oslo.
The warmest temperature ever recorded in Norway is 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in Nesbyen Municipality. The coldest temperature ever is −51.4 °C (−60.5 °F) in Karasjok Municipality. The warmest month on record was July 1901 in Oslo, with a mean 24-hour temperature of 22.7 °C (72.9 °F)), and the coldest month was February 1966 in Karasjok, with ...
The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territory which is now Norway. They traveled steadily northwards along the coastal areas, warmed by the Gulf ...
Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is one of the "city mountains" in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. Its highest point is 400 m (1,300 ft) above sea level. [2] The name could originate from fløystangen or a weather vane that was set up to indicate the direction of the wind for sailing ships. [3] The view of the Bergen peninsula makes Fløyfjellet a popular ...
The Bergen School of meteorology is a school of thought which is the basis for much of modern weather forecasting.. Founded by the meteorologist Prof. Vilhelm Bjerknes and his younger colleagues in 1917, the Bergen School attempts to define the motion of the atmosphere by means of the mathematics of interactions between hydro-and thermodynamics, some of which had originally been discovered or ...
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute ( Norwegian: Meteorologisk institutt ), also known internationally as MET Norway, is Norway 's national meteorological institute. It provides weather forecasts for civilian and military uses and conducts research in meteorology, oceanography and climatology. It is headquartered in Oslo and has offices and ...
Hardangervidda (English: Hardanger Plateau) [ 1][ 2][ 3] is a mountain plateau ( Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Telemark, and Buskerud counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold year-round alpine climate, and one of Norway's largest glaciers, Hardangerjøkulen, is situated here.
Norwegian Current. Coordinates: 67°N 3°E. The Norwegian Current (also known as the Norway Coastal Current) is one of two dominant arctic inflows of water. It can be traced from near Shetland, north of Scotland, otherwise from the eastern North Sea at depths of up to 100 metres. It finally passes the opening into the Barents Sea, a large ...