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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Norway

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Norway’s attention is Football (6.8%, 3.1× the world). The news sounds darker than usual.

Norway’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Covered more than readNature, wildlife and pollution0.1×
Reading and news · 439.2k · Solid

Norway · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of approximately 5.6 million, and a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Oslo.

From Wikipedia: Norway · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • A Sámi family in Norway, c. 1900
    A Sámi family in Norway, c. 1900Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
  • Town Hall Square in Oslo filled with people with roses mourning the victims of the Utøya massacre of 22 July 2011.
    Town Hall Square in Oslo filled with people with roses mourning the victims of the Utøya massacre of 22 July 2011.Rødt nytt · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A fishing village on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago
    A fishing village on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelagoUser:Sveter (Please credit as "Petr Šmerkl, Wikipedia" in case you use this out… · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Muskox in the low alpine tundra at Dovrefjell National Park
    Muskox in the low alpine tundra at Dovrefjell National ParkThe original uploader was Pethr at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen class frigate
    Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen class frigateuser:ZorroIII · CC BY 2.5
  • The main building of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim
    The main building of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in TrondheimSsolbergj · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Norway · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Vladimir Putin

    403 stories

  2. Donald Trump

    241 stories

  3. The White House, Public domain

    Jared Kushner

    3.1× last week

    112 stories

  4. King Haakon

    107 stories

  5. Steve Witkoff

    67 stories

  6. Anders Breivik

    New

    61 stories

  7. Dmitry Peskov

    59 stories

  8. Donald Tusk

    4.2× last week

    38 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    126 stories

  2. Royal Navy

    7.5× last week

    45 stories

  3. European Council

    3.9× last week

    43 stories

  4. European Political Community

    14.0× last week

    42 stories

  5. United Nations

    39 stories

  6. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    2.1× last week

    29 stories

  7. Oxford University

    New

    26 stories

  8. Supreme Court

    24 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

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