Norway

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Scandinavian Royalty

 H. K. H. Prinsessan Ingeborg med Prinsessorna Margareta, Märta och Astrid (1910)

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By Trondheim Byarkiv

 

 

Bergen Norway

A great view

Hardangerbrua Bridge

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Now comes the cable laying phrase of the construction of Norway's new Hardangerbrua Bridge

Bergen Norway HD 1080i

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Tidin Rennur by Stanley Samuelsen

Tíðin rennur sum streymur í á

New Years Eve 2009 in Vágur, Faroe Islands. On this photo the men in the procession have come to their destination, the Triangle Square, where the wooden boat will become a bonfire in a few seconds. They are singing "Tíðin rennur sum streymur í á", which they do every year at the same time on the same place.

Can anyone from the Scandinavian countries improve on the translation of this song:

1. Tidin rennur sum streymur í á, Frequent runs on some streams in,
titt munu bylgjurnar falla: irregular waves will fall
lítlum báti rekist eg á, small boats I have come across,
áraleysur at kalla. Araleyzur that called.

2. Og hvør ein løta og hvør ein stund And each and every little one for a while
at stóra fossinum dregur: At the big waterfall draws
treigist mitt hjarta, tyngist min lund, suspension stays my heart, connect my lund
hvar er úr neydini vegur? Where is the forced way

3. Hvør hevur vinur vilja og mátt Each hevur friend will and power
at bjarga mær til landa? to rescue a maiden to countries?
Allir eru á olikan hátt All are in different ways
staddir sum eg í vanda. I present some problems.

4. Ein hevur vinur vilja og mátt One hevur friend will and power
at bjarga mær frá grandi; to rescue a maiden from hurt;
Jesus kann føra in lítla bát Jesus may Fora in a little boat
trygt at himla-sandi. safe for the kinda-Sandi.

5. Tidin rennur sum streymur í á, Frequent runs on some streams in,
fram i harrans navni! forward in God's name!
Litlum báti eri eg á, Small boat in the recent term I,
himla-strond fyri stavni himla-beach for stavni

Norway - Colorful Splendor

Troms NorwayTroms NorwayLofoten Nordland

Northern NorwayHaram

Here are some more of my favorite pictures of the splender of Norway.

Scenes from western Norway

First two pictures is the Bergen-Flesland Int'l Airport. Next is Alesund, Norway.  The next two are two views of  Bergen, Norway. Next is Sunndalen, then Trondhiem and last is Trollstigen.

Norway's Hardangerbrua Bridge

Hardangerbrua 25. juni from FPV-Leif on Vimeo.

Construction has began. Hardangerbrua Bridge is bridge under construction which will cross the Hardangerfjord in southwestern Norway. It will replace today's ferry connection.

The bridge will be about 1380 metres long, with a main span of 1310 meters. It will be a suspension bridge, the eighth longest spans in the world. The small difference between length and span is because the fjord quickly becomes very deep, so the towers is been built on land. close to the fjord. Each tower will be 186m tall, been built on land they will reach 200m above the sea level. There will be 2 lanes for traffic and one lane for bicycles and pedestrians. The sailing height under the bridge will be 55 m.

Due to very steep mountains on each side of the fjord the road have to run into a tunnel immediately after the bridge. There will be a 2.4km long tunnel on the southern side, and a 800m long tunnel connecting to an existing 7.5km long tunnel on the northern side of the fjord. Construction of these tunnels started in February 2009. The construction of the bridge itself will start in 2010 when the tunnels are completed. They hope to have the bridge opened in the end of 2013.