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i'm henrik, and i'm from norway. (yes, it's the little country not long from Russia and Sweden, and NO, we don't have polar bears as pets)

anyways, i like to sail, and i sail Zoom8.
i also enjoy hanging around with friends, and i like computers.

during wintertime, i go snowboarding, and i have a longboard for the summer.

soo, feel free to ask me questions!

Welcome to PNF. I've never been to Norway (I probably never will)..not Europe...hehehe. I've been roaming asia during my high school years and well...I'm still stuck in the USA.

hc wrote:and NO, we don't have polar bears as pets

But you have them walking on the streets, right?

Welcome aboard, Henrik!

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you have a lot of fun. I hope I can visit Europe some day... everything interesting is there...

Does Norway have fast internet connections? Sweden is right next to you, and they are lucky to have such great connections. I haven't heard much about Norway's connections, though.

A Few things i'd like to know about norway

1) What's with the Codfish?

2) Did Vikings really kick so much ass?

3) What's with the whales?

4) Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?

I can answer 2 and 4!

2) Yes. They "discovered" America before Christopher Columbus. (Leif Erikson ftw!)

4) Google says Cairo, Egypt. Well, it used to.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=543718
It seems Google has removed it. However, since Google had once said that, it must be true! Therefore, my answer is sufficient

Well, Sweden has some big towns, close to eachother, and becouse of that, and the fact that almost every town is in the south/middle, it's easy to make great connections.

Norway is smaller, and the towns are all over the country, so it's not so easy for the ISP's to build good networks.
But, it's coming, and many providers provide 20mbit/1/1,5mbit.

Personally, I'm have fibre (i can get up to 1Gbit on my line), and the ADSL-technology can only go to 20mbit. I have 6mbit/3mbit, and waiting for my ISP to speed up the lines.


The codfish is a very common christmas-dinner, and it's Norways national-food too, I think.


I'm not sure about the wales, soo.



But, Norway is a fun and nice country, even though it's expensive, and we have 25% (!!!!) tax on almost everything.
One bottled water (0,5l-0,6l) costs over 2$

What about the whales?


There are enough whales to go around, the ban is still up because it's considered unnecessary and unpopular. Norway never complied with the ban in the first place so they're still whaling about, as they have a right to seeing as there's no point to have the whaling ban up anymore.

I don't know why Norway didn't comply with the ban originally though.


btw, my second name is Henrik