1717 map of far north Scandinavia and Svalbard
1717 map of far north Scandinavia and Svalbard - by George Willdey
‘Why does it says Greenland?
Apparently in the 17th-18th centuries whalers often referred to the Svalbard archipelago as Greenland. I don’t know why, since proper Greenland was already known as such by then’
Forest cover map of Norway
Forest cover map of Norway
‘Looks like a green sperm with a mouth
And Sweden is a Penis
Finland is the ballsack’
1668 map of Dronthemhus, Norway
1655 map of Jan Mayen / Joan Blaeu
Map of Scandinavia (1555)
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
‘Out of Nordics, Sweden has the largest lake (Vänern; 5545km²) and Finland the second-largest (Saimaa, 4400km²). These are the largest and second-largest lakes in Europe (excluding Russia’s Ladoga; 18130km² and Onega 9700km²). Finland used to have half Ladoga before WW2. The Caspian Sea (371000km²) is in Asia and is the largest lake in the world … This guy lakes’
1925 Road map of western Norway
1925 Road map of western Norway
‘Damn, Southern Chile needs some of that’–MundaneYoghurt
The Dogs of Scandinavia (1892)
The Dogs of Scandinavia (1892)
‘The reason Norway is muffled by the Swedish dog there is that Norway was under a Union with sweden at that time and had no say in foreign matters’–Tronderbart
1665 map of Jan Mayen - by Joan Blaeu
Watersheds of Norway
River Basins of Norway in Rainbow Colours
“Norway is so beautiful country :)“–FlockaTV
Exaggerated relief map of Denmark and southern Norway/Sweden
Exaggerated relief map of Denmark and southern Norway/Sweden
[1016 × 927]
Norway drawn by roads
Norway, Sweden, Finland drawn up by roads
Amount of Norwegians who write in dialect instead of standard Norwegian in casual contexts
“It’s a whole bunch of craziness. Norwegian has two official standardised dialects, one of which is a West Scandinavian dialect (Nynorsk) and the other an East Scandinavian dialect (Bokmål). Basically, they are from separate linguistic branches, but lumped together under a national “Norwegian” umbrella term. Then, there are two more standardised non-official dialects, Riksmål (precursor to, but still contemporary of Bokmål) and Høgnorsk, which is basically Nynorsk that rejected a bunch of reforms”–Faelchu
1665 map of Lapland by Joan Blaeu
Nobody lives here - Norway: Green blocks of 25km2 where nobody lives
The traditional words for "wolf" in Norway and their origin
Traditional dialectal isoglosses in Innherad, Norway, and surrounding regions
“the coast and city are generally counted as Fosenmål, one of the “Outer Trønder” dialects, while the others on the map are “Inner Trønder” dialects”–jkvatterholm
Percentage of schoolkids using the Norwegian written form Nynorsk in 1950. Small white dots are towns
Nynorsk always fascinated me. I don’t think there’s anything else quite like it in Europe–realuduakobong