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Norwegian

People of Norwegian culture. There are 4–4.5 million speakers of Norwegian (including some in the USA), a Germanic language belonging to the Indo-European family. The seafaring culture of the Norwegians can be traced back to the Viking age from about AD 800–1050, when people of Norwegian descent settled Iceland and Greenland, and voyaged to Vinland (coast of Newfoundland).

The Norwegians have a long tradition of woodworking going back to the Vikings and are known for their stave (timber) churches.



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---Who would have thought that Harold, within a few brief days, would himself possess no more of his kingdom, than the share which he allotted in his wrath to the Norwegian invader?
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other, the Norwegian whale-hunter of those times
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
She was followed by a small cargo steamer, and the flag they hauled down aboard while we were looking showed her to be a Norwegian.
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