The Netherlands, and especially the cities of Amsterdam and Hoorn, had strong commercial ties with the coastal lumber trade of Norway during the 17th century and many Norwegians immigrated to Amsterdam.Some of them settled in Dutch colonies, although never in large numbers. There were also Norwegian settlers in Pennsylvania in the first half of the 18th …

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The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; Norwegian: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) is a public university in Norway and the largest university by enrollment in the country. The university's headquarters campus is located in Trondheim, with regional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund.. NTNU in its current form was established by the …

TNT is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Trondheim, formed in 1982. The band has released fourteen studio albums, three EPs and four live albums while going through numerous line-up changes since its formation. ... It was also the band's best received American release and saw the band embarking on their first headlining tour of the U.S. which ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee (Norwegian: Den norske Nobelkomité) selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate, based on instructions of Nobel's will.. Five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.In his will, Alfred Nobel tasked the parliament of Norway with selecting the winners of the Nobel …

Norwegian Pearl was featured on the 2009 CNBC documentary Cruise Inc.: Big Money on the High Seas. Norwegian Pearl has been used by the rock group KISS for their annual KISS Kruise since 2012. In March 2014, American rock band Paramore embarked on a special three-day event entitled "Parahoy!". The event saw fans embark on a cruise with the band ...

Norwegian Jewel is NCL's first of four Jewel-class ships. The vessel has a gross tonnage (GT) of 93,502 and measures 7,500 DWT.The cruise ship is 294.13 metres (965 ft 0 in) long overall and 63.5 m (208 ft 4 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) and a draught of 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in). Norwegian Jewel is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system …

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSE: NAS), oftest omtalt kun som Norwegian, er et norsk flyselskap som driver kommersielle ruteflygninger med utgangspunkt i 8 baser i Norge, Danmark, Finland og Spania.Norwegian har sin administrative base i Bærum og har sine operative baser i Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, København, Helsingfors, Málaga og Alicante. ...

The Norwegian is found only on narrow gauge railways of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) or less, such as the Isle of Man Railway, Western Australian Government Railways, Tanzania, the Ffestiniog Railway, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway where low speeds and reduced train loads allow a simpler ...

Nammo, short for Nordic Ammunition Company, is a Norwegian/Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production of ammunition, rocket engines and space applications. The company has subsidiaries in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and Canada.