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Norway (Bokmål: Norge; Nynorsk: Noreg; Old Norse: Norvegr; Northern Sami: Norga; [...]
[...] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe comprising of the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, the arctic islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and the protected nature reserve of Bouvet Island.
For instructions on using the infobox template, which displays short facts about a country, see the template's talk page. For further discussions on the structure of country articles and use of templates, see the country project and its talk page.
On the WikiProject Countries talk page, the section Location Maps for European countries had shown new maps created by David Liuzzo, that are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed soon at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish two things:
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The 4th picture under the "Politics and government" section is accompanied by the description "Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg (since 2013) and U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018." Erna Solberg is no longer Norway's prime minister and was replaced by Jonas Gahr Støre as is stated earlier in the article. Dirgo1814 (talk) 05:22, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: Sorry, cannot do it, because then that image has to be replaced, as that image shows the former prime minister of Norway. You can either upload a new image to Wikimedia commons, then you can give me that link, or wait for the time being. Itcouldbepossible (talk) 13:24, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done Caption updated. Thank you for the heads-up, @Dirgo1814:! --bonadea contributions talk 16:33, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]Hi, in the section on the Migration era there is a claim that "hov" means "hill". The Wiki article on "Hov" states: "Etymologically, the Old Norse word hof is the same as the Afrikaans, Dutch and German word hof, which originally meant a hall and later came to refer to a court (originally in the meaning of a royal or aristocratic court) and then also to a farm. In medieval Scandinavian sources, it occurs once as a hall, in the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, and beginning in the fourteenth century, in the "court" meaning. /.../". There are toponyms for elevated places with religious connotations, on such being "horg" (also found in names for mountains, e.g. Lønahorgi near Voss) and indeed "haug", which means "hill", but would also have been used to refer to local howes or barrows, i.e. distinguished graves. I would propose to correct the article's etymology, but can't do it myself due to current semi-protection. T 84.208.86.134 (talk) 10:43, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
