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Republic Of Gulating
Republic of Gulating is an artistic project with serious political aims. On 4 June 2005 Western Norway was declared an independent state, "Republikken Gulating". This took place during a regional festival, :nb:Kystfestivalen 61° Nord, "Kystfestivalen 61° Nord" in Gulen, north of the regional capital Bergen. The instigator behind the project, Øyvind Heitmann, was declared «pride minister» by :nb:Magnor Midtun, Magnor Midtun, local historian, acting as president of the region in a Viking play, :nb:Håkonarspelet, Hakonarspelet. The project wants to increase the independence of the region through political and cultural influence. The region File:Kart-fraa-web.jpg, Map from the project website File:Norske_landsdeler_H.png, Norwegian regions: The major part of Gulating corresponds to the blue and purple areas File:M%C3%A5lformer_i_Norge.svg, The two Norwegian languages. West Norwegian ("Nynorsk") in blue. The republic covers Western and Southern Norway (the counties Hordaland, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Norway
Western Norway ( nb, Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; nn, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has no official or political-administrative function. The region has a population of approximately 1.4 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Historically the regions of Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres, and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have been included in Western Norway. Western Norway, as well as other parts of historical regions of Norway, shares a common history with Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain. For example, the Icelandic horse is a close relative of the Fjord horse and both the Faroese and Icelandic languages are based on the Old West Norse. In early Norse times, people from Western Norway became settlers at the Western Isles in the Northern Atla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
