Show short description of norway nor norway avay is is in ill north europe occupies the northern and western pOT portions of the scandinavian Scandinavia i peninsula it is about miles wide at the south und and gradually tapers to the north to less than 60 miles wi wide 1 e and nearly miles long and lias liar an all area of square miles and consists of one huge mountain mass cut through in all directions by valleys alleys gorges lakes rivers forming torrents and waterfalls innumerable while the coast is very rugg rugged ed and indented by deep fjords many of 0 which penetrate the land for Il miles liles about 5 per cent of this country is cultivated 25 per cent consists of forests and pasture land ho 65 per cent is unfertile 5 per cent is covered with waters and half aa much by glaciers the most populous towns first Christi unia which is the capital ith a population of bergell drammen dragmen Dr ammen 20 5 stavanger Sta vanger Christian saud these are ire the principal ports of arrival and de departure p arture for tourists the population of norway is about two million and as a people they are li honest onest courteous and hospitable the occupation of the people in this country is principally fishing stone cutting and timber cutting and there are hundreds of men who are art employed as sea men norway is is I 1 an hereditary constitutional tut ional monarchy united with that of sweden the home government of the country is exclusively in the hands of the norwegians Norwegia ns parliament which meets once a year in and sits for four mouths months the king can veto a bill but if it passes through the parliament three successive times it becomes a law of the land without royal sanction except in case of affecting the constitution the religion of norway is episcopal lutheran but today to day there are a great many diffie rent sects coming into the land and the people are getting very much divided in their religious belief the church of jesus christ of latter day saints have their missionaries sion aries pretty well scattered over norway and arc are progressing nicely in conference there are about saints in bergen conference saints and in saints this might give those who dont know anything about this country a little idea of what it is of course this is not in much ucb but enough to give a person an idea of the country people and what they are doing I 1 have often heard it remarked that utah was as large as norway in square miles but norway is a little larger utah is miles wide and miles long and an area of square miles norway 60 miles wide and miles long and an area of square miles iles but on account of the water and glaciers and forests there is 70 per cent which is not used much JOSEPH ch G NIELSON |