Cwen - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - The People
The term Kven (a.k.a. Kveeni, Kvaen, Cwen, Quen, Quain, Qwaen) refers to the northern Scandinavian people, who are of a pre 20th century ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnic: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnic - History
There exist different theories on the pre-history of the farming Finnic peoples. According to earlier established theories, agricultural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vardø: Encyclopedia - Vardø
Data from Statistics Norway Vardø is a city and municipality in the county of Finnmark in the extreme northeast of Norway. Vardø - Geog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vadsø: Encyclopedia - Vadsø
Data from Statistics Norway Vadsø (Vesisaari in Finnish) is a city and municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. The municipality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alta Norway: Encyclopedia - Alta Norway
Data from Statistics Norway Alta is a municipality and town in the county of Finnmark, Norway. Alta Norway - Geography. The municipalit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kautokeino: Encyclopedia Ii - Kautokeino - Climate
Kautokeino is located in the Arctic highlands of Northern Norway. During five weeks of summer, the sun doesn't set, and during six weeks ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - History
In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - History
In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnmark - Geography And Nature
Finnmark is the northern- and easternmost county of Norway (Svalbard is not considered a county). In area, Finnmark is Norway's largest c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirkenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirkenes - Geography And Climate
Kirkenes (Kirkkoniemi in Finnish) is a town of about 6000 inhabitants in the extreme northeastern part of Norway, in the province of Finn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troms: Encyclopedia Ii - Troms - Geography
Troms has a very rugged and indented coastline facing the Norwegian Sea. However, the large and mountaineous islands along the coast prov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vardø: Encyclopedia Ii - Vardø - Geography And Climate
Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, and is actually east of Istanbul. The eastern part of Finnmark is in the same time zone as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alta Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Alta Norway - History
The Rock carvings at Alta, dating from circa 4200 BC to 500 BC, are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. In additon, the Komsa cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alta, Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Alta, Norway - Geography
The municipality covers 3845 km²., in the west of the county, mostly situated along the Altafjord, taking in large tracts of woodlands, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alta, Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Alta, Norway - History
The Rock carvings at Alta, dating from circa 4200 BC to 500 BC, are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. In additon, the Komsa cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Politics
Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The Royal House is a branch of the princely family of Glü...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Subdivisions
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called fylker (singular fylke) and 431 kommuner (singular kommune). Fylke and kommune a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Culture
Famous Norwegians include the playwrights/novelists Baron Ludvig Holberg and Henrik Ibsen, explorers Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troms: Encyclopedia Ii - Troms - Economy
The county is mainly mountainous; but with some surprisingly lush valleys, however much of the interior supports livestock raising as onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troms: Encyclopedia Ii - Troms - History
There were settlements along the coast of more southern areas of North Norway in the bronze age, possibly reaching as far north as southe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirkenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirkenes - History
Kirkenes was one of the most bombed towns during World War II (reportedly, second after Malta), with 320 air attacks and more than one th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirkenes: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirkenes - Economy And Tourism
The secretariat of the Barents Region is located in Kirkenes. One of its tasks is to create cross-border cultural, educational and busine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Economy
The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of social capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government interv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Demographics
The Norwegian population is 4.6 million and increases by 0.4% per year (estimate July 2004). Ethnically most Norwegians are Nordic / Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Geography
The landscape is generally rugged and mountainous, topped by glaciers, and its coastline of over 83,000 km [2] is punctuated by steep-slo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vardø: Encyclopedia Ii - Vardø - Economy And Tourism
Fishing and seafood processing remain Vardø's major sources of income, although tourism is starting to become an important economic fact...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kautokeino: Encyclopedia Ii - Kautokeino - History
Besides the traditional Sami population, Kautokeino has also been - througout the known history - a meeting point in the heart of the his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kautokeino: Encyclopedia Ii - Kautokeino - Cultural Events
Kautokeino still functions as the cultural center of Northern Sápmi today. Easter is the traditional time when Sámis gather from all ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kautokeino: Encyclopedia Ii - Kautokeino - Institiutions
Beaivvas Sámi Teahter is the National Sámi Theatre located in Kautokeino. As a national stage company, they play a major role in making...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Politics
Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The Royal House is a branch of the princely family of Glü...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kautokeino: Encyclopedia Ii - Kautokeino - Geography
Kautokeino is the southernmost municipality of Finnmark and shares border with Alta, Norway to the north, Karasjok to the east, Nordreisa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnmark - Demographics
Much of the Sami population of Norway live in Finnmark. The county and the municipalities Kautokeino, Karasjok, Tana, Nesseby, Porsanger ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alta Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Alta Norway - Geography
The municipality covers 3845 km²., in the west of the county, mostly situated along the Altafjord, taking in large tracts of woodlands, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnmark - Climate
Finnmarksvidda in the interior of the county has a continental climate with the coldest winter temperatures in Norway: the coldest temper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnmark - Administration And Economy
Vadsø is the capital city of the county of Finnmark, although Alta has the largest population. Fisheries have traditionally been the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finnmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Finnmark - History
People have lived in Finnmark for at least 8000 years (see Komsa, Pit-Comb Ware culture and Rock carvings at Alta). Gjesvær in Nordkapp ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Counties
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called fylker (singular fylke) and 431 kommuner (singular kommune). Fylke and kommune a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Geography
The landscape is generally rugged and mountainous, topped by glaciers, and its coastline of over 83,000 km [2] is punctuated by steep-slo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Culture
Famous Norwegians include the playwrights/novelists Baron Ludvig Holberg and Henrik Ibsen, explorers Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Demographics
The Norwegian population is 4.6 million and increases by 0.4% per year (estimate July 2004). Ethnically most Norwegians are Nordic / Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Norway - Economy
The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of social capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government interv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Wars In Cwenland
According to the Northern Norwegian Viking leader Ottar from Björkoy in Hålogaland (Haalogaland) (see also: Ottar from Hålogaland, nea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - History
The Kvens have - throughout the known history - been great seamen and fishermen, and thus the main Kven population centers all around the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Varangian And Other Viking Connections
The historic Viking Age Norse sagas tell about the kings of the Cwens. Egil's saga tells about Nór, founder of Norway, and his ancestors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Tornedalians - The Finns Of Northern Sweden
The Tornedalians or Tornedalian Finns are - from historical perspective - members of the historic Kven people (i.e. descendants of Finns)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Historical Usage Of The Term
98 A.D., the Roman historian Tacitus writes about the Fenni, people of the north. This is the first reference to the Finns in recorded hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Cwenland Languages Today
As of 2005 total of four Finno-Ugric languages have been granted a legal language status by the governments of Norway, Sweden and Finland...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Bjarms - The Finns Of Northwestern Russia
Bjarmaland (a.k.a. Bjarmland, Bjarmia or Perma) was a territory known up to the Viking Age - and beyond - on the south shores of the Whit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cwen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cwen - Cwens Today - The Finns Of Northern Norway
In today's Norway the term Cwen (sometimes written also: Cween, Kven, Kveen, Quen, Queen) refers to the Finnish minority people in Northe...   » Read the article