Norway Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of Norway?

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First submitted	March 22, 2014
Times taken	76,396
Average score	65.0%
Rating	4.44

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Hint	Answer
Capital city	Oslo
Second largest city	Bergen
Host of the 1994 Winter Olympics	Lillehammer
Bordering countries	Sweden
	Finland
	Russia
Biggest export	Oil
Word for a long, narrow ocean inlet	Fjord
Magnus Carlsen is often considered the greatest ___ player of all time	Chess
Founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland	Erik the Red
Sea that lies between Norway and Great Britain	North Sea

Hint	Answer
World's northernmost municipality with a population > 1,000	Longyearbyen
Island chain on which the above is located	Svalbard
Sport of skiing and rifle shooting	Biathlon
3x Olympic figure skating champion (1928, 1932, 1936)	Sonja Henie
Traditional dish of fish aged in lye	Lutefisk
First person to reach the South Pole	Roald Amundsen
Famous painting by Edvard Munch	The Scream
Four-letter word that refers to an epic story of the Viking Age	Saga
German collaborator during WWII whose name became synonymous with "traitor"	Vidkun Quisling

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64 Comments

Level 50

Apr 28, 2014

That was fun! Of course, it helps that I have friends in Norway...

Level 76

Jan 6, 2017

Norwegian is so fun to read I couldn't help myself: here's this quiz in Norwegian :)

Level 50

Jan 8, 2017

Cool! I didn't do quite so well over there...my Norwegian spelling isn't so great. And I don't know the Norwegian for "biathlon".....but I still got 20. Got any quizzes in Swedish???

Level 79

May 17, 2014

More proof that I'm really not very good at my European country trivia.

Level 93

Oct 27, 2020

I find that the more populous the country, the better I tend to do on that country's quiz.

Level 71

Oct 27, 2020

Yeah, I struggle with European ones too. While large population ones are the easiest, some of the more obscure countries are also easier because no one would get specific clues about the country so all of the questions are more general.

Level 32

May 17, 2014

The European trivia ones are my favorite.

Level 56

May 17, 2014

Somehow all I could think about was the Lofoten archipelago and I was certain the Quizmaster had misspelled it so I tried every possible variation of that word. Svalbard never even crossed my mind. I feel silly now.

Level 68

May 18, 2014

That's 5040 possibilities, you must be the fastes typer on this quiz, or did you run out of time? BTW, I guessed Lofoten too.

Level 82

Nov 19, 2018

I also guessed Lofoten first as it really is an island chain. Svalbard is an archipelago but doesn't resemble a chain - more a clump really (and yes, I have visited both and recommend them, though for different reasons).

Level 80

Sep 10, 2025

Did you know that Svalbard and Jan Mayen have their own internet domain (albeit not in use)? (.sj)

Level 74

May 17, 2014

Thank you, my Norwegian son-in-law.

Level 50

Aug 11, 2014

As a Norwegian I feel sad for forgetting Sonja Hennie and Erik the Red.... also forgot the English word for biathlon.

Level 55

Jan 6, 2017

I am watching a biathlon competition on tv right now while taking this quiz :) Took me too many seconds to remember the word even when I can see the word "IBU world cup" right in front of me. Just couldn't remember what B stands for (did it finally though).

Level 67

Aug 12, 2015

19/24 - Tough quiz but accessible enough to have fun! <3 Norden.

Level 82

Oct 19, 2015

No mention of Grieg??

Level 78

Sep 10, 2025

Grieg and Ibsen would be good additions. Maybe A-ha, too?

Level 74

Jan 6, 2017

Sonje Henie's tutu!

Level 68

Jan 6, 2017

Went to Norway two years ago and absolutely loved it. But man, is it expensive.

Level 91

Jan 6, 2017

[Sadly?] Sonie Henie and Caddyshack will always be linked in my mind.

Level 87

Mar 28, 2017

For Scandinavians, this is no doubt a no-brainer, but for someone from the U.S., I feel just a tiny bit shrewd for noticing that if names end in -sen, they're likely from either Norway or Denmark, but if they end in -son, they're likely from Sweden. No idea why, but that's the pattern I've noticed, with very few exceptions.

Level 81

Feb 14, 2019

To simplify things very much: East Norse and West Norse.

Generally meaning son as in the male child. So e.g. Eriksen = Son of Erik, Svensson = Son of Sven.

Level 59

Oct 18, 2017

Fish in LYE ? are you sure ? I think lye is to make soap with and it is caustic and poisonous.

Level 89

Sep 2, 2018

There's a reason the dish hasn't caught on in the U.S. like, say, sushi has.

Level 76

Mar 10, 2020

Lye is used for many food items including pretzels and ramen noodles, 2 examples which I believe áre popular in the US

Level 88

Jul 8, 2020

Lye is definitely caustic and poisonous - but the important thing is that it's used to treat the food, then rinsed away. The same is true for converting corn into hominy / grits. The strong alkaline treatment improves nutritional value, and reportedly flavor, as well. If you're interested in the chemistry of the process, look up "nixtamalization."

Level 69

Dec 29, 2017

Great country!

Level 36

Apr 24, 2018

I never knew that Norway bordered Finland. Isn't Sweden between them.

+17

Level 89

Sep 2, 2018

And yet you're not surprised that Norway borders Russia?

Level 45

Mar 18, 2019

Well thank you Tine (dairy brand in norway) for reminding me of Amundsen. Before that milk promo I could never remember his name, now I can't forget it ahah

Level 65

Oct 16, 2019

Never hear that word for ski shooting before.

Level 69

Jun 26, 2020

A couple of comments...Eric the Red was Icelandic and the Sagas were written by Icelanders, although some of them do discuss events where Icelanders had dealings with Norway. Iceland was a possession of Norway back then. The Norwegians and Danes are famous for trying to take credit for Icelandic accomplishments.

Level 62

Oct 27, 2020

No Spitsbergen for Svalbard?

Level 65

Oct 27, 2020

Yeah. Spitsbergen is only one of the islands in Svalbard. I know it says Spitsbergen on the weather forecast, but that's probably because it's the biggest island and the only island that is actually populated.

Level 85

Oct 27, 2020

Could add a question about the reigning chess champion - too obscure?

Level 78

Dec 20, 2022

I think that should be added.

Level ∞

Jun 15, 2025

Added

Level 64

Oct 28, 2020

I'm from North Dakota, so I just guessed names of people from my hometown and got 4/5.

Level 71

Jan 23, 2021

Does anyone else always get Edvard Grieg and Edvard Munch mixed up? I can never remember which one is the musician and which one is the painter.

Level 87

Jun 16, 2025

It's all Grieg to me.

Level 59

Feb 7, 2021

5 points on family names is a bit too much in my opinion. It would have been great to add more culture/geography questions.

Level 60

May 8, 2021

No Roald Dahl?

Level 87

Jun 16, 2025

The Welsh author? Why?

Level 96

Oct 30, 2025

He had norwegian parents, wrote in his book Boy about trips to Norway and was named after Roald Amundsen.

Level 68

Jan 8, 2023

Definitely time for a break from the quizzes when you realise you completely didn't see two of the questions and for another you're trying to think of a famous viking ape (misread age)

Level 63

Oct 12, 2023

fole hard

+24

Level 72

Jun 15, 2025

Longyearbyen doesn't work

Level ∞

Jun 15, 2025

Sorry about that. Fixed!

Level 88

Jun 15, 2025

Longerbyen ... nope.

Longyerbyen ... nope.

Longerbyan ... nope.

Longyerbyan ... nope.

Gives up and moves on.

Level ∞

Jun 15, 2025

But it's longyear, as in "long year". Not hard to spell.

Level 67

Jun 15, 2025

Never can spell Svalbad.

Level 96

Oct 30, 2025

One must be slightly less bad at spelling and more of a bard.

Level 94

Jun 15, 2025

Quizling

+13

Level 87

Jun 15, 2025

Why do you need 19/20 on this one? For Finland you only need 19/24 for badge purposes. For Sweden you only need 16/21.

Level 68

Jun 18, 2025

I think the quiz lost some questions, hence the old 19 answers requirement

+17

Level 70

Jun 16, 2025

Since the surname section is removed, the badge criteria should be lowered. Demanding 19/20 is not reasonable. See Sweden(16/21).

Level ∞

Jun 16, 2025

Too hard to change. Guess you're going to just have to get 19/20.

Level 83

Jul 11, 2025

Svalbard is a chain?! Well there you go. You learn something new every day.

Level 88

Sep 9, 2025

Kept looking for a Thor Heyerdahl/Kon Tiki question. I was ready. Guess I'll have to wait for the sequel.

Level 83

Sep 9, 2025

Hmmmmm - Lutefisk with white sauce and boiled potatoes.

Level 65

Sep 9, 2025

On the front page the day they win 11-1 against Moldova, and Erling Haaland scored 5. Coincidence?

Level 71

Sep 10, 2025

Fun quiz, thanks. Tried about twelve ways of spelling that skater's name, oh well.

Level 55

Oct 10, 2025

Sorry but... 19 correct answers to get the badge ?

Level 63

Dec 4, 2025

yea what????