Date - 21/11/2019
Time - 11-12 am
Venue - Room no 105, Central Block

The Department of International studies and history organised a student interaction on "Culture and heritage of Norway" by Karen and Melissa from Norway.

The students were introduced to Norway’s national flag, geographical map and it's demographic details. Then the students highlighted about Norway's progress and their stand in the global scenario where they mentioned that it's economy has crossed 1 trillion dollars mark, the unemployment rate is less than 4%, it is ranked 1st in the world happiness index and also has the lowest rate of crimes committed in the world.  

The speakers then stressed about the culture of Norway. Norwegians have only 4 festivals a year which is Christmas, New Year, Easter and Thanksgiving. Their marriage culture is very open and accepting. Partners usually be in a live-in relationship before marrying each other and same sex marriages are considered normal and legal. Then they highlighted a few points about their climate which is extremely cold most of the time in the northern region and usually rainy in the south. The northern region also experiences 6 months of day and 6 months of night.

They spoke about their socio - political scenario. The citizens of Norway receive free healthcare and social security payments. Education is compulsory until 19 years of age for all. They have a constitutional monarchy and also a prime minister who is elected every 4 years. Finally Karen and Melissa mentioned about how their food consists of a variety of meat and fish.

At the end, the students had opportunities to ask questions and clarify doubts.