South Norway
South Norway(Bokmål:Sør-Norge,Nynorsk:Sør-Noreg,Northern Sami:Lulli-Norga) is the southern and by far most populous half ofNorway,consisting of theregionsofWestern Norway,Eastern Norway,Southern Norway(Agder) andTrøndelag(Central Norway).[1]In English, South Norway was historically also known asNorway Proper,a term that often has a broader meaning in contemporary usage.[2]
South Norway has no administrative functions, and does not constitute a cultural or linguistic region, as opposed toNorthern Norway,the northern half of the country. To people from the latter region, citizens hailing from the southern half are known by theexonymsøringer('southerners'). The inhabitants themselves, however, have no common "southern" identity, as they rather identify with the regions they are from and call themselvesvestlendinger(from Western Norway),østlendinger(from Eastern Norway),sørlendinger(from Southern Norway) andtrøndere(from Trøndelag). Practical use of the region mostly applies to purposes such asweather forecasting.[3]
South Norway (Sør-Norge) must not be confused with Southern Norway (Sørlandet), which is a sub-region with a distinct cultural identity limited to the southernmost county ofAgder.
References
[edit]- ^Askheim, Svein (28 January 2016)."Sør-Norge".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).
- ^Haughton, Samuel (1874).Geography generalized.p. 304.
- ^"Værradar for Sør-Norge".yr.no(in Norwegian). NRK.Retrieved12 May2016.
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