Travel Reference
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The Average Norwegian:
He or she is 40 years old, has 1.77 children,
and will live to be 80. One in three Norwegians is employed in the ser-
vice sector, one in four in industry, and only 3 percent in agriculture.
LiketheGreeksandEtruscansbeforethem,theVikingsneverorganizedon
a large national scale and eventually faded away due to bigger, better-organ-
ized enemies and the powerful influence of Christianity. By 1150, the Vikings
had become Christianized and assimilated into European society. But their
memory lives on in Norway.
