Norway

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Bryggen (1979)
• Rock Art of Alta (1985)
• Røros Mining Town (1980)
• Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)
• Urnes Stave Church (1979)
• Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago (2004)

• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (2005)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• The Laponian Area - Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago (extension) (2002)
• The Lofoten islands (2002)
• Svalbard Archipelago (2007)
• Islands of Jan Mayen and Bouvet as parts of a serial transnational nomination of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge system (2007)
• Røros Mining Town and its Circumference (extension to Røros Mining Town) (2008)

Activities

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Events

• Nov 30, 2007 - Dec 1, 2007
  International Expert meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic
• Sep 7, 2004
  Earth Heritage-World Heritage Conference at the Dorset- and Devon Coast

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1983 - 1989
• 2003 - 2007

Contacts

• H. E. Mr Harald Neple
  Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Norway to OECD, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Norway to UNESCO
  Maison de l'UNESCO
  1 rue Miollis
  75732 Paris Cedex 15
  Tel: 01 45 68 34 35; 01 45 68 34 31
  Fax: 01 45 67 92 03
  EMail: dl.norway@unesco.org
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO
  President: Mrs Astrid Noklebye Heiberg
  Secretary-General: Mrs Ellen Lange
  Ministry of Education and Research
  Postboks 8119 Dep
  No-0032 OSLO
  NORWAY
  Tel: (47) 22 24 70 55; (47) 22 24 79 13
  Fax: (47) 22 24 79 20
  EMail: natcom@unesco.no; ela@unesco.no;
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.no
  Source: UNESCO/ERC