Norway

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1983 - 1989
• 2003 - 2007

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

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

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• 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
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.no
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)