Norway’s Geological Heritage

Norway has five UNESCO Global Geoparks: Gea Norvegica (Vestfold/Telemark), Magma (Rogaland/Agder), Trollfjell (Helgeland), Sunnhordland (Western Norway), and Fjordkysten Geopark. Together, they represent unique geological landscapes and showcase Norway’s geological history. After renovation, the Natural History Museum in Oslo is Norway’s largest natural science museum and among the largest in Scandinavia, especially for geology and paleontology. It also houses Norway’s national reference specimens of rocks and minerals. The Caledonian mountain range, about 400 million years ago, was as high as—or even…