Norway is a peninsular country in Northern Europe, home to approximately 5, 207, 689 people.

As with
the other countries of Scandinavia, Norway was extremely influenced by Viking culture in its early years
of development. Farming emerged among the native peoples around 500 B.C.E., and the foundation of
Viking civilization was born. Unlike the other states of early Europe, Norway remained in its Iron Age
much longer, living off of farming technologies and remaining in small villages without a centralized
state system, having been untouched by the Roman Empire. However, when the Vikings did begin to set
up centers of power, a new age for Norway, and all other populated Viking territories had begun. This was
around the year800 C.E., when Europe was in its Middle Ages period, and Norwegian peoples used their
extreme naval power to sail to many of the port cities, plundering and invading the weaker civilizations
after the fall of Rome. Many Vikings were able to occupy portions of states, setting up villages and taking
control of government. A prime example of this is the province of Normandy in France, which was
founded by Vikings and established Norse power both in France and in the surrounding regions of Europe
(Normandy is derived from Norman, the French term for Norsemen, or Vikings). The populations of
Norway finally united into one Kingdom in 1030 C.E., and have since remained that way. During this
empirical period, Norway occupied many of the island chains surrounding them, which the modern day
country still has control over. However, after entering into a union with Denmark and Sweden in the year
1380, the state was under Danish control until it became independent in 1814 when its leaders signed a
Constitution declaring Norway a separate state. King Haakon VII became the king of Norway in 1905,
after a century long union with Sweden. Norway was a free state until World War Two, when it was
occupied by Nazi Germany. After being liberated, King Haakon was reinstated as King, and his son Olaf
V replaced him. Todays sovereign leader of Norway is Harold V of Norway.
Fattigman are also known as Poor Mans Cookies, and are traditionally cut into diamonds with a slit in
the middle, so that one side of the diamond may be tucked inside the cookie. They are made with the
simplest of ingredients (eggs, cream, sugar) so that they were available to the peasantry, with the
exception of brandy, which was readily available to the Viking warriors at the time.