Norway’s World Heritage [World Heritage #9]

Norway’s World Heritage properties

Cultural (7)

• The city of Bergen’s “Bryggen” district (1979)
• Urnes Stave Church (1979)
• Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (1980)
• Rock art in Alta (1985)
• Vegaøyan – Vega Archipelago (2004)
• Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)
• Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage site (2015)

Natural (1)

• Western Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (2005)

Nærøyfjord Panorama, Flåm, Norway (Photo credit: CC Matt Morrison @Flickr) 

The World Heritage Norway association

Set up in 2007, World Heritage Norway is an association serving as a World Heritage site network.   

It focuses on raising awareness on, increasing understanding of and promoting Norwegian World Heritage sites’ common interests, as well as assisting with their protection and development in compliance with the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and best practices, supporting participatory approaches on each World Heritage site. 

It has developed a permanent exhibition concept, implemented on all sites with a view to explaining what UNESCO World Heritage is and presenting sites worldwide as well as Norway’s own. 

The World Heritage Norway association took part in the first meeting of European World Heritage Associations held on the initiative of the Association of French World Heritage Properties. 

On the web:

• Norway (UNESCO – World Heritage Centre)
• World Heritage Norway