Throne Chairs of Norway Throne Chairs of Norway The Throne Chairs of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: singular "Norges tronstol", plural "-stoler"; Norwegian Nynorsk: singular "Noregs tronstol", plural "-stolar") are the physical representations of the Throne of the Kingdom of Norway. One stands in the building of the Parliament in Oslo, the political capital of Norway, where it is used in a political context. The other stands in Trondheim, the religious capital of Norway, where it was used in a religious context. A lesser known is the Throne Chair in the Council Chamber in the Royal Palace. In addition to the Throne Chairs, there are two
Bible Belt (Norway) the southeast near the Swedish border, covering Rømskog, Marker and Aremark. Bible Belt (Norway) The Norwegian Bible Belt (Norwegian: "bibelbeltet") is a loosely defined southwestern coastal area of Norway, which is more religious than most of Norway. Typically, the definition covers Western Norway (Vestlandet) and Southern Norway (Sørlandet), which includes the counties of Rogaland (typically called the "buckle" of the Bible Belt), Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. However, the most urban areas, such as Stavanger (once known as the 'religious capital of Norway'), have become strongly secularised since the 1960s and are no longer considered