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© yegorovnick/Shutterstock.com Norway, by some estimates, is two-thirds mountainous, and about half of its population lives in the south of the country, where its capital, Oslo, is located. These eight contemporary buildings will give you another lens through which to see this Scandinavian country. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Norwegian Glacier Museum Sverre Fehn, the winner of the 1997 Pritzker Prize, is particularly known and celebrated for his exceptional and inventive use of concrete and wood. When approaching his Norwegian Glacier Museum in Balestrand, visitors are greeted by Fehn’s remarkable vision and a memorable exercise in the flexibility of concrete. The museum, which was completed in 1991, is situated in a valley below the Jostedal Glacier and is deliberately evocative of its icy neighbor. Inside, visitor

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