{"id":1523,"date":"2014-04-09T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T08:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","slug":"fakta-om-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nb\/facts-about-albania","title":{"rendered":"Fakta om Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Trafikklys:<\/strong>\u00a0I 1995 nektet bilister i byen Shkodra \u00e5 betale en nyinnf\u00f8rt trafikklysavgift fordi det ikke fantes trafikklys i byen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ja og nei:<\/strong>\u00a0N\u00e5r albanere nikker, betyr det \"nei\", og n\u00e5r de rister p\u00e5 hodet, betyr det \"ja\" - kroppsspr\u00e5ket for ja og nei er alts\u00e5 omvendt i Albania (sammenlignet med de fleste andre land).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Forbud mot religion:<\/strong>\u00a0Alle moskeer og kirker i Albania ble stengt i 1967, og alle religi\u00f8se seremonier ble forbudt. I november 1990 ble religi\u00f8s praksis lovlig i private anliggender.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Bunkers:<\/strong>\u00a0Det finnes rundt 750 000 betongbunkere spredt over hele Albania. Rundt 700 000 av disse ble bygget under det nesten 40 \u00e5r lange regimet til kommunistdiktatoren Enver Hoxa (1944-1985) som forberedelse til en invasjon som aldri kom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Mor Teresa:<\/strong>\u00a0Selv om Mor Teresa ble f\u00f8dt i Skopje i 1910 (i dagens Makedonia), regnes hun som albansk, ettersom begge foreldrene hennes var albanere. Tirana International Airport (flyplassen i Albanias hovedstad) er oppkalt etter Mor Teresa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7645\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enver-hoxha-albanien-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta: Enver Hoxha var en albansk kommunistleder som forb\u00f8d religion under sitt 40 \u00e5r lange regime.\" width=\"600\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enver-hoxha-albanien-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enver-hoxha-albanien-2-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enver-hoxha-albanien-2-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kildeangivelse: Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Fakta: Enver Hoxha satt ved makten i Albania i nesten 40 \u00e5r og forb\u00f8d all religion, noe som har satt sitt preg p\u00e5 landet den dag i dag; det uoffisielle nasjonale mottoet er: \"Den albanske religionen er albanismen\".<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Nobelprisene:<\/strong>\u00a0De to eneste albanerne som noensinne har mottatt Nobelprisen, er Mor Teresa og Ferid Murad. Ferid Murad er halvt albaner og halvt amerikaner, og vant Nobelprisen i fysiologi eller medisin i 1998.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. McDonald's:<\/strong>\u00a0Albania, Armenia og Vatikanstaten er de eneste europeiske landene uten McDonald's.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. OL:<\/strong>\u00a0Albania har aldri vunnet en medalje i de olympiske leker<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Selvforsvar under et angrep:<\/strong>\u00a0Kong Zog av Albania (1928-1939) er den eneste statslederen i nyere historie som har forsvart seg med skytev\u00e5pen under et attentatfors\u00f8k.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Uavhengighet:<\/strong>\u00a0Da London-traktaten ble undertegnet 30. mai 1913, var den f\u00f8rste Balkankrigen over, og Albania ble anerkjent som en selvstendig stat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7647\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/albanien-fakta.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta: Det finnes mange bunkere i Albania.\" width=\"400\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/albanien-fakta.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/albanien-fakta-132x300.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/albanien-fakta-5x12.jpg 5w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kildeangivelse: Les Haines + Dennis Jarvis + Starsap - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Fakta: I nesten 40 \u00e5r var Albania et sv\u00e6rt isolert land p\u00e5 grunn av det kommunistiske diktaturet under Enver Hoxha. Landets 750 000 bunkere er et minne fra den tiden.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Trafikklys: I 1995 nektet bilister i byen Shkodra \u00e5 betale en nyinnf\u00f8rt trafikklysavgift fordi det ikke fantes trafikklys i byen. 2. 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