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Last update: Friday 10th of September 2010
| Kongeriket Norge Kongeriket Noreg Kingdom of Norway | |||||
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| Motto: Royal: Alt for Norge ("All for Norway") 1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enige og tro til Dovre faller ("United and faithful until Dovre crumbles") | |||||
| Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet Royal anthem: Kongesangen | |||||
 Location of Norway (orange) on the European continent (white) | |||||
| Capital (and largest city) |  Oslo | ||||
| Official languages | Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)1 | ||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - King | Harald V | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg | ||||
| Constitution | 17 May, 1814 | ||||
| - Independence | from union with Sweden | ||||
| - Declared | 7 June, 1905 | ||||
| - Recognised | 26 October, 1905 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 385,155 km² (61st2) 148,746 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 7.03 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 2006 estimate | 4,681,134 (114th) | ||||
| - Density | 12 /km² (202nd) 31 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $195.13 billion (42nd) | ||||
| - Per capita | $42,364 (2nd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $296.01 billion (25th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $64,193 (2nd) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.965 (high) (1st) | ||||
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) | ||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .no4 | ||||
| Calling code | +47 | ||||
1 The official national language is Norwegian bokmål and nynorsk. Sami is used additionally in the municipal administration in six municipalities and Finnish in one other. 2 Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen. 3 This percentage is for the mainland and also includes glaciers. 4 Two more TLDs have been assigned, but to date not used: .sj for Svalbard, Peter I Island and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island. | |||||
The Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge (bokmål); Kongeriket Noreg (nynorsk)) is a Nordic country occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Norway has a very elongated shape; the country's extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean is home to its famous fjords. The Kingdom of Norway also includes the Arctic island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Norwegian sovereignty of Svalbard is based upon the Svalbard Treaty, but this does not apply to Jan Mayen. Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and a claim for Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are also external dependencies, but these are not part of the Kingdom. Norway also claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica where it has established the Troll permanent research station.
According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, archaeologists have discovered the remnants of what is believed to be a watchtower from the period of the Norwegian King Sverre (1184-1202).
Breathtaking pictures from a boat in the fjords of Norway.
Reinventing the Cold-Blooded Killer I never paid a lot of attention in school, especially when it came to geography. Until now, I thought Norway was famous only for its high GDP per capita (2nd in the world!) and for some pretty wicked death metal. Although it has already conquered economy and balls-to-the-wall met
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The largest military exercise in Norway in 2007