| Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge
Kongeriket Noreg
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Motto:
Royal: Alt for Norge / Alt for Noreg
("Everything/anything for Norway")
1814 Eidsvoll oath:
Enig og tro til Dovre faller
("United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble")
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Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet
Yes, we love this country
Royal anthem: Kongesangen
Song of the King |
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Capital
(and largest city) |
Oslo |
| Official languages |
Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)1 |
| Ethnic groups |
90.3% Norwegian, Sami, 9.7% other[1] (2009) |
| Demonym |
Norwegian |
| Government |
Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy |
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Monarch |
Harald V |
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Prime Minister |
Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) |
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Storting President |
Thorbjørn Jagland (Ap) |
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Current coalition |
Red-Green Coalition |
| Establishment |
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Unification |
872 |
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Constitution |
17 May 1814 |
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Independence from union with Sweden |
declared 7 June 1905 |
| Area |
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Total |
385,252 km2 (61st2)
148,746 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
7.0 |
| Population |
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2009 estimate |
4,805,437 (as of January 29, 2009) (115th) |
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Density |
12/km2 (202nd)
31/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2008 estimate |
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Total |
$259.049 billion[2] (43rd) |
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Per capita |
$55,198[2] (IMF) (2nd) |
| GDP (nominal) |
2008 estimate |
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Total |
$481.148 billion[2] (23rd) |
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Per capita |
$102,524[2] (IMF) (2nd) |
| Gini (2000) |
25.8 (low) (6th) |
| HDI (2008) |
0.968 (high) (1st) |
| Currency |
Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Time zone |
CET (UTC+1) |
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Summer (DST) |
CEST (UTC+2) |
| Drives on the |
right |
| Internet TLD |
.no, .sj and .bv |
| Calling code |
47 |
| 1 |
Northern Sami is used in the municipal administration of six municipalities, Lule Sami in one, Finnish/Kven in one, and Southern Sami in one. |
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Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen. |
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This percentage is for the mainland and also includes glaciers[3] |
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Statistics Norway estimation (5 September 2006) using variant MMMM from Table 10[4] |
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Two more TLDs have been assigned, but to date not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island. |
