Norway
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| Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Norge (Bokmål) Kongeriket Noreg (Nynorsk) | |||||
 Map of Norway | |||||
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| Motto: Royal: Alt for Norge ("Everything for Norway") | |||||
| Anthem: "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" | |||||
| Patron Saint(s): Saint Olaf of Norway | |||||
 Location of Norway on the European continent | |||||
| Capital | Oslo | ||||
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| Official languages | Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) | ||||
| Demonym | Norwegian | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Type | Parliamentary democracy under Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - King | Harald V | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) | ||||
| - Storting President | Thorbjørn Jagland (Ap) | ||||
| Establishment | |||||
| Unification | 872872 4632 He 4875 AM | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 385,252 km²385,252,000 dunams 148,746.629 mi² (61st) | ||||
| - Water | 7.0 %7 % | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - October 1st 20081 October 2008 2 Tishrei 5769 He 1 Bul 6012 AM estimate | 4,785,200 | ||||
| - Density | 12 km⁻²31.08 mi⁻² (202nd) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 20072007 5767 He 6010 AM estimate | ||||
| - Total | $247,956,000,000 (43rd) | ||||
| - Per capita | $53,152 (3rd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 20072007 5767 He 6010 AM estimate | ||||
| - Total | $389,457,000,000 (23rd) | ||||
| - Per capita | $83,484 (2nd) | ||||
| Currency | Norwegian krone (kr) (NOK)
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .no, .sj and .bv | ||||
| Calling code | +47 | ||||
Norway (Bokmål Norwegian: Norge; Nynorsk Norwegian: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia. Its capital city is Oslo.
History
Norway was and independent kingdom up until the death of Haakon VI in 1380. From that point Norway was a part of Denmark. Conquered by Sweden in 1814, a surge of Norwegian nationalism during the 19th century spawned the dissolution of the Norway-Sweden union in 1905, marking the end of more than 400 years of non-sovereignty, with Haakon VII chosen to serve as king.
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