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Norway
Description of Norway
The head of the country is His Majesty King Harald V. The head of the Government is a Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg. The Kingdom of Norway (Norge) is located in the western and northern parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula, and also includes the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, the island of Jan Mayen, the island of Peter the Great, the Bouvet Island and the Queen Maud Land in the Southern Hemisphere.
The total area of Norway is of 385 155 square kilometers. According to this, Norway is the sixth largest country of Western Europe. However, Norway is rarely populated. On 1 January 2006 the total number of inhabitants, according to official data, was of 4,640,219 people. This allows it to take only the 28th place among the European countries. The population density is 12.1 people per square kilometer. The coastline of the Kingdom of Norway, including fjords and bays, is more than 20,000 kilometers.
Norway's geographical location and characteristics of settlement of the country took part in the development of a large number of local and regional dialects, which are still preserved and play an important role in the country. There are two official written versions of Norwegian, bokmal and nynorsk. Bokmal is based on the Danish-Norwegian language, and has developed on the basis of written Danish adapted to the dialects of Eastern Norway. Nynorsk was created by a linguist Ivar Aasen in the 1850s, based on the dialects of western Norway.
Some facts about Norway
| Population of country |
4,907,000 people |
| Area of Norway |
324,220 sq. kilometers |
| Located on the continent |
Europe (EU) |
| Capital of Norway |
Oslo |
| Currency at Norway |
Krone (NOK) |
| Domain Zone |
.no |
| Phone country code |
47 |
| FIPS code of Norway |
NO |
Gallery of Norway
Norway video guide
More information about Norway
Climate of Norway:
- temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current
- colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers
- rainy year-round on west coast
Terrain of Norway:
- glaciated
- mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys
- small, scattered plains
- coastline deeply indented by fjords
- arctic tundra in north
Norway also has such useful resources as: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower.
Top cities of Norway
| № |
City Name |
Population |
State |
Coordinates |
| 1 |
Oslo |
580,000 people |
Oslo |
59.91273 x 10.74609 |
| 2 |
Bergen |
213,585 people |
Hordaland Fylke |
60.39299 x 5.32415 |
| 3 |
Trondheim |
147,139 people |
Sor-Trondelag Fylke |
63.43049 x 10.39506 |
| 4 |
Stavanger |
121,610 people |
Rogaland Fylke |
58.97005 x 5.73332 |
| 5 |
Drammen |
90,722 people |
Buskerud Fylke |
59.74389 x 10.20449 |
| 6 |
Fredrikstad |
72,760 people |
Ostfold |
59.2181 x 10.9298 |
| 7 |
Kristiansand |
63,814 people |
Vest-Agder Fylke |
58.14671 x 7.9956 |
| 8 |
Sandnes |
63,032 people |
Rogaland Fylke |
58.85244 x 5.73521 |
| 9 |
Tromso |
52,436 people |
Troms Fylke |
69.6489 x 18.95508 |
| 10 |
Sarpsborg |
52,159 people |
Ostfold |
59.28391 x 11.10962 |
| 11 |
Skien |
50,595 people |
Telemark Fylke |
59.20962 x 9.60897 |
| 12 |
Alesund |
44,096 people |
More og Romsdal fylke |
62.47225 x 6.15492 |
| 13 |
Sandefjord |
42,654 people |
Vestfold Fylke |
59.13118 x 10.21665 |
| 14 |
Haugesund |
40,321 people |
Rogaland Fylke |
59.41378 x 5.268 |
| 15 |
Tonsberg |
38,914 people |
Vestfold Fylke |
59.26754 x 10.40762 |
| 16 |
Moss |
34,492 people |
Ostfold |
59.43403 x 10.65771 |
| 17 |
Porsgrunn |
34,377 people |
Telemark Fylke |
59.14054 x 9.6561 |
| 18 |
Bodo |
34,073 people |
Nordland Fylke |
67.28 x 14.40501 |
| 19 |
Arendal |
30,916 people |
Aust-Agder Fylke |
58.46151 x 8.77253 |
| 20 |
Hamar |
29,479 people |
Hedmark Fylke |
60.7945 x 11.06798 |
| 21 |
Ytrebygda |
24,044 people |
Hordaland Fylke |
60.30504 x 5.28236 |
| 22 |
Larvik |
23,113 people |
Vestfold Fylke |
59.05328 x 10.03517 |
| 23 |
Halden |
21,970 people |
Ostfold |
59.12478 x 11.38754 |
| 24 |
Steinkjer |
20,000 people |
Nord-Trondelag Fylke |
64.01487 x 11.49537 |
| 25 |
Harstad |
19,433 people |
Troms Fylke |
68.79833 x 16.54165 |
| 26 |
Lillehammer |
19,096 people |
Oppland Fylke |
61.11514 x 10.46628 |
| 27 |
Molde |
18,594 people |
More og Romsdal fylke |
62.73752 x 7.15912 |
| 28 |
Mo i Rana |
17,853 people |
Nordland Fylke |
66.31278 x 14.14278 |
| 29 |
Kongsberg |
17,667 people |
Buskerud Fylke |
59.66858 x 9.65017 |
| 30 |
Horten |
17,660 people |
Vestfold Fylke |
59.41721 x 10.48343 |
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