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Kingdom of Norway Other official names
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| Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet (English: "Yes, we love this country") Royal anthem: Kongesangen (English: "King's Song") | |
   Location of the Kingdom of Norway (green) in Europe (green and dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Oslo 59°56′N 10°41′E / 59.933°N 10.683°E |
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| Demonym(s) | Norwegian |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Harald V |
• Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
• President of the Storting | Masud Gharahkhani |
• Chief Justice | Toril Marie Øie |
| Legislature | Storting |
| History | |
• State established prior unification | 872 |
• Old Kingdom of Norway (Peak extent) | 1263 |
• Kalmar Union | 1397 |
• Denmark–Norway | 1524 |
• Re-established state[11] | 25 February 1814 |
• Constitution | 17 May 1814 |
• Union between Sweden and Norway | 4 November 1814 |
• Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden | 7 June 1905 |
| Area | |
• Total | 385,207 km2 (148,729 sq mi)[12] (61stb) |
• Water (%) | 5.32 (2015)[13] |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate |  5,550,203[14] (118th) |
• Density | 14.4/km2 (37.3/sq mi) (213th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total |  $461.107 billion[15] (51st) |
• Per capita | $82,832[15] (8th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $526.951 billion[15] (27th) |
• Per capita | $94,660[15] (3rd) |
| Gini (2020) |  25.3[16]low |
| HDI (2022) | 0.966[17] very high (2nd) |
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +47 |
| ISO 3166 code | NO |
| Internet TLD | .nod |
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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway,[a] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway.[note 5] Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo.
Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi)[12] and had a population of 5,488,984 in January 2023.[14] The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Jonas Gahr Støre has been Prime Minister of Norway since 2021. As a unitary state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet, and the supreme court, as determined by the 1814 constitution. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1151–1152 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was part of Denmark–Norway, and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War, and in the Second World War until April 1940 when it was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany until the end of the war.
Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels: counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United States. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and a part of the Schengen Area. The Norwegian dialects share mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish.
Norway maintains the Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system, and its values are rooted in egalitarian ideals.[20] The Norwegian state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).[21] On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside of the Middle East.[22][23] The country has the fourth- and eight highest per-capita income in the world on the World Bank's and IMF's list, respectively.[24] It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of US$1.3 trillion.[25][26]
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- ^ "Surface water and surface water change". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Population, 2024-01-01". Statistics Norway. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2024 Edition. (Norway)". www.imf.org. International Monetary Fund. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2023/2024" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Norway". CIA World fact. 26 October 2021.
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- ^ "Statistics Norway raises '07 GDP outlook, cuts '08". Reuters. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ "Country Comparison :: Crude oil – production". CIA – The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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- ^ Holter, Mikael (27 June 2017). "The World's Biggest Wealth Fund Hits $1 Trillion". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Meredith, Sam (31 January 2023). "Norway's gigantic sovereign wealth fund loses a record $164 billion, citing 'very unusual' year". CNBC. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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