Norway is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometers and a population of 5,109,059 people. It is the 2nd least densely populated country in Europe. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden which is the longest uninterrupted border within both Scandinavia & Europe at large. It shares maritime borders with Russia by the Barents Sea; Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland by the Norwegian Sea; and Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom by the North Sea. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is laced with fjords, a renowned part of its landscape. The capital city Oslo is the largest in the nation, with a population of 630,000. Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, fresh water, and hydropower.
Norway lies between latitudes 57° and 81° N, and longitudes 4° and 32° E.
Norway was a founding member of the European Free Trade Area. Two referendums on joining the European Union
failed by narrow margins in 1972 and 1994. In 1981, a Conservative government
led by Kåre Willoch replaced the Labour Party with a policy of stimulating the stagflated
economy with tax cuts, economic liberalisation, deregulation of markets, and
measures to curb record-high inflation .
Capital
:
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Oslo
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Area:
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358,178
square km
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National
Bird:
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Dipper
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National
Animal:
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Elk
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National
Flower:
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Purple
Heather
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National
Language:
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Norwegian
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National
Sport:
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Football
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National
Dance:
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Folk
Dance
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Prime
Minister:
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Erna
Solberg
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Major
Occupation:
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Agriculture
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Time
Zone:
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(UTC+01:00)
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