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The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway's famous fjords are found. The nearby island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are under Norwegian sovereignty and are considered as part of Norway as a kingdom, while Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are Norwegian dependencies, which are not considered part of the kingdom. Additionally, Norway has a claim for Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica.

Kongeriket Norge
Kongeriket Noreg

(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
Motto: None (Royal Motto: Alt for Norge (Everything for Norway)) 1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enig og tro til Dovre faller (United and Loyal until the Dovre Mountains fall)
Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet
Capital	Oslo 1) 59°56"² N 10°41"² E
Largest city	Oslo
Official languages	Norwegian (BokmÃ¥l and Nynorsk), plus Sami in six municipalities
Government King Prime Minister	Constitutional monarchy Harald V Kjell Magne Bondevik
Constitution Independence  - Declared  - Recognised	17 May 1814 From union with Sweden 7 June 1905 26 October 1905
Area  "¢ Total  "¢ Water (%)	385,1991 km² (61st) 6.0%
Population  "¢ July 2005 est.  "¢ 2001 census  "¢ Density	4,593,041 (115th) 4,520,947 14/km² (201st)
GDP (PPP)  "¢ Total  "¢ Per capita	2003 estimate $169 billion (42nd) $40,784 (2nd)
Currency	Norwegian krone (NOK)
Time zone  "¢ Summer (DST)	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Internet TLD	.no2
Calling code	+47
1 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2 Two more TLDs assigned, but not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island

History

Main article: History of Norway

In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms into one and in 872 with the battle of Hafrsfjord, he had established a feudal state.

The Viking age (8th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegians colonized Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of the British Islands and attempted to settle at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada (perhaps the Vinland of The Saga of Eric the Red). Norwegians founded the English city called Jorvik, today known as York, and the Irish modern day cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford. The Norwegian Rollo invaded and was ceded Normandy in modern France; his descendent William the Conqueror successfully invaded and conquered England in 1066.

The Norwegian royal line died out in 1387, partly because of the grand recession after the black plague in 1349, wiping out the majority of the population, and partly because the queen Margrethe's son, heir to the throne died at barely 17 years of age. The country entered a long period as the weaker part of a union with Denmark. Margrethe was also queen of Denmark and Sweden (entombed in Roskilde, Denmark). With the forced introduction of Protestantism in 1537, Norway lost the steady stream of pilgrims to the relics of Saint Olav at the Nidaros shrine. With them, ironically, went much of the contact with the cultural and economical life of the rest of Europe. In light of national romanticism during the 19th century, this period was by some called the "400-year night".

After Denmark-Norway sided with Napoleon in the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was ceded to the king of Sweden in 1814. However, Norway declared her independence, adopted a constitution based on American and French models and elected the Danish prince Christian Fredrik as king on 17 May 1814. Norway was forced into a personal union with Sweden, but kept its liberal constitution and independent institutions, except for the foreign service. Growing Norwegian dissatisfaction with the union during the late 19th century, national romanticism, growing national culture, literature and painting (Ibsen, Bjoernson, Gude, Tiedemand), spawned its dissolution 7 June 1905. The Norwegian government offered the throne of Norway to Danish Prince Carl. After a referendum (only men had votes) confirming the monarchy, the Parliament unanimously elected him king. He took the name of Haakon VII, after the medieval kings of independent Norway.

Norway was a neutral country during World War I. Norway also attempted to claim neutrality during World War II, but was invaded by German forces on the 9th of April 1940 (Operation Weserübung). The Allies also had plans to operate from Norway, in order to take advantage of her strategically important Atlantic coast. Armed resistance in Norway went on for two months, but the King and government continued the fight from exile in Britain. On the day of the invasion, the collaborative leader of the small National-Socialist party Nasjonal Samling "“ Vidkun Quisling "“ tried to seize power, but was forced by the German occupiers to step aside. Real power was wielded by the leader of the German occupation authority, Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. Quisling, as minister president, later formed a government under German control.

In 1944, the Germans evacuated the provinces of Finnmark and northern Troms, using a scorched earth tactic. The Red Army moved in shortly after, and peacefully returned the area to Norwegian control after the war, despite President Roosevelt having offered them parts of northern Norway. The Germans in Norway surrendered on 8 May 1945.

The occupation during World War II made Norwegians generally more sceptical of the concept of neutrality. They turned instead to collective security. Norway was one of the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations, providing its first secretary general "“ Trygve Lie. Norway has twice voted against joining the European Union (in 1972 and 1994), but is associated with the EU via the European Economic Area.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Norway

Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government.

The Royal House is a branch of the princely family of Glücksburg, originally from Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. [1] The functions of the King, Harald V, are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity. Although the constitution of 1814 grants important executive powers to the king, these are almost always exercised by the Council of State in the name of the King (King's Council, or cabinet). The reserve powers vested in the Monarch by the constitution are however significant and an important security part of the role of the Monarchy, and were last used during World War II. The Council of State consists of a Prime Minister and his council, formally appointed by the King. Since 1884, parliamentarism has ensured that the cabinet must have the support of the parliament, so the appointment by the King is a formality.

The Norwegian parliament, the Storting (Norwegian: Stortinget), currently has 165 members (increasing to 169 from the elections of 12 September 2005). The members are elected from the 19 counties for 4-year terms according to a system of proportional representation. After elections the Storting divides into two chambers, the Odelsting and the Lagting, which meet separately or jointly depending on the agenda. Laws are proposed by the Odelsting and decided by the Lagting or, in case of disagreement, by the joint Storting. Impeachment cases are raised by the Odelsting and judged by the Lagting as part of the High Court of the Realm. Apart from this, the Storting functions as a unicameral parliament.

The regular courts include the Supreme Court or Høyesterett (17 permanent judges and a chief justice), courts of appeal, city and district courts, and conciliation councils. Judges attached to regular courts are appointed by the King in council after nomination by the Ministry of Justice. The special High Court of the Realm, which consists of the Supreme Court plus the Lagting, hears impeachment cases.

Counties

Main article: Counties of Norway

Map of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called fylker (singular fylke) and 433 kommuner (singular kommune). Fylke and kommune are officially translated to English as county and municipality. The fylke is the intermediate administration between state and municipality.

• Akershus
• Aust-Agder
• Buskerud
• Finnmark
• Hedmark
• Hordaland
• Møre og Romsdal
• Nordland
• Nord-Trøndelag
• Oppland
• Oslo
• Østfold
• Rogaland
• Sogn og Fjordane
• Sør-Trøndelag
• Telemark
• Troms
• Vest-Agder
• Vestfold

See also Regions of Norway.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Norway

Reine, Lofoten, seen from top of Reinebringen (June, 2003).

The landscape is generally rugged and mountainous, topped by glaciers, and its coastline of over 83,000 km [2] is punctuated by steep-sloped inlets known as fjords, as well as a multitude of islands and islets. The Northern part of the country is also known as the Land of the Midnight Sun because of its northern location, north of the Arctic Circle, where for part of each summer the sun does not set, and in winter much of its land remains dark for long periods.

Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic Ocean: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west, and the Barents Sea to the northeast. To the east, in order from south to north, it shares a long border with Sweden, a shorter one with Finland, and a still shorter one with Russia. Norway's highest point is the Galdhøpiggen at 2,469 m.

The Norwegian climate is fairly temperate, especially along the coast under the influence of the Gulf Stream. The inland climate can be more severe and to the north more subarctic conditions are found.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Norway

Henningsvær, a fishing village in Lofoten during fishing season (April, 2001).

The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of social capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector (through large-scale state enterprises). The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals - and is highly dependent on its petroleum production and international oil prices; in 1999, oil and gas accounted for 35% of exports. Only Saudi Arabia and Russia export more oil than Norway, which is outside OPEC.

Norway opted to stay out of the European Union during a referendum in 1972, and again in November 1994. However, Norway, together with Iceland and Liechtenstein, participate in the EU's single market via the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement.

Economic growth picked up in 2000 to 2.7%, compared with the meagre 0.8% of 1999, but fell back to 1.3% in 2001. After meagre growth in 2002 and 2003, the economy expanded more rapidly in 2004. The government moved ahead with privatisation in 2000, selling one-third of the then 100% state-owned oil company Statoil.

With arguably the highest quality of life worldwide, Norwegians still worry about that time in the next two decades when the oil and gas begin to run out. Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and at the end of the first quarter of 2005 was valued at 170 billion US dollars (38000 per capita). Economical overheating is avoided by the funding - rather than spending - of the oil revenues which are of very big importance for a relatively small country.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Norway

The Norwegian population is 4.6 million and increases by 0.4% per year (estimate July 2004). Ethnically most Norwegians are Nordic / North Germanic, while small minorities in the north are Finnish (see also Cwen). The Sami are instead considered an indigenous people, and traditionally live in the Northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The largest concentration of Sami people is, however, found in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. In recent years, immigration has accounted for more than half the population growth, and 7.3% of the population are immigrants as of 1 January 2003. But the country only takes in a very limited number of asylum seekers and is willing to repatriate these people to other countries as soon as possible. The largest immigrant groups are Swedes, Danes, Vietnamese and Pakistanis ([3]).

Approximately 86% of the inhabitants are members of the Evangelic Lutheran Church of Norway (state church). Other Christian societies total about 4.5% (the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, the Catholic Church, Pentecostal congregations, the Methodist Church, etc.). Among non-Christian religions, Islam is the largest in Norway with about 1.5%, and other religions are at less than 1% each. About 1.5% belong to the secular Human Ethical Union. As of 1 January 2003 approximately 5% of the population are unaffiliated ([4]).

The Norwegian language has two official written forms, called Bokmål and Nynorsk, which do not differ greatly. Bokmål is written by almost 90% of the population, although many speak dialects that differ significantly from the written language. Nevertheless, all of the Norwegian dialects are interintelligible. Several Sami languages are spoken and written in the northern regions by the Sami people. The Germanic Norwegian language and the Finno-Ugric Sami languages are entirely unrelated. However, the Finnish language bears some similarities to the Sami language.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Norway

Famous Norwegians include playwright Henrik Ibsen, explorers Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, and Thor Heyerdahl, expressionist painter Edvard Munch, romanticist composer Edvard Grieg and playwright/novelists Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset, winners of the 1903, 1920 and 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Norwegians celebrate their national day on May 17, Constitution Day. Many people wear bunad (traditional costumes) and most participate in or watch the 17 May parade through the towns. Henrik Wergeland was the founder of the 17 May parade. These parades differ markedly from those of many other countries, in that rather than the military parades of, for example, France, they consist of children.

• Music of Norway
• Norse mythology
• Norwegian films
• Norwegian Theatres

Miscellaneous topics

• Holidays in Norway
• Infrastructure in Norway
  • Communications
  • Power supply
  • Transportation
• Foreign relations of Norway
• Military of Norway
• List of cities in Norway
• List of national parks of Norway
• List of Norwegian companies
• List of Norwegian language radio stations
• List of Norwegian newspapers
• List of Norwegian television channels
• List of Norwegians
• Norwegian literature
• Norwegian national football team
• Norwegian Premier League
• Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund
• Regions of Norway
• Tourism in Norway

International rankings

• GDP per capita - 2nd of 231 countries
• Human Development Index - 1st of 177 countries 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
• Index of Economic Freedom - 29th of 155 countries
• Reporters Without Borders Worldwide press freedom index - 1st of 166 countries 2003, 2002
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers 2004 Children's Index: Rank 1, Women's Index: Rank 6, Mother's Index: Rank 6 (119 countries)
• Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 - 8th of 145 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 - 6th of 104 countries

External links

• Minifacts about Norway from Statistics Norway
• Norges Bank - current notes and coins
• Norway.info - Official site
• Norway.no - Official portal
• Norwegian climate
• Norwegian law in English
• Norwegian news in English
• Official site of the Parliament (Stortinget)
• Official site of the Royal House
• Official website for the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC
• Public holidays in Norway
• Searchable map of Norway
• Sources to Legal Information in Norway
• The Central Bank of Norway
• The court system of Norway
• The Norwegian Constitution in English
• WTO: Trade Policy Review: Norway

Nordic Council
Denmark | Finland | Iceland | Norway | Sweden
Associate members
Ã…land | Faroe Islands | Greenland

Source: en.wikipedia.org
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