Overview

  • Full Country Name: Kingdom of Norway.
  • Local Name: Kongeriket Norge.
  • Capital: Oslo (population: 508,000).
  • Language: Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Sami (all official).
  • Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK) = 100 øre.
  • People: Norwegian (95%), Sami minority.
  • Life Expectancy: Male: 77.04, Female: 82.46.
  • Religion: Church of Norway (85.7%), Other Christian (4.4%), Muslim (1.8%).
  • Size (sq km): 385,155 (61st)
  • Population: 4,640,219 (114th)
  • Population Density per sq km: 12 (202nd)
  • Country Dialling Code: 47
  • Internet Country Code: .no
  • Time Zone: GMT +1
  • Voltage Guide: 220 AC, 50 Hz.
  • Finance: Credit cards and traveller's cheques are widely accepted.
  • Business Hours: 0800-1600 Mon-Friday.
  • GDP: US$149.1 billion
  • GDP per Capita: US$33,000
  • Annual Growth: 3.5%
  • Inflation: 3.1%
  • Major Industries: Oil, natural gas, computers, high technology, fishing, fish farming, forestry, shipping, shipbuilding and paper production.
  • Major Trading Partners: EU (esp. UK, Germany & Sweden).
  • Personal Safety: Safe.
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