Kingdom of
Norway
Language:
Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk)
Flag Coat
of arms
Motto/
Royal: "Alt for Norge" /
"All for Norway"
1814 Eidsvoll oath: "Enig og tro til Dovre
faller"
"United
and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble"
Anthem:
Ja, vi elsker dette landet (de facto) /
Yes, we love this country
Location of Norway (dark green)
in Europe
(dark grey) — [Legend]
Capital
and largest city:
Oslo
59°56′N
10°41′E
Official languages Norwegian (Bokmål / Nynorsk)
Recognized
regional languages Northern Sami
Lule Sami
Kven
Southern
Sami
Ethnic groups 86.2% Norwegians
1.3% Sami
11.8%
other
Demonym
Norwegian
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- King
Harald V
- Prime
Minister Jens Stoltenberg (AP)
-
President of the Storting Dag Terje Andersen (AP)
- Chief
Justice Tore Schei
- Current
coalition Red-Green Coalition
Legislature
Storting
Establishment
-
Unification 872
-
Constitution 17 May 1814
-
Dissolution of
union
with Sweden 7 June 1905
-
Restoration from
German
occupation 8 May 1945
Area
- Total
385,186[3] km2 (61sta)
148,720 sq.
mi
- Water
(%) 5.2b
Population
- 2013
census 5,063,709
- Density
15.5/km2 (213th)
35/sq. mi
GDP (PPP)
2011 estimate
- Total
$265.911 billion
- Per
capita $53,470
GDP
(nominal) 2011 estimate
- Total
$483.650 billion
- Per
capita $97,254
Gini
(2000) 25.8
low · 5th
HDI (2013)
0.955
very high
· 1st
Currency Norwegian krone (NOK)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
- Summer
(DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Date format
dd.mm.yyyy
Drives on the right
Calling code +47
ISO 3166
code NO
Internet TLD .no
a.
Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen. (Without these two areas, the area of Norway
is 323,802 km2, placing it 67th in the world.)
b. This
percentage is for the mainland, Svalbard, and Jan Mayen. This percentage counts
glaciers as "land". It's calculated as 19,940.14/(365,246.17+19,940.14).[3]
c. Two
more TLDs have been assigned, but are not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen;
.bv for Bouvet Island.
No comments:
Post a Comment