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Kingdom of Norway
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- Published on Monday, 09 May 2011 11:56
- Written by Film Festival Traveler Staff
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| Motto: Royal: Alt for Norge ("Everything for Norway") 1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enig og tro til Dovre faller ("United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble") |
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| Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet ("Yes, we love this country") Royal anthem: Kongesangen ("The King's Song") |
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![Location of Norway (dark green)on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe-Norway.svg) Location of Norway (dark green)
on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend] |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Oslo 59°56′N 10°41′E |
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| Official language(s) | Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Northern Sami, Lule Sami, Kven and Southern Sami | |||||
| Demonym | Norwegian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | King | 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 declared | 7 June 1905 | ||||
| - | Reich Commissariat of Norway | 9 April 1940 8 May 1945 |
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| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 385,252 km2 (61st1) 148,746 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 7.03 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 estimate | 4,957,200 (116th) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 4,503,436 | ||||
| - | Density | 12.5/km2 (211th) 31/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $255.285 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $52,012[1] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $414.462 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $84,443[1] | ||||
| Gini (2000) | 25.8 (low) (5th) | |||||
| HDI (2010) |  0.938[2] (very high) (1st) |
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| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date formats | dd.mm.yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | NO | |||||
| Internet TLD | .no2 | |||||
| Calling code | 47 | |||||
| 1 | Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen. (Without these two areas, the area of Norway is 323,802 km2, placing it 67th in the world.[3]) | |||||
| 2 | Two more TLDs have been assigned, but to date not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island. | |||||
| 3 | This percentage is for the mainland and also includes glaciers[4] | |||||
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