| Kingdom of Norway |
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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") |
Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet
("Yes, we love this country")
Royal anthem: Kongesangen
("The King's Song") |
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Capital
(and largest city) | Oslo
59°56′N10°41′E / 59.933°N 10.683°E / 59.933; 10.683 |
| Official language(s) | Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) |
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| Recognised regional languages | Northern Sami, Lule Sami, Kven and Southern Sami |
| Demonym | Norwegian |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy |
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| - | 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 |
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| Establishment |
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| - | 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 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 385,252 km2 (61st1)
148,746 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 7.03 |
| Population |
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| - | 2011 estimate | 4,944,200 (116th) |
| - | 2001 census | 4,503,436 |
| - | Density | 12.5/km2 (211th)
31/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $259.054 billion[1] |
| - | Per capita | $52,964.280[1] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $433.304 billion[1] |
| - | Per capita | $88,590.167[1] |
| Gini (2000) | 25.8 (low) (5th) |
| HDI (2010) |  0.938[2] (very high) (1st) |
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
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| Time zone | CET(UTC+1) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Date formats | dd.mm.yyyy |
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| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | NO |
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| Internet TLD | .no2 |
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| Calling code | 47 |
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| 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] |
![Location of Norway (dark green)on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe-Norway.svg)
