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Norway Facts of interest

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Under the Norway Facts page you will find most of the facts that the average visitor is curious about. It is not going to be a page about history, but rather the facts about Norway today.

When reading about a foreign country there are some common questions beeing asked, and Norway Facts will try to answer some of them.

And: If you are wondering about anything in this matter, you can send an email to know more.

The goal is to build the page with information in demand, and any tip-off about what to include will be helpful.

Official Norway

the norwegian riksvaapen Lets start Norway Facts with some facts about the official Norway.

The official name of the country is Kingdom of Norway. It has a system of Government which includes the Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentery Democracy.


To the left you can see the Norwegian Royal Standard. From old days a symbol of royal power.


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The Royal Family

The Norwegian monarchy goes more than one thousand years back, from around the year 885 when Harald Hårfagre (Fairhair) united the many kingships of Norway into a one country.

Today Norway has a modern monarchy, well respected among the people of Norway.

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Population in Norway

Norway has 4.737.171 inhabitants on January 1. 2008There is an indigenous Sami population, and five different national minorities, defines as groups with long association with Norway. Most of the population lives in the larger cities.

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Area and Geography

Norway has 385.199 km2 of area, of this are 304.280 km2 the mainland. Included in the Kingdom of Norway is also Svalbard and Jan Mayen in the north, and the Bouvet Island, Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land in the Antarctic.

The Norwegian Mainland has greatest breadth of 432 km and the narrowest breadth is only 2 km.

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Official Languages

There are three Official languages in Norway: The Norwegian language (which has the two forms Bokmål and Nynorsk), and then the Sami language.

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The Religion

The official religion in Norway is Protestant Christianity. The Christianity has traditions all the way back to the Vikings, and the famous Norwegian King Olav the Holy who Christened the country.

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Norwegian Economy

The Norwegian Oil Industry has made Norway one of the wealthiest countrys in the world, and The Norwegian Parliament has established a Pension Fund that in 2008 reached impressive 2275 billion Norwegian Kroner, or in USD about $ 350 billion.



One more thing: Did you know that every year in October the Tax Records for every adult Norwegian is published for anyone to read and see?

Thats right. You can check what neighbours and friends earned last year. How much they payed in taxes and how big their wealth are.Neighbours, colleges, friends, politician, ministers: You find them all in the public tax records.EXCEPT the King and the Royal family. Their wealth and income is not public.

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Norwegian Currency

The Norwegian Currency is Norwegian Kroner (NOK)

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Houses and buildings

The average areal pr. house/ appartment is 121,4 m2, and 62% of the houses / appartments are owned privately or jointly.

18% has 1 - 2 rooms, and 82% has 3 rooms or more.

Only 10% of the houses are build pre 1920, and as much as 29% has been build after 1981.

Want to see an advertice for an old Norwegian house? Please check out the additional photos showing both inside and outside of the house.

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Norwegian Baby Names

The most popular names for newborn in Norway in 2007 was Sara for Girls and Mathias for Boys. In 2008 it was Linnea for girls, and Lukas / Lucas for boys.

Traditions of names has been changing a lot over time, and now in 2009 the old names used for our grandparents and grand grandparents are back in business.

Read more about Norwegian baby names


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