Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge
Kongeriket Noreg
Motto
Royal: Alt for Norge / Alt for Noreg
("Everything/anything for Norway")

1814 Eidsvoll oath:
Enig og tro til Dovre faller
("United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble")
AnthemJa, vi elsker dette landet
Yes, we love this country
Royal anthemKongesangen
Song of the King
Location of Norway

Location of Norway(orange)
on the European continent (white)

Capital
(and largest city)
Oslo
Official languages
Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)1
Ethnic groups
90.3% Norwegian, Sami, 9.7% other[1] (2009)
Demonym
Norwegian
Government
Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
Monarch
Harald V
Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg (Ap)
Storting President
Thorbjørn Jagland (Ap)
Current coalition
Red-Green Coalition
Establishment
Unification
872
Constitution
17 May 1814
Independence from union with Sweden
declared 7 June 1905
Area
Total
385,252 km2 (61st2)
148,746 sq mi
Water (%)
7.0
Population
2009 estimate
4,805,437 (as of January 29, 2009) (115th)
Density
12/km2 (202nd)
31/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
Total
$259.049 billion[2] (43rd)
Per capita
$55,198[2] (IMF) (2nd)
GDP (nominal)
2008 estimate
Total
$481.148 billion[2] (23rd)
Per capita
$102,524[2] (IMF) (2nd)
Gini (2000)
25.8 (low) (6th)
HDI (2008)
0.968 (high) (1st)
Currency
Norwegian krone (NOK)
Time zone
CET (UTC+1)
Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.no, .sj and .bv
Calling code
47
  1. Northern Sami is used in the municipal administration of six municipalities, Lule Sami in one, Finnish/Kven in one, and Southern Sami in one.
  2. Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  3. This percentage is for the mainland and also includes glaciers[3]
  4. Statistics Norway estimation (5 September 2006) using variant MMMM from Table 10[4]
  5. Two more TLDs have been assigned, but to date not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island.