Key facts
Capital: Oslo
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Government: Kingdom of Norway
Currency: Norwegian kroner (NOK)
Area: 323,802 sq km
Population: 5,509,591 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
Religion: Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 68.1%, Muslim 3.4%, Roman Catholic 3.1%, other Christian 3.8%, other 9.6%, unspecified 15.4% (2020 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+1
Tel Code: +47
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