Key facts
Capital:Oslo
Location:Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
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
