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Minifacts about Norway
Minifacts About Norway is a publication available both in print and on the web that gives an overview about many aspects of Norway. It is compiled by the Statistics Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Editions in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic are also available.
Minifacts about Norway
Official name
The Kingdom of Norway
System of government
Constitutional monarchy
Geographic location
Located in Northern Europe with borders to Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Area
The Kingdom of Norway: 385 155 km2
Mainland: 323 758 km2 (7.6 per cent protected)
Svalbard and Jan Mayen: 61 397 km2 (57.1 per cent protected)
Length of coastline
25 148 km, including fjords
Largest lake
Mjøsa, 362 sq. km
Highest mountain
Galdhøpiggen, 2 469 m
Population
4 888 000 inhabitants (as of 1 July 2010)
Capital city
Oslo, population: 575 475 (as of January 1, 2009)
Monetary unit
Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 8.16 as of October 2010
1 USD = NOK 5.90 as of October 2010
Language
Norwegian ("Bokmål" and "Nynorsk") and the "Sámi" language of the indigenous Sámi people in some areas (mainly in the North of Norway).
State Church
Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran)
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Source: Statistics Norway
