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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi) and had a population of 5,488,984 in January 2023. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King. Jonas Gahr Støre has been Prime Minister since 2021. As a unitary state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet, and the supreme court, as determined by the 1814 constitution. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1150–1151 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was part of Denmark–Norway, and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War, and in the Second World War until April 1940 when it was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany until the end of the war. Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels: counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United States. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and a part of the Schengen Area. The Norwegian dialects share mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish. Norway maintains the Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system, and its values are rooted in egalitarian ideals. The Norwegian state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside of the Middle East. The country has the fourth-highest per-capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists. It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of US$1.3 trillion. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works based on Norway 1
Narratives set in Norway 38
- A Biblioteca Mágica de Bibbi Bokken
- The Christmas Mystery
- Doppler
- Northern Lights
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Anne Pedersdotter
- The Saint Olav Drama
- The Moon Is Down
- Mysteries
- Perrudja
- Blåljus!
- Séraphîta
- Bear Island
- Shadow Forest
- Voyage d'une femme au Spitzberg
- Mother of Kings
- When Jays Fly to Barbmo
- Icefall
- The Survivor
- Elden
- His mother's House
- Hypnogen
- The Kingdom
- Opération Thor
- Dark Hero
- Den mörka sanningen
- Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land
- Lord Kelvin's Machine
- Odd and the Frost Giants
- Orion's Belt
- Skoggangsmand
- Snow Treasure
- The Fated Sky
- Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns
- Håkon og Kark
- Pelle og Proffen
- The People of Juvik
- Historien om en fjälldal
Editions published in Norway 2
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