Facts About Norway

Official name

Kingdom of Norway

System of government

Constitutional monarchy
Parliamentary democracy

The Royal House of Norway

Harald V, King of Norway, born 21 February 1937
Sonja, Queen of Norway, born 4 July 1937
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, born 20 July 1973
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, born 19 August 1973
Ingrid Alexandra, Princess of Norway, born 21 January 2004
Sverre Magnus, Prince of Norway, born 3 December 2005

Population

4 985 870 inhabitants as of 1 January 2012
Norway has an indigenous Sami population as well as five national minorities, defined as groups with long association with Norway.

Official languages

Norwegian (the two forms Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Sami (equal status with Norwegian in the municipalities of Kautokeino, Karasjok, Tana, Porsanger and Nesseby in Finnmark, Kåfjord and Lavangen in Troms, Tysfjord in Nordland and Snåsa in Nord-Trøndelag)
In addition, the authorities also recognise Kven, Romani and Romanes and the Norwegian sign language as official languages, but without any major obligations attached to them such as for Norwegian and Sami.

Religion

Protestant Christianity

Currency

Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 7.68 as of January 2012
1 USD = NOK 5.95 as of January 2012