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

4 799 252 inhabitants as of 1 January 2009
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 parts of Troms and Finnmark counties)

Religion

Protestant Christianity

Currency

Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 9.22 as of January 2009
1 USD = NOK 6.96 as of January 2009

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Explanation of symbols
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--    Nil
0    Less than 0.5 of unit employed
*    Preliminary

 

Minifacts about Norway is available in print in all the languages listed above. To order a free copy, send an e-mail to biblioteket@ssb.no stating which language you would like to receive.


Editorial supervision and layout: Grethe Nielsen and Marit Vågdal, Statistics Norway

Printing: RK Grafisk

Translation: Walter Gibbs

 

Printed in Norway for free distribution abroad

Published by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Oslo, March 2009