Norway

Capital: Oslo; GDP growth (annual %) 2016: 1.1%;
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Key Facts

Full name: Kingdom of Norway
Population: 4.9 million (UN, 2011)
Area: 323,759 sq km (125,004 sq miles)
Major language: Norwegian
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 79 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Norwegian krone = 100 ore
Main exports: Fuels and fuel products, machinery, metal products
GNI per capita: US $88,890 (World Bank, 2011)
Internet domain: .no
International dialling code: +47

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    The country (Norway) is situated in Northern Europe, nearby the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden.
    It has borders with Aland Islands for Finland for 727 km, 727km, and Russia for 196 km and Sweden for 1619km.
    Land in Norway is glaciated and mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys The country is small and scattered plains with a coastline deeply indented by fjords, arctic tundra in north. Norwegian land covers an area of 324 220 km².

    The climate is temperate along the coast and is modified by North Atlantic Current. It is colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast. Norwegian(s) speak Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in municipalities.

    OVERVIEW

    The centre-left coalition of the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Centre Party was returned to office with a slim in general majority at the election in 2009. The risk that the coalition will break up before the election in September 2013 is presently very low, despite internal tensions stemming from the weakness of the junior partners, the SV and the Centre Party.