Norway, which is located in Scandinavia, to the west of Sweden, has been an independent state since 1905 (though it was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941–45) following a 400-year union with Denmark and a century-long union with Sweden. Norway is...

Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Norge CAPITAL: Oslo FLAG: The national flag has a red field on which appears a blue cross outlined in white. ANTHEM: Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Yes, We Love This Country). MONETARY UNIT: The krone (Kr) of 100 øre is...

Norway Situated between 57 and 71 degrees North, at the same latitudes as Alaska, Norway is Europe's northernmost country. With a 2,650-kilometer (1,656-mile) coastline, bordering the North Sea to the south, with the Atlantic Ocean to the west...

Norway POPULATION 4,525,116 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 86 percent OTHER PROTESTANT 2 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 percent OTHER RELIGIONS (INCLUDING MUSLIM, JEWISH, BUDDHIST) 2 percent NONE 9 percent Country Overview Introduction The Kingdom of Norway is located...

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country and constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The distance between the northern and...

Highlights and Key Issues * The impressive upswing in mainland activity continues to lead economic growth. An acceleration in retail sales growth this year indicates that consumer demand is the main driver of GDP growth, while the brighter outlook in the Eurozone is...

Capital: Oslo Head of State: King Harald V (since January 1991) Inherited title and mostly ceremonial position Head of Government: Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik (since October 2001 Following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the...

Norway plans to buy greenhouse gas quotas for public officials when they fly aboard to help curb global warming, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.In his annual News Year's Day speech Monday evening, Stoltenberg said the proposal would probably make the Norwegian government the first in...

The founder of the Iraqi extremist group Ansar al-Islam appealed Tuesday to Norway's Supreme Court to overturn an order to expel him from the Scandanavian country as a threat to national security.Two lower courts had upheld a government order to expel Kurdish leader Mullah Krekar,...