Norwegian Monarchical State

Official name: Kingdom of Norway

Geographical location: Scandinavian Peninsula, northern Europe

Territories included:

Arctic Jan Mayen Island

Svalbard Archipelago

Dependency: Bouvet Island (Subantarctic)

Antarctic claims: Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land

Capital: Oslo

Population: 5.6 million

Area: 385,207 km²

Borders

East: Sweden

Northeast: Finland and Russia

Coast: Skagerrak Strait, North Atlantic Ocean, Barents Sea

History

Founding: 872 A.D. (unification of small kingdoms)

Union with Denmark: 1537-1814

Union with Sweden: 1814-1905

Neutrality: World War I

Nazi occupation: World War II (1940-1945)

Government

Constitutional monarchy: King Harald V (House of Glücksburg)

Prime Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre (since 2021)

Constitution: 1814

Administrative subdivisions: counties and municipalities

Sami autonomy: Sami parliament and Finnmark Act

International Relations.
Founding member: UN, NATO, EFTA, Council of Europe, Antarctic Treaty, Nordic Council

Member: EEA, WTO, OECD

Schengen Area: Yes

Economy

Nordic welfare model: Universal health care and social security system

Natural resources: Oil, natural gas, minerals, timber, seafood, fresh water

Oil industry: 25 percent of GDP

Sovereign wealth fund: US$1.3 trillion (world’s largest)

Language

Norwegian dialects: Mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish

Values

Egalitarian ideals: Rooted in Norwegian society