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Norway

Kingdom of Norway

Capital

Oslo

Oslo (called Christiania / Kristiania until 1925)

Population

5,652,989

2026 estimate

Area

323,802 km²

Code

NOR

Languages

Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, Sami

Currencies

Norwegian krone (kr)

Borders

Did you know?

🏅Home to the world's longest road tunnel — the Lærdal Tunnel, 24.5 km, with rainbow-lit caverns to keep drivers awake.
☀️In Tromsø, the sun doesn't set for about two months in summer — and doesn't rise for almost two months in winter.
🐧Knighted a penguin (Sir Nils Olav) as a brigadier of the Norwegian King's Guard — he lives in Edinburgh Zoo.
✨The fjords are so deep that German battleships hid in them during WWII.
💰Norway's sovereign wealth fund owns about 1.5% of every listed company in the world.

62.00°, 10.00°

Compared to Australia.

Australia · 7,692,024 km²

Norway

323,802 km²

% of Australia

4.21%