Norway

Europe

Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden.

62 00 N, 10 00 E

Royal: Alt for Norge ("All for Norway")
King Harald V	Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Capital
Oslo

Government
Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

Religion
Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1%.
Population
4,676,305

Ethnic group
Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2%.

National Language                     
Bokmal Norwegian
            
National Day
17 May (1814) Constitution Day

Anthem
Ja, vi elsker dette landet ("Yes, we love this country")

Currency
Norwegian krone (NOK)

Attractions
Akershus Slott,  Bergen Old Town & Wharfs, Fjords of Norway,  National Gallery, Spitsbergen (Svalbard), Stave Churches of Norway

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Art & Cultural

The ICON

Akershus Fortress Akershus Fortress (Akershus Festning) or Akershus Castle (Akershus slott) is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a prison. The first construction on the castle started around the late 1290s, by King Haakon V, replacing Tønsberg as one of the two most important Norwegian castles of the period (the other being Båhus). It was constructed in response to the Norwegian nobleman, Earl Alv Erlingsson of Sarpsborg’s earlier attack on Oslo.

Frogner Park / Frognerparken