Facts about Norway

Facts about Norway

Head of State: His Majesty King Harald V of Norway

Head of Government: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Area: 385 155 km2

Population (as per 1 January 2006): 4 640 219

Population per km2: 12.1

Capital city: Oslo

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)(In some districts, Sámi is also anofficial language)

State Church: Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran)

GDP (2005): NOK 1 906 billion (EUR 243,3 billion)

GDP (per capita, 2005): NOK 412 000 (EUR 52 600)

Currency: Norwegian kroner (NOK)
1 krone = 100 øre

Constitution Day: 17 May

Population growth (2005): 0.7

Average life expectancy(2005):
female: 82.5 years
male: 77.7 years

Edited from Aschehoug and Gyldendal's Norwegian Encyclopedia and Statistics Norw