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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo.

Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi) and had a population of 5,488,984 in January 2023. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King. Jonas Gahr Støre has been Prime Minister since 2021. As a unitary state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet, and the supreme court, as determined by the 1814 constitution. The kingdom was established in 872 as a merger of petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1150–151 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was part of Denmark–Norway, and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War, and in the Second World War until April 1940 when it was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany until the end of the war.

Norway maintains the Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system, and its values are rooted in egalitarian ideals. The Norwegian state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside of the Middle East. The country has the fourth-highest per-capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists. It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of US$1.3 trillion. (Full article...)

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Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of Vålerenga IF and the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK Lyn. With a capacity of 25,572, it is the largest football stadium in Norway. The national stadium is fully owned by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The stadium opened on 26 September 1926 as the home ground for Lyn and several other local teams. The first international match was played in 1927, and NFF started gradually purchasing part of the stadium company. The peak attendance dates from 1935, when 35,495 people saw Norway play Sweden. Since 1948, Ullevaal has hosted the finals of the Norwegian Football Cup, and in 1967 the Japp Stand was completed. A new renovation started with the completion of the single-tier West Stand in 1985, and continued with the two-tier North and East Stands in 1990 and the South Stand in 1998. Ullevaal hosted the finals of the UEFA Women's Euro in 1987 and 1997. In conjunction with the stadium is the head office of many sports federations, a bandy field, and commercial property including a conference center, hotel and shopping mall. The stadium is located adjacent to Ullevål Stadion Station of the Oslo Metro and the Ring 3 motorway. Plans call to replace the West Stand to increase capacity to 30,000 and perhaps add a retractable roof and artificial turf. (Full article...)

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Borgund stave church in Lærdal, Norway by Nina Aldin Thune
Borgund stave church in Lærdal, Norway by Nina Aldin Thune
Borgund stave church (Borgund stavkyrkje) is a stave church located in Borgund, Norway. It is classified as a triple nave stave church of the so-called Sogn-type. This is also the best preserved of Norway's 28 extant stave churches.

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Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945) was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying forces. His collaborationist government, known as the Quisling regime, was dominated by ministers from Nasjonal Samling, the party he had founded in 1933. Among other things, it participated  wittingly or unwittingly  in Germany's Final Solution. Quisling was put on trial during the post-war legal purge in Norway and found guilty of charges including embezzlement, murder and high treason. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945. During World War II, quisling became a synonym for traitor. (Full article...)

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Norway, nearby Flåm, on the top of a Fjord, approx. 2000 m. high.
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On the top of a Fjord, approximately 2,000 meters high, nearby the Norwegian village of Flåm. Flåm has some 500 inhabitants, at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord. The town is located in the municipality of Aurland, in the province of Sogn og Fjordane. (Full article...)

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Counties: Agder Innlandet Møre og Romsdal Nordland Oslo Rogaland Troms og Finnmark Trøndelag Vestfold og Telemark Vestland Viken (county)


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History: Ancient Norwegian property laws Nordic Stone Age Nordic Bronze Age Komsa Fosna-Hensbacka culture Funnelbeaker culture Hamburg culture Nøstvet and Lihult cultures Maglemosian culture Viking Age Harald I of Norway Olav IV of Norway Haakon I of Norway Olaf I of Norway Olaf II of Norway Battle of Stiklestad Canute the Great Magnus I of Norway Harald III of Norway Battle of Stamford Bridge Magnus III of Norway Sigurd I of Norway Magnus V of Norway Sverre of Norway Haakon IV of Norway Magnus VI of Norway Eric II of Norway Kalmar Union Denmark–Norway Union between Sweden and Norway Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 Haakon VII of Norway Olav V of Norway Harald V of Norway Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Norwegian Campaign Norwegian resistance movement Legal purge in Norway after World War II Foreign relations of Norway Military of Norway Norway and the European Union

Language: Å Æ Ø Bokmål Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur Differences between Norwegian Bokmål and Standard Danish Høgnorsk Nordic Council Nordic Language Convention Noregs Mållag Norsk Ordbok North Germanic languages Norwegian alphabet Norwegian dialects Norwegian Language Council Norwegian language conflict Norwegian phonology Nynorsk Old Norse Riksmålsforbundet Russenorsk

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