Norway

**Norway** is a country in the north of Europe. It is the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. The mainland of Norway is surrounded by the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean on the west side, and borders Russia, Finland, and Sweden to the east. The southern coast touches the Oslofjord, Skagerrak, and the North Sea.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of Norway
- **native name**:

- **common name**: Norway
- **image flag**: Flag of Norway.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of Norway.svg
- **symbol**: Coat of arms of Norway
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms
- **symbol width**: 65px
- **national anthem**: _Ja, vi elsker dette landet_
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- **royal anthem**: _Kongesangen_
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- **ethnic groups year**: 2021
- **religion year**: 2024
- **demonym**: Norwegians, Norwegian
- **capital**: Oslo
- **largest city**: capital
- **government type**: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- **leader title1**: Monarchy of Norway, Monarch
- **leader name1**: Harald V of Norway, Harald V
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Jonas Gahr Støre
- **leader title3**: List of presidents of the Storting, President of the Storting
- **leader name3**: Masud Gharahkhani
- **leader title4**: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, Chief Justice
- **leader name4**: Toril Marie Øie
- **legislature**: Storting
- **sovereignty type**: Unification of Norway, Unification
- **sovereignty note**: of the Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms
- **established event1**: History of Norway#Viking Age, State established
- **established date1**: Battle of Hafrsfjord, 872
- **established event2**: Peak extent of the Kingdom of Norway (872–1397), Old Kingdom
- **established date2**: 1263
- **established event3**: Kalmar Union
- **established date3**: 1397
- **established event4**: Denmark–Norway
- **established date4**: 1524
- **established event5**: Kingdom of Norway (1814), State re-established
- **established date5**: Meeting of Notables, 25 February 1814
- **established event6**: Constitution of Norway, Constitution
- **established date6**: 17 May 1814
- **established event7**: Union between Sweden and Norway, Kingdoms of Sweden–Norway
- **established date7**: 4 November 1814
- **established event8**: Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, Union dissolved
- **established date8**: 7 June 1905
- **area rank**: 61st<sup>b</sup>
- **area km2**: 385,207
- **area sq mi**: 148,718
- **percent water**: 5.32 (2015)
- **population estimate year**: 2026
- **population estimate**: 5,627,400
- **population estimate rank**: 116th
- **population density km2**: 14.6
- **population density sq mi**: 37.61
- **population density rank**: 224th
- **gdp ppp**: $576.236 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2025
- **gdp ppp rank**: 49th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $103,446
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 5th
- **gdp nominal**: $503.752 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2024
- **gdp nominal rank**: 33rd
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $90,434
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 4th
- **gini year**: 2020
- **gini change**: decrease
- **gini**: 25.3
- **hdi year**: 2022
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi**: 0.966
- **hdi rank**: 2nd
- **currency**: Norwegian krone
- **currency code**: NOK
- **time zone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **time zone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **date format**: ..
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: Telephone numbers in Norway, +47
- **cctld**: .no<sup>d</sup>
- **footnote a**: Includes the mainland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Without the integral territories, it is the 67th largest country at 323,802 square kilometres.
- **footnote b**: This percentage is for the mainland, Svalbard, and Jan Mayen. This percentage counts glaciers as "land". It's calculated as 19,940.14/(365,246.17+19,940.14).
- **footnote c**: Two more TLDs have been assigned, but are not used: .sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen; .bv for Bouvet Island.