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Norway flag information

Description flag of Norway

red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

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Official country name

Kingdom of Norway

Short name

Norway

Local names

Kongeriket Norge (long)
Norge (short)

Nationality

Norwegian(s) (noun) Norge (adjective)

Languages spoken

Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Notes

Sami is official in six municipalities

Capital

Oslo

Government type

constitutional monarchy

Population

4,644,457 ranked 117, (data 2008)

Geography

about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in the world. The lowest point is Norwegian Sea 0 m.

Coastline

Coastline 25,148 km. includes mainland 2,650 km, as well as long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22,498 km; length of island coastlines 58,133 km

Land borders

2,542km, Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km.

Administrative divisions

19 counties (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold

Dependent areas

Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard

Independence

7 June 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union)