Norway

Norway is a land of great fjords, great valleys, wide forests and gorgeous lakes. It also hosts lively cities such as and . Norway is the westernmost, northernmost and, surprisingly, the easternmost of the Scandinavian countries – among the only Finland stretches slightly further east.
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is Norway's capital and largest city, with 700,000 citizens in the city proper and about 1.5 million inhabitants in greater . It is in in the Oslofjorden fjord, extending over an inlet of the Skagerrak strait.

is Norway's second largest city and the most popular gateway to the fjords of West Norway. The city is renowned for its great location amidst mountains, fjords, and the ocean.

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, formerly Trondhjem or Nidaros, is an old city in central Norway. It is a key city in Norway, its skyline dominated by the lovely cathedral and its city life dominated by the university.

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is a region in south-eastern Norway, which contains the capital , as well as half of the country's 5 million inhabitants. From the central lowlands around Oslo, Oslofjord and lake Mjøsa long valleys cut into the uplands and high mountains until the watershed with Trøndelag and West Norway.

, Vestlandet, is a region of Norway with 1.3 million citizens, famous for its fjords and mountainous sceneries. and are dominant cities.

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is Europe's northernmost region mostly north of the Arctic Circle. has an endless and very rugged coastline, yet landscape varies from incredible jagged island mountains to endless open plateaus.

is a group of islands located between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and the Norwegian Sea. The area is sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the main island with all the settlements.

South Norway, in Norway called or Sørlandet, is the southernmost region of Norway. The coast of southern Norway is often called the Norwegian Riviera.

, alternative spelling Tröndelag, is a region and county of Norway, sometimes referred to as Middle Norway. 's prominent position between north and south has been crucial in Norway's history.

is an island between and Norway in the Arctic Ocean, administered by Norway. The island has 18 inhabitants, employed by the Norwegian Armed Forces or the Norwegian Institute of Meteorology.

Norway

Latitude of center
62° north
Longitude of center
10° east
Population
5,310,000
Area
324,220 km² (125,182 miles²)
Elevation
740 metres (2,428 feet)
Capital
Currency
Krone (NOK)
Phone code
.no
Internet domain
47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424297198
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3144096
Wiki­data ID
Q20
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Norway” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Норвегиа
  • Achinese: Norwègia
  • Adyghe: Норвегие
  • Afrikaans: Noorweë
  • Akan: Nɔɔwe
  • Albanian: Norvegji
  • Albanian: Norvegjia
  • Amharic: ኖርዌ
  • Amharic: ኖርዌይ
  • Amis: Norway
  • Angika: नॉर्वे
  • Arabic: النرويج
  • Arabic: مملكة النرويج
  • Arabic: نرويج
  • Aragonese: Noruega
  • Armenian: Նորվեգիա
  • Armenian: Նորվեգիայի Թագավորություն
  • Arpitan: Norvèg·e
  • Arpitan: Norvège
  • Assamese: নৰৱে’
  • Assamese: নৰৱে
  • Asturian: Noruega
  • Asturian: Reinu de Noruega
  • Atayal: Norway
  • Avaric: Норвегия
  • Awadhi: नार्वे
  • Aymara: Nurweka
  • Azerbaijani: Norveç krallığı
  • Azerbaijani: Norvec
  • Azerbaijani: Norveç
  • Balinese: Norwegia
  • Bambara: Norwij
  • Bambara: Nɔriwɛzi
  • Banjar: Norwegia
  • Banjar: Nurwigia
  • Bashkir: Норвегия
  • Basque: Norvegia
  • Batak Toba: Norwegia
  • Bavarian: Norwegn
  • Belarusian: Каралеўства Нарвэгіі
  • Belarusian: Каралеўства Нарвэгія
  • Belarusian: Нарвегія
  • Belarusian: Нарвэгія
  • Bengali: নরওয়ে কিংডম
  • Bengali: নরওয়ে রাজ্য
  • Bengali: নরওয়ে
  • Betawi: Norwèhen
  • Bhojpuri: आधी रात के सुरुज के देस
  • Bhojpuri: नार्वे
  • Bhojpuri: नॉर्वे
  • Bishnupriya: নরৱে
  • Bislama: Norway
  • Bislama: Nowei
  • Bosnian: Norveška
  • Breton: Norvegia
  • Buginese: Norowé
  • Buginese: Noruwé
  • Buginese: Noruwégiya
  • Buginese: ᨊᨚᨑᨘᨓᨙ
  • Buginese: ᨊᨚᨑᨘᨓᨙᨁᨗᨐ
  • Buginese: ᨊᨚᨑᨚᨓᨙ
  • Bulgarian: Кралство Норвегия
  • Bulgarian: Норвегия
  • Burmese: နော်ဝေ
  • Burmese: နော်ဝေနိုင်ငံ
  • Cajun French: Norvège
  • Cajun French: Royaume de Norvège
  • Catalan: Noruega
  • Catalan: Norvègia
  • Catalan: Norveja
  • Catalan: Regne de Noruega
  • Cebuano: Noruwega
  • Cebuano: Norway
  • Central Bikol: Norwey
  • Central Kurdish: نەرویج
  • Central Kurdish: نەرویژ
  • Central Kurdish: نۆرویژ
  • Chamorro: Norge
  • Chavacano: Noruega
  • Chechen: Норвеги
  • Cherokee: ᏃᏪ
  • Cheyenne: Norway
  • Chinese: Ná-ui
  • Chinese: Nuówēi
  • Chinese: 挪威
  • Chinese: 挪威王国
  • Chinese: 挪威王國
  • Church Slavic: Норєгъ
  • Chuvash: Норвеги
  • Cornish: Norgagh
  • Corsican: Nurvegia
  • Cree: Norway
  • Crimean Tatar: Norvegiya
  • Croatian: Norveška
  • Croatian: Norveško kraljevstvo
  • Czech: Norské království
  • Czech: Norsko
  • Dagbani: Norway
  • Danish: Kongeriget Norge
  • Danish: Norge
  • Dhivehi: ނޯވޭ
  • Dimli (individual language): Norwec
  • Dinka: Nɔrwei
  • Dotyali: नर्वे
  • Dutch: Koninkrijk Noorwegen
  • Dutch: Noorwegen
  • Dzongkha: ནོ་ཝེ་
  • Dzongkha: ནོར་ཝེ
  • Eastern Mari: Норвегий
  • Egyptian Arabic: النرويج
  • Erzya: Норвегия Мастор
  • Esperanto: Norvegio
  • Esperanto: Norvegujo
  • Esperanto: Reĝlando Norvegio
  • Estonian: Norra Kuningriik
  • Estonian: Norra
  • Ewe: Norway nutome
  • Ewe: Norway
  • Extremaduran: Noruega
  • Faroese: Noreg
  • Fiji Hindi: Norway
  • Fijian: Norge
  • Fijian: Nowei
  • Finnish: Noreg
  • Finnish: Norge
  • Finnish: Norja
  • French: le Royaume de Norvège
  • French: Norv.
  • French: Norvège
  • French: Royaume de Norvège
  • Friulian: Norvegje
  • Fulah: Norwees
  • Gagauz: Norvegiya
  • Galician: Noruega
  • Gan Chinese: 挪威
  • Ganda: Noowe
  • Ganda: Norway
  • Ganda: Nowe
  • Georgian: ნორვეგია
  • Georgian: ნორვეგიის სამეფო
  • German: Königreich Norwegen
  • German: Norwegen
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Norway
  • Gilaki: نؤروژ
  • Goan Konkani: Norway
  • Goan Konkani: नॉर्वे
  • Gorontalo: Norwegia
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃
  • Greek: Βασίλειο της Νορβηγίας
  • Greek: Νορβηγία
  • Guarani: Noruega
  • Guarani: Noruéga
  • Guianese Creole French: Norvèj
  • Gujarati: નૉર્વે
  • Gujarati: નોર્વે
  • Haitian: Nòvèj
  • Hakka Chinese: Nò-vî
  • Hausa: Norway
  • Hausa: Norwe
  • Hawaiian: Nolewai
  • Hebrew: ממלכת נורבגיה
  • Hebrew: ממלכת נורווגיה
  • Hebrew: נורבגיה
  • Hebrew: נורווגיה
  • Hiligaynon: Norwega
  • Hindi: नॉर्वे
  • Hungarian: Norvég Királyság
  • Hungarian: Norvégia
  • Iban: Norway
  • Icelandic: Noregur
  • Ido: Norvegia
  • Igbo: Norway
  • Iloko: Norwega
  • Inari Sami: Taažâ kunâgâskodde
  • Inari Sami: Taažâ
  • Indonesian: Kerajaan Norwegia
  • Indonesian: Norwegia
  • Ingush: Норгехье
  • Ingush: Норгиче
  • Interlingua: Norvega
  • Interlingua: Norvegia
  • Interlingua: Regno de Norvega
  • Interlingue: Norvegia
  • Inuktitut: ᓄᕐᒋ/nurgi
  • Inupiaq: Norge
  • Inupiaq: Nuuka
  • Irish: an Iorua
  • Irish: An Iorua
  • Italian: Kongeriket Noreg
  • Italian: Kongeriket Norge
  • Italian: Noreg
  • Italian: Norvegia
  • Italian: Regno di Norvegia
  • Jamaican Creole English: Naawie
  • Japanese: ノルウェー
  • Japanese: ノルウェー王国
  • Japanese: ノルウェイ
  • Javanese: Nurwègen
  • Kabardian: Норвегэ
  • Kabardian: Норуегиэ
  • Kabiyè: Nɔɔrɩvɛɛzɩ
  • Kabuverdianu: Noruega
  • Kabyle: Nuṛvij
  • Kalaallisut: Norge
  • Kalmyk: Ноорскгин Нутг
  • Kalmyk: Норвегин Нутуг
  • Kannada: ಕಾಮೌ
  • Kannada: ನಾರ್ವೆ
  • Kannada: ನಾರ್ವೇ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Norvegiya Korolligi
  • Kara-Kalpak: Norvegiya
  • Karachay-Balkar: Норвегия
  • Kashmiri: ناروے
  • Kashmiri: नार्वे
  • Kashubian: Norweskô
  • Kazakh: Noreg
  • Kazakh: Norge
  • Kazakh: Norway
  • Kazakh: Норвегия Королдігі
  • Kazakh: Норвегия Корольдігі
  • Kazakh: Норвегия Патшалығы
  • Kazakh: Норвегия
  • Khmer: ន័រវែស
  • Khmer: ប្រទេសន័រវេ
  • Kikuyu: Norwe
  • Kikuyu: Nowĩ
  • Kildin Sami: Та̄ре̄ммьне
  • Kinyarwanda: Noruveje
  • Kirghiz: Норвегия
  • Kölsch: Norweje
  • Komering: Norwegia
  • Komi-Permyak: Норвег
  • Komi: Норвегия
  • Kongo: Norge
  • Korean: 노르웨이
  • Kotava: Norga
  • Kurdish: Norwêc
  • Kurdish: نۆرویژ
  • Ladin: Norvegia
  • Ladino: Norvejia
  • Lak: Норвай
  • Lak: Норвегия
  • Lao: ນໍເວ
  • Lao: ປະເທດນອກແວດ
  • Latgalian: Norvegeja
  • Latin: Norvegia
  • Latvian: Norvēģija
  • Lezghian: Норвегия
  • Ligurian: Norveggia
  • Ligurian: Norvéggia
  • Ligurian: Nòrvexa
  • Limburgan: Noorwege
  • Lingala: Norivezɛ
  • Lingala: Norvej
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Noria
  • Literary Chinese: 挪威
  • Literary Chinese: 挪威王國
  • Lithuanian: Norvegija
  • Liv: Norvēgmō
  • Livvi: Norviegii
  • Lojban: noreg.
  • Lojban: noreg
  • Lombard: Nurvegia
  • Low German: Noorweagen
  • Low German: Noorweagn
  • Low German: Noorweeg
  • Low German: Noorwegen
  • Low German: Norwegen
  • Lower Sorbian: Norwegska
  • Luba-Katanga: Noriveje
  • Lule Sami: Vuodna
  • Lule Sami: Vuona gånågisrijkka
  • Luxembourgish: Norwegen
  • Macedo-Romanian: Norveghia
  • Macedonian: Норвешка
  • Madurese: Norwegia
  • Maithili: नार्वे
  • Malagasy: Norvezy
  • Malagasy: Nôrvezy
  • Malay: Norway
  • Malay: نوروي
  • Malayalam: കിങ്ഡം ഓഫ് നോർവേ
  • Malayalam: നോർവെ
  • Malayalam: നോർവേ
  • Maltese: in-Norveġja
  • Maltese: Norveġja
  • Maltese: Renju tan-Norveġja
  • Manipuri: ꯅꯣꯔꯋꯦ
  • Manx: Norlynn
  • Maori: Nōwei
  • Marathi: नॉर्वे
  • Mazanderani: نروژ
  • Min Dong Chinese: Nò̤-ŭi
  • Min Dong Chinese: 挪威
  • Min Dong Chinese: 挪威王國
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lo̍k-ui
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ná-ui
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nô͘-ui
  • Min Nan Chinese: Norge
  • Min Nan Chinese: Norway
  • Minangkabau: Norwegia
  • Mingrelian: ნორვეგია
  • Mirandese: Noruega
  • Moksha: Норвэгия
  • Moksha: Оцязорксшись Норвегия
  • Mongolian: Норвеги
  • Moroccan Arabic: النورڤيج
  • Moroccan Arabic: نورڤيج
  • Mossi: Norway
  • Narom: Norouague
  • Nauru: Norwei
  • Navajo: Kinghą́ą́ʼ Haltsooí Dineʼé Bikéyah
  • Neapolitan: Norvegia
  • Nepali: नर्वे
  • Newari: नर्वे
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Norway
  • North Ndebele: Noweyi
  • Northern Frisian: Noorweegen
  • Northern Luri: ولات نروج
  • Northern Sami: Norga
  • Northern Sami: Norgga gonagasriika
  • Northern Sami: Norgga
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norge/Noreg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Noreg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Norge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noreg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Noreg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Norge
  • Norwegian: Kongeriket Noreg
  • Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge
  • Norwegian: Norge
  • Novial: Norvegia
  • Nyanja: Norge
  • Obolo: Nọwè
  • Occitan (post 1500): Norvègia
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܢܘܪܒܝܓ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþweg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþweġ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþweȝ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþƿeg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþƿeȝ
  • Oriya: ନରୱେ
  • Oromo: Noorwey
  • Oromo: Norway
  • Ossetian: Норвеги
  • Pali: नार्वे
  • Pampanga: Norwega
  • Pangasinan: Noruéga
  • Panjabi: ਨਾਰਵੇ
  • Panjabi: ਨੌਰਵੇ
  • Papiamento: Noruega
  • Pedi: Norge
  • Pennsylvania German: Norwegen
  • Persian: ناروی
  • Persian: نروژ
  • Pfaelzisch: Norwege
  • Pfaelzisch: Norwegen
  • Picard: Norvège
  • Piemontese: Norvegia
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norwaii
  • Pite Sami: Nurrji
  • Pite Sami: Vuodna
  • Polish: Królestwo Norwegii
  • Polish: Norwegia
  • Pontic: Νορβηγία
  • Portuguese: Noruega
  • Portuguese: Reino da Noruega
  • Pushto: ناروۍ
  • Pushto: ناروې
  • Quechua: Noruega
  • Quechua: Nurwiga
  • Quechua: Nurwikya
  • Romanian: Norvegia
  • Romanian: Regatul Norvegiei
  • Romansh: Norvegia
  • Rundi: Noruega
  • Rundi: Noruveji
  • Rundi: Norway
  • Russia Buriat: Норвеги
  • Russian: Kongeriket Noreg
  • Russian: Kongeriket Norge
  • Russian: Noreg
  • Russian: Norge
  • Russian: Norway
  • Russian: Королевство Норвегия
  • Russian: Норвегия
  • Rusyn: Норвеґія
  • Rusyn: Норьско
  • Sakizaya: Norway
  • Samoan: Norge
  • Samoan: Nouei
  • Samogitian: Norvegėjė
  • Samogitian: Nuorvegėjė
  • Sango: Nörvêzi
  • Sanskrit: नार्वे
  • Santali: ᱱᱚᱨᱣᱮ
  • Saraiki: ناروے
  • Sardinian: Norvegia
  • Sardinian: Norvègia
  • Saterfriesisch: Norwegen
  • Scots: Kinrick o Norawa
  • Scots: Kinrick o Norrowey
  • Scots: Norawa
  • Scots: Norrowey
  • Scottish Gaelic: Nirribhidh
  • Serbian: Noreg
  • Serbian: Norveška
  • Serbian: Краљевина Норвешка
  • Serbian: Норвеге
  • Serbian: Норвеген
  • Serbian: Норвешка
  • Serbian: Норвешко Краљевство
  • Serbian: Норге
  • Serbo-Croatian: Norveška
  • Shan: ၼေႃႇဝူၺ်း
  • Shan: မိူင်းၼေႃႇဝူၺ်း
  • Shan: မိူင်းႁေႃၶမ်း ၼေႃႇဝူၺ်း
  • Shona: Noruweyi
  • Shona: Norway
  • Sicilian: Norveggia
  • Sicilian: Nurbeggia
  • Silesian: Norwygijo
  • Sindhi: ناروي
  • Sinhala: නෝර්වේ
  • Skolt Sami: Taar koonǥõskåʹdd
  • Skolt Sami: Taarr koonǥõskåʹdd
  • Skolt Sami: Taarr
  • Skolt Sami: Taarrjânnam koonǥõskåʹdd
  • Skolt Sami: Taarrjânnam
  • Skolt Sami: Tarr
  • Slovak: Nórske kráľovstvo
  • Slovak: Nórsko
  • Slovenian: Kraljevina Norveška
  • Slovenian: Norveška
  • Somali: Noorweey
  • Somali: Norway
  • South Azerbaijani: نوروژ
  • Southern Sami: Nöörje
  • Southern Sami: Nöörjen gånkarijhke
  • Southern Sotho: Norge
  • Spanish: Noruega
  • Spanish: Reino de Noruega
  • Sranan Tongo: Norvegikondre
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵏⵓⵔⵡⵉⵊ
  • Sundanese: Norwégia
  • Swahili: Norway
  • Swahili: Norwei
  • Swati: INoweyi
  • Swedish: Konungariket Norge
  • Swedish: Noreg
  • Swedish: Norge
  • Swiss German: Norweege
  • Swiss German: Norwegen
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠞꠅꠦ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠞꠅꠦ
  • Tagalog: Noruwega
  • Tahitian: Noruvetia
  • Tahitian: Norvège
  • Tajik: Норвегия
  • Tajik: Норвеж
  • Tajik: Нурвеж
  • Talysh: Norvec
  • Talysh: Norveç
  • Tamil: நார்வே
  • Tamil: நோர்வே பேரரசு
  • Tamil: நோர்வே, ஐரோப்பா
  • Tamil: நோர்வே
  • Taroko: Norway
  • Tatar: Норвегия
  • Telugu: నార్వే రాజ్యం
  • Telugu: నార్వే
  • Tetum: Noruega
  • Thai: Kingdom of Norway
  • Thai: Norway
  • Thai: นอร์ก
  • Thai: นอร์เวย์
  • Thai: นอเว
  • Thai: ประเทศนอร์เวย์
  • Thai: ราชอาณาจักรนอร์เวย์
  • Tibetan: ནོར་ཝེ།
  • Tibetan: ནོར་ཝེ
  • Tigrinya: ኖርወይ
  • Tigrinya: ኖርዌ
  • Tok Pisin: Nowe
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Noaue
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Noauē
  • Tosk Albanian: Norwegen
  • Tsonga: Norge
  • Tswana: Norway
  • Tulu: ನಾರ್ವೆ
  • Tumbuka: Norway
  • Tunisian Arabic: النرويج
  • Turkish: Norveç Krallığı
  • Turkish: Norveç
  • Turkmen: Norwegiýa
  • Tuvinian: Норвегия
  • Twi: Norway
  • Twi: Nɔwei
  • Udmurt: Норвегия
  • Uighur: نورۋېگىيە
  • Ukrainian: Королівство Норвегія
  • Ukrainian: Норвегія
  • Ukrainian: Норвеґія
  • Ume Sami: Nürjje
  • Upper Sorbian: Kralestwo Norwegska
  • Upper Sorbian: Norwegska
  • Urdu: ناروے
  • Uzbek: Norvegiya
  • Venda: Norge
  • Venetian: Norveja
  • Venetian: Norvexa
  • Venetian: Norveza
  • Veps: Norvegii
  • Vietnamese: Na Uy
  • Vietnamese: Vương quốc Na Uy
  • Vlaams: Nôorweegn
  • Vlax Romani: Norvejiya
  • Volapük: Norgän
  • Võro: Norra
  • Walloon: Norvedje
  • Waray (Philippines): Noruega
  • Welsh: Norwy
  • Welsh: Teyrnas Norwy
  • Western Armenian: Նորվեկիա
  • Western Frisian: Noarwegen
  • Western Mari: Норвеги
  • Western Panjabi: ناروے
  • Wolof: Noorwees
  • Wolof: Norwees
  • Wu Chinese: 挪威
  • Xhosa: Norowe
  • Yakut: Норвегия
  • Yiddish: נארוועגיע
  • Yoruba: Nọọwii
  • Yoruba: Nọ́rwèy
  • Yue Chinese: Kingdom of Norway
  • Yue Chinese: Kongeriket Noreg
  • Yue Chinese: Kongeriket Norge
  • Yue Chinese: Noreg
  • Yue Chinese: Norge
  • Yue Chinese: Norway
  • Yue Chinese: 挪威
  • Yue Chinese: 挪威王國
  • Zeeuws: Noorwegen
  • Zhuang: Nozveih
  • Zulu: i-Norway
  • Zulu: INoki
  • ma Nosiki
  • NO
  • NOR
  • Norra
  • Norveggie
  • Norveghia
  • Norwegah
  • Norwegah Weyitlahtohkayotl
  • Norwegia
  • Nuorvegėjė
  • Nurvégia
  • नार्वे

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