Aircraft Fleet Composition: CF-116 Freedom Fighter; Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar;
Awards in this discipline: Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize Breeds orginating here: Norwegian Lundehund Norwegian Elkhound Norwegian Buhund Norwegian Elkhound Black Dunker Halden Hound Norwegian Forest Cat Norwegian Jærhøne Hygenhund Works Written About This Topic: Out Stealing Horses Victoria Pan Mysteries Growth of the Soil Hunger East of the Sun, West of the Moon The Vikings Beneath the aurora Heaven around the corner Fictional Characters Born Here: Aud Torvingen Beers from here: Ringnes Gold Extra Strong Aass Bock Hansa Bryggeri Bayer Nøgne Ø Porter Nøgne Ø India Pale Ale Aass Classic Berentsens Brygghus Rogalandspils Agencies: Norwegian Board of Health Supervision Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet ABM-utvikling Norwegian Space Centre Medietilsynet Kulturnett.no Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Statistics Norway Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Norwegian Railway Inspectorate Governing officials: Jens Stoltenberg - Prime minister - Prime Minister of Norway - Sep 14, 2010; Halvdan Koht - Foreign Minister - Storting - 1935 - 1940;
Government bodies: Storting Administrative Divisions: Finnmark Hedmark Rogaland Akershus Nord-Trøndelag Aust-Agder Oppland Hordaland Troms Møre og Romsdal Calling Code: 47;
Capital: Oslo Currency Used: Norwegian krone FIPS Code: NO;
Form of Government: Parliamentary system Constitutional monarchy Unitary state Internet TLD: no bv sj ISO Short Name: NORWAY;
Languages spoken: Norwegian Language National anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet - 1864;
Official Language: Nynorsk Bokmål Norwegian Language Sami languages Date founded: 872 C.E.;
Adjectival form: Norwegian;
Adjoins: Russia; Sweden; Finland;
Area: 385,252 km²;
Contained by: Scandinavia Nordic countries Europe Earth Contains: Bergen Lillehammer Stavanger Hammerfest Bodø Fredrikstad Haugesund Kongsberg Østre Toten Oslo Events: Norwegian Campaign Swedish campaign against Norway Operation Catechism Operation Doomsday Anglo-Dutch Wars Gunboat War Hannibal War Operation Freshman Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive Scanian War Geolocation: 60.38, 5.34;
Partially Contains: Barents Euro-Arctic Council The Tornedalen Council The North Calotte Council The Mittnorden Committee Time zone(s): UTC+1 Central European Time USBG name: NORWAY;
GDP (nominal): US$ - 4.811E+11 - 2008; US$ - 381,766,224,101 - 2009; US$ - 450,919,858,156 - 2008; US$ - 387,535,804,643 - 2007; US$ - 336,731,931,773 - 2006; US$ - 302,012,572,759 - 2005; US$ - 258,579,581,446 - 2004; US$ - 225,110,307,618 - 2003; US$ - 1.91927E+11 - 2002; US$ - 170,922,851,074 - 2001;
GDP (nominal per capita): US$ - 57,500 - 2008;
Population: 4,768,212 - 2008; 4,660,677 - 2006; 4,538,000 - 2002; 4,513,000 - 2001; 4,491,000 - 2000; 4,460,000 - 1999; 4,432,000 - 1998; 4,404,100 - 1997; 4,381,000 - 1996; 4,360,000 - 1995;
Military Commanders: Battle of Stamford Bridge - Tostig Godwinson; Battle of Fulford - Tostig Godwinson;
Military Conflicts: World War II - Brazil/Canada/Netherlands/Yugoslavia/Republic of China (Taiwan)/Australia/Czechoslovakia/Mexico/South Africa/United States of America/Belgium/France/New Zealand/United Kingdom/Poland/Greece/Soviet Union; Battles of Narvik; Namsos campaign; Battle of Hjörungavágr; Battle of Åndalsnes; Battle of Stamford Bridge; Operation Weserübung; Battle of Svolder; Battle of Fulford; Battle of Largs;
Athletes: Christian Dick - 1920 Summer Olympics - Sailing; Torger Nergård - 2006 Winter Olympics - Curling; Torger Nergård - 2002 Winter Olympics - Curling; Marianne Rørvik - 2006 Winter Olympics - Curling; Aksel Lund Svindal - 2006 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing; Kjetil Jansrud - 2006 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing; Lars Elton Myhre - 2006 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing; Truls Ove Karlsen - 2002 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing; Bernhard Leene - 1936 Summer Olympics - Track cycling; Bernhard Leene - 1928 Summer Olympics - Track cycling;
Demonstration medals won: Silver medal - Anne Jøtun/Hanne Woods/Dordi Nordby/Mette Halvorsen/Marianne Aspelin - Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics - Women - 1992 Winter Olympics;
IOC Code: NOR;
Athletic performances: Silver medal - Daniel Franck - Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics - Men's Halfpipe - 1998 Winter Olympics; Silver medal - Alexander Dale Oen - Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke - 2008 Summer Olympics; Bronze medal - Stein Endresen/Tony Andre Hansen/Morten Djupvik/Geir Gulliksen - Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team jumping - 2008 Summer Olympics; Gold medal - Olaf Tufte - Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Single Sculls - 2008 Summer Olympics; Silver medal - Marianne Bruun/Cathrine Noettingnes - 2000 Summer Paralympics, Women's individual pursuit tandem open - 2000 Summer Paralympics; Jørre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund - Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's beach volleyball - 2008 Summer Olympics; Nila Håkedal/Ingrid Tørlen - Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball - 2008 Summer Olympics; Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes - Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball - 2008 Summer Olympics; Vegard Høidalen/Jørre Kjemperud - Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball - 2004 Summer Olympics; Iver Horrem/Bjørn Maaseide - Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball - 2004 Summer Olympics;
Olympics participated in: 2010 Winter Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics 1952 Summer Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics 1900 Summer Olympics Member of: African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank; Zangger Committee; Paris Club; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; World Bank; United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration - Nov 9, 1943; League of Nations - Jan 10, 1920 - Apr 18, 1946; Council of Europe; United Nations - Nov 27, 1945;
Organizations with this scope: Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations NITO Norwegian Agrarian Association Norwegian Medical Association Norwegian Class Association for LYS Siviløkonomene United Federation of Trade Unions Norwegian Union of General Workers Norwegian Union of Journalists Newspapers: Helsingin Sanomat Bergens Tidende Dag og Tid Friheten Norsk-Tysk Tidsskrift Rulers: Harald V of Norway Athletes: 2000 Summer Paralympics - Cathrine Noettingnes; 2000 Summer Paralympics - Marianne Bruun;
Athletic performances: Silver medal, Marianne Bruun/Cathrine Noettingnes, 2000 Summer Paralympics, Women's individual pursuit tandem open, 2000 Summer Paralympics; Silver medal, Trond Nymark, 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk, 2009 World Championships in Athletics; Gold medal, Andreas Thorkildsen, 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, 2009 World Championships in Athletics;
Teams: Norway national football team Norway women's national handball team Norway national handball team Norway women's national beach handball team How to get here: Ferry - DFDS/Color Line/Smyril Line/Stena Line; Air Transportation - Moss Airport, Rygge/Bergen Airport, Flesland/Trondheim Airport, Værnes/Sandefjord Airport/Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik/Tromsø Airport, Langnes/Oslo Airport, Gardermoen/Sola Air Station - Norwegian Air Shuttle/Widerøe/Scandinavian Airlines System/Czech Airlines/KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/Lufthansa/Ryanair; Train;
Local transportation: Norges Statsbaner Tour operators: 62º NORD Hurtigruten Group Tourist attractions: Bø Sommarland Tusenfryd Hiking Kongeparken Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park Hunderfossen Besseggen Preikestolen Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park Briksdalsbreen Related Web Pages: Daylife Topic Page Ranker Lists
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