Country Profile
Official Name of Country:Kingdom of Norway
Climate:temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast
Absolute Location:62 00 N, 10 00 E
Relative location:Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Type of government:constitutional monarchy
Capital:Oslo
International Organization participation:
ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EFTA, ESA, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Official language:Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities
Population, population growth rate:0.341% (2009 est.)
Population distribution:
Urban population- 77% of total population (2008)
Infant mortality rate
Total: 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 3.92 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Average life expectancy
79.95 years
Percent of arable land used for agriculture 2.7%
Natural resources:Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower
Major agricultural and industrial products-
Agricultural: Barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish
Industrial: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing
Major exports and imports-
Exports: Petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish
Imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs
GDP(purchasing power parity):
$275.4 billion (2008 est.)country comparison to the world: 41
$268.4 billion (2007 est.)
$253.2 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP(official exchange rate):
$456.2 billion (2008 est.)
GDP- real growth rate:
2.6% (2008 est.)country comparison to the world:143
6% (2007 est.)
4.4 (2006 est.)
Currency (include exchange rate vs. TWD)
Norwegian kroner 1.00NOK=5.55614TWD
Balance of trade (include amounts in TWD currency of total exports and imports)
Historical Events
1990 -- Apr 7, An arson fire aboard a ferry en route from Norway to Denmark killed 158 people. (AP, 4/7/00)
1991 -- Jun 5, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev delivered his delayed Nobel Peace lecture in Oslo, Norway, warning that Western failure to heed his call for economic aid could dash hopes for a peaceful new world order.(AP, 6/5/01)
1993 -- Gay marriages were legalized.(SFC, 6/28/96, p.A14)
1993 -- The hunting of minke whales was resumed after a six-year self-imposed moratorium.(SFC, 5/9/98, p.A7)
1994 -- Feb 12, The XVII Winter Olympic Games opened in Lillehammer, Norway. The official song was "Fire in Your Heart."(AP, 2/12/99)
1996 -- Nov 1, Norway announced a $24 million donation to educate girls in 19 African countries. The gift went to UNICEF’s African Education for All program.
(11/2/96)
1998 -- Jan 27, The UN named Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former prime minister of Norway as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).(SFC, 1/28/98, p.A6)
1999 -- Nov 26, A Norwegian passenger ferry, the catamaran Sleipner, sank at the mouth of the Boemla Fjord. There were 16 people killed.(AP, 11/26/02)
2001 -- Jul 9, The UN ranked Norway as the country with the world’s highest standard of living. PM Jens Stolenberg credited the nation’s welfare system.(SFC, 7/10/01)
2009 -- Jun 16, The Norwegian firm Opera Software unveiled new technology that allows it Opera 10 Web browser to also function as a file server. A feature called Opera Unite enables users to push content and establish communications without the need for a 3rd party.(SFC, 6/17/09)
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