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Norway, officially Kingdom of Norway (in
Norwegian, Kongeriket Norge), constitutional monarchy in northern
Europe, occupying the western and northern portions of the
Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bordered on the north by the
Barents Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, on the north-east
by Finland and Russia, on the east by Sweden, on the south
by the Skagerrak Strait and the North Sea, and on the west
by the Atlantic Ocean. Oslo is Norway's capital and largest
city.
Capital city - Oslo
Population - 4,369,957
Ethnic Groups - 98%Norwegian, 2% Other
Languages - Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk
dialects), Sami
Religions - 89%Norwegian Evangelical, Lutheranism,
11%Other
Norway is in the Central European Time Zone. Central European
Standard Time (CET) is 1 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+1)

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