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Norway is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, officially known as the Kingdom of Norway.
Norway is a Nordic country with mountains, glaciers, and deep coastal fjords.
Oslo, the capital, is a city filled with parks and museums.
The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo displays preserved 9th-century Viking ships.
Bergen, with its colourful wooden houses, serves as the departure point for cruises to the spectacular Sognefjord.
Norway is also known for its fishing, hiking, and skiing, particularly at Lillehammer Olympic Park.
Norway was once known as Norweg, which translates to "Northern Way."
Norwegians are people from Norway.
Norway has a population of 5,403,542 as of January 2020.
Norway, along with Sweden and Denmark, is one of three Scandinavian countries.
Oslo is Norway's capital city as well as its political centre.
Norway's currency is the Norwegian Krone, abbreviated NOK.
The lion is Norway's national symbol.
Tuition fees for international students are waived at Norwegian universities and state colleges.
Norway came in second on the Prosperity Index in 2016, and first in 2017.
Norway has a total literacy rate of 100 percent.
Thor Bjrklund, a Norwegian, invented the cheese slicer in 1925.
Every year since 1946, Norway has given the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to London.
The Norwegians founded Dublin, Ireland in 836 A.D.
On Norwegian passports, UV lights would reveal an Aurora Borealis display.
Norway is ranked 68th among the world's largest countries.
Norway is famous for its fjords. A fjord is an elongated U-shaped sea or lake drain formed by massive glaciers, with steep land on three sides and a shallow opening on one.
Norway has only one active volcano. Beerenberg is located on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea. Beerenberg is the world's northernmost volcano, rising 7,306 feet (2,227 metres) above sea level.
Norway has the world's longest road tunnel. Laerdal Tunnel, measuring 15 miles (24.5 kilometres), connects the towns of Lrdal and Aurland in Vestland County.
The Lrdal Tunnel would take you about 20 minutes to complete.
Grimstad has the most sunshine in Norway.
Norway has the most extensive collection of saltwater fish in Europe. It is located in Troldhaugen, which is also the home of composer Edvard Grieg. Among other things, Grieg composed music for Ibsen's Peer Gynt.
Norway has the longest ice-free fjord in the world. Sognefjorden is the largest fjord in Norway and the third largest on the planet. It stretches up to 127 miles (205 kilometres) from the ocean.
Sognefjorden also holds the record for the world's deepest fjord. It runs 1308 metres deep. It is one of the 1,190 fjords in the Norwegian-Svalbard archipelago.
Norway has the most extensive mountain plateau in Europe. The Hardangervidda Plateau is also home to the continent's largest wild reindeer herd.
In 1990, Norway established Troll, a research station in Jutulsessen, Antarctica.
The world's most remote island is located in Norwegian territory.
In 1971, Norway designated Bouvet Island and its surrounding territorial waters as a nature reserve.
Norway is home to some of Europe's tallest waterfalls. Vinnufossen is the world's sixth tallest waterfall, falling from a height of 860 metres.
Norway claims the deepest lake not only in the country, but also on the continent. Hornindalsvatnet, located in central Norway, has a surface elevation of 53 metres above sea level and a depth of 461 metres below sea level.
Norway is home to the continent's largest glacier. Jostedalsbreen is 487 square kilometres in size.
Norway has the world's deepest undersea tunnel. The Eiksund Tunnel is 287 metres (942 feet) below sea level. The 7776-meter-long subsea tunnel is located on the country's northwest coast.
Bears outnumber people on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
For about 6 months, two Norwegian regions do not receive natural sunlight. Rjukan and Viganella are deep within the valleys.
Norway is ranked eighth among countries with the world's longest coastlines. It has a total length of 25,148 kilometres.
Hell is located in Norway. This oddly named small town has a population of over a thousand people. Hell has its own train station and is only a short distance from Trondheim's international airport.
Every summer, Norwegians take a four-week vacation. During these times, the locals spend their free time resting and fishing.
From December to April is the best time to visit Norway.
During the winter, Northern Norway never sees the sun. It means that they have polar nights for the season, giving the country the name 'Land of the Midnight Sun'.
Farming did not arrive in Norway until after 3,000 BC.
In the ninth century, the Norwegian Vikings were notorious raiders.
Olaf Haraldson was Norway's first effective king. During his reign from 995 to 1000, he introduced Christianity to the coastal region. By 1015-1030, Olaf had successfully extended his influence into the inland areas.
In the 1928 Olympics, King Olaf V won a gold medal in sailing. He had even been a sailor his entire life.
Norway was ruled by Sweden until October 1905.
'Allemannsretten' is a well-known saying in Norway. It means that everyone, man or woman, has equal access to public spaces.
Norway was the world's first country to turn off FM radio. In 2017, the country switched to digital.
Norway was the first to provide paternity leave. The parental benefit was established in 1993. In the case of a birth, the total benefit period is 49 weeks for 100% coverage and 59 weeks for 80% coverage.
In 1907, Norwegian women were granted the right to vote.
Erik Rotheim, a Norwegian, invented the modern-day aerosol spray can prototype. In October 1926, he received a patent for his can-and-aerosol system invention in his home country.
In January 1993, Erling Kagge, a Norwegian, became the first unaided human to reach the South Pole.
Grete Waitz, a Norwegian woman, made history by running a marathon in under two and a half hours.
Aquavit, also known as 'akevitt,' is Norway's national drink.
Freia is Norway's most well-known chocolate factory.
Freia chocolate was an important part of the first man's journey to the South Pole.
Norway has the most decorated Winter Olympian. Ole Einar Bjerndalen has 13 Olympic medals in cross-country skiing.
Norwegians have joined the ranks of the world's top coffee consumers.
Norway is the world's largest salmon exporter.
Since 1872, Norway's Holmenkollen Ski Festival has been the world's oldest of its kind. Every year, approximately one million people see it.
Norway has won the most Winter Olympic medals. Beginning with the first Games in 1924, the country established a lead over the competition, amassing 332 medals.
In Norway, an Old Norse Period book is still a best-seller. Snorre Sturluson's Heimskringla, or The History of Kings, was written between 750 and 1300 AD.
The Pathfinder, also known as 'Veiviseren,' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1987.
Norwegians are the world's most avid readers. They spend 500 Kroner per year on books on average, which is equivalent to USD $76. Every year, over 2,000 book titles are published in Norway.
Every book published in the country is purchased by the government in quantities of 1,000 copies. They distribute it to every library in Norway, making it available to the public for free.
Norway has some of the world's highest gasoline prices. Despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters, the average is USD $9.79.
The Norwegian Postal Service was first established in 1647.
Norway ranks first in the world for seafood production.
Norway is nearly 70% uninhabited. Over a third of the country is mountainous, with around 300 mountain peaks rising above 2,000 metres.
The ultimate 'Home of the Giants' is Norway's Jotunheimen National Park.
The strange rock formations seen in Norwegian mountains are well-known.
The hike to the pyramid-shaped Slogen summit will take 9 hours.
The elk is Norway's national animal.
According to the 2013 Global Peace Index, Norway is the 11th most peaceful country in the world out of 162.
Norway is also one of the world's least corrupt countries. Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index ranked the country fifth.
Norway was named the happiest country in the world in 2017.
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