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Opening of Ohthere's Old English account, translated: "Ohthere told his lord Ælfrede king that he lived northmost of all Norwegians…"
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Norway has two official names: Norge in Bokmål and Noreg in Nynorsk.

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Norway

Population
5.6M
Area
385,207 km²
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
118th most populous country in the world

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

From the “Etymology” section

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Opening of Ohthere's Old English account, translated: "Ohthere told his lord Ælfrede king that he lived northmost of all Norwegians…"
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The earliest traces of human occupation in Norway date back to between 11,000 and 8,000 BC.

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Norway

Population
5.6M
Area
385,207 km²
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
118th most populous country in the world

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

From the “History” section

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Opening of Ohthere's Old English account, translated: "Ohthere told his lord Ælfrede king that he lived northmost of all Norwegians…"
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Norway's coastline, including fjords, has been estimated to stretch 100,915 kilometers.

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Norway

Population
5.6M
Area
385,207 km²
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
118th most populous country in the world

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

From the “Geography” section

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Photo: B. Thorpe · Public Domain

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Opening of Ohthere's Old English account, translated: "Ohthere told his lord Ælfrede king that he lived northmost of all Norwegians…"
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From late May to late July, the sun never completely descends beneath the horizon in areas north of the Arctic Circle.

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Norway

Population
5.6M
Area
385,207 km²
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
118th most populous country in the world

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: B. Thorpe · Public Domain

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Opening of Ohthere's Old English account, translated: "Ohthere told his lord Ælfrede king that he lived northmost of all Norwegians…"
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Norway's first female prime minister was Gro Harlem Brundtland of the Labour Party.

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Norway

Population
5.6M
Area
385,207 km²
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
118th most populous country in the world

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.

From the “Politics and government” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: B. Thorpe · Public Domain

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