| Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Norge Timeline: For the Reich! | ||||||
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| Anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet (English: "Yes, we love this country") |
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| Location of Norway (green)
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| Capital | Oslo | |||||
| Official languages | Norwegian | |||||
| Regional languages | German | |||||
| Demonym | Norwegian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Harald V | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Guri Melby | ||||
| Legislature | Storting | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | State established prior Unification | 872 | ||||
| - | Old Kingdom of Norway (peak extent) | 1263 | ||||
| - | Kalmar Union | 1397 | ||||
| - | Denmark-Norway | 1524 | ||||
| - | Reestablished state | 25 February 1814 | ||||
| - | Constitution | 17 May 1814 | ||||
| - | Union between Sweden and Norway | 4 November 1814 | ||||
| - | Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden | 7 June 1905 | ||||
| - | Nazi occupation | 24 April 1940 | ||||
| - | Sovereignty | 14 June 1945 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2022 estimate | 5,425,270 | ||||
| Currency | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
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| Drives on the | right | |||||
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Norway (Norwegian: Norge), officially the Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge) is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares borders with Russia and Finland to the southeast; and Sweden to the southeast, while sharing overseas borders with Denmark in the south. The capital and largest city of Norway is Oslo.
The kingdom was established in 872 as a merger of many petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,150 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was a part of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway, and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War and remained so until April 1940 when the country was invaded and occupied by Germany until 1945, when its sovereignty was restored. From 1942 to 1961, Norway was a fascist dictatorship led by Vidkun Quisling, although he was ultimately overthrown and replaced with a democratic government.