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Constitution Day: | 17. May |
| Area: | 323,758 sq km + 61,397 sq km (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) |
| Population: | 4,600,000 |
| Capital city: | Oslo (pop 530,000) |
| People: | 97% Nordic, Alpine & Baltic, with a Sami minority |
| Language: | Bokmål & Nynorsk |
| Religion: | Christian (93% Evangelical Lutheran) |
| Temperatures (Oslo): | +15 to +30 degrees during summer
-15 to +5 degrees during winter |
| Government: | Constitutional monarchy |
| Prime Minister: | Jens Stoltenberg |
| King: | Harald V |
| Currency: | NOK (100 NOK = 8 £) |
| GDP: | US$120.5 billion |
| GDP per head: | US$27,400 |
| Annual growth: | 3.5% |
| Inflation: | 2.0% |
| Major industries: | Oil, natural gas, computers, high technology, fishing, shipbuilding and paper production |
| Major trading partners: | EU (esp. UK, Germany & Sweden) |
| Member of EU: | No |
| Time: | GMT/UTC plus 1 hour |
| Electricity: | 220V, 50-60 Hz |
| Weights & measures: | Metric |
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