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Norway Quick Facts

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Capital of Norway
Oslo.
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Currency
The Norwegian krone.
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Form of government
A constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system.
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Number of members of the Storting
169, elected every four years.
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Constitution Day
17 May.
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Year of the Constitution
1814, signed at Eidsvoll.
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End of the union with Sweden
1905.
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Neighbouring countries on land
Sweden, Finland and Russia.
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Highest mountain
Galdhøpiggen, in Jotunheimen, about 2,469 metres.
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Longest river
The Glomma.
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Largest lake
Mjøsa.
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Longest and deepest fjord
The Sognefjord.
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Fjords on the UNESCO list (2005)
The Geirangerfjord and the Nærøyfjord.
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Largest glacier on the European mainland
Jostedalsbreen.
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Arctic archipelago under Norwegian sovereignty
Svalbard, under the Svalbard Treaty of 1920.
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Main settlement of Svalbard
Longyearbyen.
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Where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded
In Oslo, on 10 December.
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Year Norway voted no to EU membership
1972 and 1994.
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Norway and the single market
Through the EEA agreement.
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Painter of The Scream
Edvard Munch, in 1893.
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Composer of Peer Gynt music
Edvard Grieg.
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Sculpture park in Oslo
The Vigeland park, with sculptures by Gustav Vigeland.
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First polar explorer to reach the South Pole
Roald Amundsen, on 14 December 1911.
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Winter Olympics hosted
Oslo in 1952 and Lillehammer in 1994.
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Traditional folk costume
The bunad.

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