CULTURE
ETHNIC GROUPS
Norwegian 94.4%, Other European
3.6%, Other 2%
RELIGIONS
Church of Norway 82%, Other
Christian 3.9%, Muslim 2.3%, Roman
Catholic 1.8%, Other 2.4%,
Unspecified 7.5%
LANGUAGES
Bokal Norwegian, Nynorsk
Norwegian, small Sami- and Finnish
speaking minorities.
NORWAY
6TH GRADE PROJECT
FEBRUARY 2015
BY
GENERAL INFORMATION
POPULATION
5,147,792 (2014)
GOVERNMENT
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
Constitutional Monarchy
CHIEF OF STATE
King Harald V.
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister Erna Solberg
GENERAL INFORMATION
POPULATION
5,147,792 Year: 2014
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
Constitutional Monarchy
CHIEF OF STATE
King Harald V
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister Erna Solberg
ECONOMY
CURRENCY
Norwegian Kroner
INDUSTRIES
Petroleum & Gas, Food Processing,
Ship building, Pulp and paper
products, Metals, Chemicals, Timber,
Mining, Textiles, Fishing
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Barley, wheat, potatoes, pork, beer,
veal, milk, fish
EDUCATION
Age 15 who can read and write
Males
100%
Female
100%
COMMUNICATION AND
TRANSPORTATION
Number of telephone lines
1.465 million (2012)
RAILWAYS
4,237 km
ROADWAYS
93,870 km
NUMBER OF AIRPORTS
95
GEOGRAPHY
AREA
323,802 Square Km
CAPITAL
Oslo
IMPORTANT CITIES
Bodo, Vardo and Flora
LOCATION
CONTINENT
Europe
NEIGHBORS
Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark,
Germany and United Kingdom
NATURAL FEATURES
MAJOR BODIES OF LAND
Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, North
Sea, Gulf of Brothnia and Batie Sea.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Petroleum, Natural Gas, Iron ore,
Copper, lead, Zinc, Titanium ],
Purities, nickel, fish, timber,
hydropower.
LAND USE
Arable land: 2.52%
Permanent crops: 0.01%
Others: 97.46%
CLIMATE
Temperature along coast, modified
by north Atlantic current; colder
interior with increased precipitation
and colder summers; rainy yearround west coast.