Country guide
Norway
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Norway.
Key facts
- Capital
- Oslo
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 386,224 km²
- Population
- 5,606,944
Neighboring countries
Norway has 3 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn Norway
Oslo is Norway's capital. On Norway's Svalbard archipelago, the sun never sets from late April to late August.
Norway covers 386,224 square kilometers, bordering Finland, Sweden, and Russia, its largest neighbor. Sognefjord, reaching 205 kilometers inland and 1,308 meters deep, is Norway's longest and deepest fjord.
Norway's Laerdal Tunnel is the world's longest road tunnel.
Trivia
- Norway's Laerdal Tunnel is the world's longest road tunnel.
- Sognefjord, stretching 205 kilometres inland and reaching a depth of 1,308 metres, is Norway's longest and deepest fjord.
- On Norway's Svalbard archipelago, the sun stays above the horizon around the clock from late April to late August.
- Urnes Stave Church, built around 1130 using timber cut as early as 1070, is the oldest of Norway's surviving stave churches and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize awarded in Norway rather than Sweden, with its ceremony held in Oslo City Hall.
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