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Norway 🇳🇴

Norway is a country in Europe with a population of 5,474,360. Its capital is Oslo. The official currency is NOK, and the main languages are Norwegian.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Oslo
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 5,474,360
  • Area: 385,207 km²
  • Density: 14.2 people per km²
  • Currency: NOK
  • Languages: Norwegian
  • ISO code: NO

Where Norway sits

Norway 🇳🇴 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Oslo. It covers 385,207 square kilometres — 61st in the world — and is home to about 5,474,360 people, 119th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Norway compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Norway sits closest to Lebanon and Finland. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Zimbabwe and Japan.

At 14.2 people per square kilometre it is about 4.2 times below the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by area than by population, so it is more spacious than its population alone suggests.

Norwegian is listed as official in Norway alone. The NOK is used by Norway and no one else.

To see Norway next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Norway

Oslo sits at the very end of the long Oslofjord, an inlet of the sea in the south of the country. For the flag, remember that Norway's cross holds all three colours: a blue cross wrapped in white, on red.

The flag of Norway: red, white and dark blue

🇳🇴 The flag is a red flag with a dark blue Nordic cross outlined in white, shifted towards the flagpole. The colours recall Norway's past unions with Denmark (red and white) and Sweden (blue). The flag was adopted in 1821.

Region and neighbours

Norway is a long, narrow country in Northern Europe, on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, with coasts on the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Three facts about Norway

  1. The coastline of mainland Norway, including its fjords, is almost 29,000 km long. The Sognefjord, the longest and deepest in Norway, reaches 205 km inland.
  2. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo every year.
  3. Norway is home to the midnight sun in summer, and to the northern lights.

Sources: Wikipedia: Norway, Wikipedia: Flag of Norway, Wikipedia: Oslo, Wikipedia: Sognefjord, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Norway

Quizzes that include Norway

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Norway those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Norway flag?

The flag of Norway is a red flag with a dark blue Nordic cross outlined in white, shifted towards the flagpole. The colours recall Norway's past unions with Denmark (red and white) and Sweden (blue). The flag was adopted in 1821.

Which countries border Norway?

Norway shares land borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia.

How can I remember the capital of Norway?

Oslo sits at the very end of the long Oslofjord, an inlet of the sea in the south of the country. For the flag, remember that Norway's cross holds all three colours: a blue cross wrapped in white, on red.