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Norway

The official country name in conventional long form is the Kingdom of Norway.
Norge is the local short form. The capital of Norway is Oslo. Norway is situated
far to the north in the western corner of Europe bordering the North Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean. Norway shares borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia. The
Kingdom of Norway, in addition to the mainland, includes the Svalbard
archipelago and Jan Mayen. Norway also has territories in the Antarctic region.
These are Bouvet Island and Peter I Island. The size of Norway is slightly
larger that New Mexico. The geographical conditions do not favor internal
communication in Norway. The terrain is two-thirds mountains and there are
nearly 50,000 islands off its coastline. High mountains, glaciers with high
plateaus deep fjords, and arctic tundra in the north make communication
difficult (www.odci.gov.) Norway’s natural resources include petroleum,
copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, and
hydropower. Current environmental issues include: water pollution; acid rain
damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air
pollution from vehicle emissions (www.odci.gov.) People Norway has a population
of 4,438,537 with a growth rate of .4% recorded in July 1999 (www.ssb.no.) The
life expectancy at birth of the total population is 78.36 years. This statistic
is broken down by gender and the life expectancy at birth for females is 81.35
years and 75.55 years for male, est. in 1999. The estimated total fertility rate
in 1999 is 1.77 children born per woman. The infant mortality rate is 4.96
deaths per 1,000 live births (1999 est.) (www.adin.dep.no.) Ethnic groups
include: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) (www.odci.gov.) The
major religions are Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant
and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980) (Ostbye, 1992.) The
official language is Norwegian and there are small Lapp and Finnish-speaking
minorities. Literacy rates are defined in the population of age 15 and over that
can read and write. The total population is 99% literate (www.ssb.no.) Economy
Norway is one of the richest countries in the world calculated by GNP per capita
or purchasing parity which is $24,700 (www.odci.gov.) Norway thrives on welfare
capitalism. The economy consists of a combination of free market activity and
government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the
petroleum secto...

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