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Wikipedia: Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 4.8 million. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait.
![[Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RNoAF_F16A_s.jpg "Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft")
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![[Norwegian Leopard tanks in the snow in Målselv.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/2_norwegian_Leopard_tanks_in_the_snow_s.jpg "Norwegian Leopard tanks in the snow in Målselv.")
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![[Norwegian Army soldiers wearing CBRN protection suits.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Three_norwegian_soldiers_w_respirators_s.jpg "Norwegian Army soldiers wearing CBRN protection suits.")
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![[Stortinget is the seat of Norway's parliament.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stortinget_2009_s.jpg "Stortinget is the seat of Norway's parliament.")
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![[Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nidarosdomen_ne_april_2006_s.jpg "Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim")
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![[Rock carvings at Alta]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Alta_rock_carvings_01_s.jpg "Rock carvings at Alta")
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![[The 1814 constitutional assembly, painted by Oscar Wergeland]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eidsvoll_riksraad_1814_s.jpg "The 1814 constitutional assembly, painted by Oscar Wergeland")
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![[Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nidaros_cathedral_west_front_2_s.jpg "Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim")
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![[Nor mosque in Norway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ahmadiyya_mosque_Oslo_2_s.jpg "Nor mosque in Norway")
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![[Royal Palace of Norway in Oslo.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Slottet_i_Oslo_2_s.jpg "Royal Palace of Norway in Oslo.")
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![[Jens Stoltenberg, the current Prime Minister of Norway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jens_Stoltenberg_2_s.jpg "Jens Stoltenberg, the current Prime Minister of Norway")
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![[Some of the larger islands along the coastline of northern Norway.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Islands_of_norway_2_s.jpg "Some of the larger islands along the coastline of northern Norway.")
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![[Rondeslottet in Rondane National Park, Eastern Norway.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Atnsj_C3_B8en_og_Rondane_01_s.jpg "Rondeslottet in Rondane National Park, Eastern Norway.")
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![[Harald V, the current King of Norway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Harald_V_Norge_2_s.jpg "Harald V, the current King of Norway")
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![[Feigefossen, Sogn og Fjordane.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Feigefossen_Norway_2009_s.jpg "Feigefossen, Sogn og Fjordane.")
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![[Norway is mountainous, but there are also some flat areas like Jæren, Toten and Ørlandet]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orland6_s.jpg "Norway is mountainous, but there are also some flat areas like Jæren, Toten and Ørlandet")
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![[Norway is mountainous, but agriculture is still important, as seen here in Flakstad]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fredvang_Lofoten_2009_2_s.jpg "Norway is mountainous, but agriculture is still important, as seen here in Flakstad")
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![[The main building of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NTNU_Trondheim_Mainbuilding_s.jpg "The main building of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim")
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![[Reine in Lofoten, Northern Norway.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Reine_Lofoten_2009_s.jpg "Reine in Lofoten, Northern Norway.")
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![[Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen class frigate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KNM_Fridtjof_Nansen_2006_06_01_side_s.jpg "Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen class frigate")
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![[Bryggen in Bergen is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bryggen_286_2007_29_s.jpg "Bryggen in Bergen is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.")
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![[Typical Norwegian lowland landscape near the Trondheimsfjord]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Inder_C3_B8y_Sund_Straumen_s.jpg "Typical Norwegian lowland landscape near the Trondheimsfjord")
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![[Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ludvig_Holberg_s.jpg "Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754)")
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![[Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AaOVinje1_s.jpg "Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870)")
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![[Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Edvard_Grieg_by_Lindahl_1876_s.jpg "Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist.")
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![[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910)]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bj%C3%B8rnstjerne_Martinus_Bj%C3%B8rnson.jpg "Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910)")
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![[Jonas Lie (1833–1908)]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Jonaslie.jpg "Jonas Lie (1833–1908)")
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![[Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Edvard_Grieg_281888_29_by_Elliot_and_Fry_02_s.jpg "Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist.")
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![[Alexander Kielland (1849–1906)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kielkopi_s.jpg "Alexander Kielland (1849–1906)")
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![[Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Knut_Hamsun_s.jpg "Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)")
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![[Sigrid Undset (1882–1949)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sigrid_Undset_1928_s.jpg "Sigrid Undset (1882–1949)")
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![[Kransekake cake decorated with small flags of Norway at the Olmsted County in Rochester, Minnesota]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NorwegianKransekake_s.jpg "Kransekake cake decorated with small flags of Norway at the Olmsted County in Rochester, Minnesota")
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![[The small town Røros has small streets and houses.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Finneveta_R_C3_B8ros_s.jpg "The small town Røros has small streets and houses.")
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![[Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Scream_2_s.jpg "Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893)")
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![[A satellite image of continental Norway in winter]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Satellite_image_of_Norway_in_February_2003_s.jpg "A satellite image of continental Norway in winter")
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![[Urnes stave church is now on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Urnes_stavkirke_2009_s.jpg "Urnes stave church is now on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.")
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