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A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured. Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative ...
Oslo, the capital of Norway and among the fastest growing cities in Europe Bergen, the capital of Vestland county Stavanger, the oil capital and capital of Rogaland county Trondheim, the largest city in Trøndelag county Kristiansand, the biggest city and capital of Agder county Fredrikstad, the biggest city in Østfold county and one of the 20 ...
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
From 1308, the term len (plural len) in Norway signified an administrative region roughly equivalent to today's counties. The historic len was an important administrative entity during the period of Dano-Norwegian unification after their amalgamation as one state, which lasted for the period 1536 [9] –1814.
The Stockholm urban area (in blue), the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. The area includes land both inside and outside of the municipality of Stockholm. This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. Urban areas in the Nordic countries are measured at national level, independently by each country's statistical ...
An enlargeable topographic map of Norway. Geography of Norway. Norway is: a Nordic country. A member state of NATO; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Europe. Northern Europe. Scandinavia; Time zone: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Norway. High: Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m (8,100 ft)
Norway also has some municipalities that are bilingual or trilingual due to the presence of many native Sami people living there. In Northern Sámi, there are two words for a municipality: suohkan and gielda. [5] Both are loan words from Scandinavian languages, the first of which is related to the Norwegian words sokn and sogn (a parish). [6]
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.