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Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, fresh water and hydropower. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East.
Denmark-Norway only had one university, the University of Copenhagen. In 1811 the Royal Frederick's University (now the University of Oslo) was established, based on the traditions and curriculum of the University of Copenhagen and effectively as a Norwegian successor institution.
Operation Weserübung ( German: Unternehmen Weserübung [ˈveːzɐˌʔyːbʊŋ], transl. Operation Weser Exercise, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign . In the early morning of 9 April 1940 ( Wesertag, "Weser Day ...
The national flag of Norway ( Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. 'Norway's flag') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark. [1]
Royal: Alt for Norge ("Everything for Norway") 1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enige og tro til Dovre faller ("United and faithful until the mountains of Dovre crumble") National anthem: Ja, vi elsker dette landet: Log ke baare me Official bhasa: Norwegian, bokmål Norwegian, nynorsk: Abaadi: - Total: 5,550,203 (2024) (ranked 116) - Density: 14.4 per km² ...
NATO–Norway relations. NATO. Norway. Norway joined NATO on 4 April 1949 as a founding member, along with eleven other countries. [1] Norway committed an effort to NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia in 1999 and in Libya in 2011. [2] It also sent troops to Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks.
Northern Sami is used in the municipal administration of six municipalities, Lule Sami in one, and Finnish/Kven in one.; Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.; This percentage is for the mainland and also includes glaciers
