Official name

Kingdom of Norway

System of government

Constitutional monarchy
Parliamentary democracy

The Royal House of Norway

Harald V, King of Norway, born 21 February 1937
Sonja, Queen of Norway, born 4 July 1937
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, born 20 July 1973
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, born 19 August 1973
Ingrid Alexandra, Princess of Norway, born 21 January 2004
Sverre Magnus, Prince of Norway, born 3 December 2005
 

Population

4 640 219 inhabitants as of 1 January 2006
Norway has an indigenous population, called Sami, and several national minorities, including Jews, Romany (gypsies), kvener (persons of Finnish ancestry concentrated in North Norway) and skogfinner (of Finnish ancestry concentrated in the wooded southeast)

Official languages

Norwegian (Bokmål and New Norwegian)
Sami (equal status with Norwegian in parts of Troms and Finnmark counties)

Religion

Protestant Christianity

Currency

Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 7.83 (Nov. 2005)
1 USD = NOK 6.64 (Nov. 2005)