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
4 799 252 inhabitants as of 1 January 2009
Norway has an indigenous Sami population as well as five national minorities, defined as groups with long association with Norway.
Official languages
Norwegian (the two forms Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Sami (equal status with Norwegian in parts of Troms and Finnmark counties).
Religion
Protestant Christianity
Currency
Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 9.22 as of January 2009
1 USD = NOK 6.96 as of January 2009
Compiled from Statistics Norway. For more detailed information and statistics about Norway please access their pages.