Norway is a country at a crossroads, although given Norway’s natural wonders and significant wealth, it’s a situation in which most countries in the world would love to find themselves.
Norway is a wildly beautiful country of snow-capped mountains and deep glacier-carved fjords. The astounding scenery of the southwestern fjordland is the main draw card for tourists, but there are many incentives to visit this sparsely inhabited country. It offers remote wildernesses and outdoor activities, fairylike forests, historic towns and charming fishing villages, down to earth friendly people, and the lure of the Arctic Circle with its famous Midnight Sun and surreal Northern Lights. It also boasts some of the most scenic bus trips, boat cruises and train rides in the world.

Full country name: Norway
Area: 385,155 sq Km
Population: 4,7 million
Capitals: Oslo
People: 97% Nordic, Alpine & Baltic, with a Sami minority
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk). Sami is spoken by the Sami population in the north. English is widely spoken.
Religion: Christian (86.3% Evangelical Lutheran)
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Raw/ real GDP per capita: US$54,465/ 46,300 ( 2nd highest in the world)
Inflation: 2,3%
Unemployment rate: 3,5%
Major industries: Oil, natural gas, computers, high technology, fishing, fish farming, forestry, shipping, shipbuilding and paper production
Major trading partners: EU (esp. UK, Germany & Sweden)