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NORWAY

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT

AND

SOMETHING NEW..

NORWAY IS INVIGORATING,

WILD & SECRETIVE!!

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HISTORY & TIMELINE OF THE

NORWAY FLAG

Likely flag of the OldKingdom of Norway,with the traditionalNorwegian Lion motif.

Flag of Denmark-Norway the only

approved merchantflag.

Flag of Norway onships only north of

Spain.

Flag used byNorwegian ships andalso by Swedish ships.

Flag of Norway(1844-1899)

Flag of Norway

(1899-present)

� Location:

± Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,

west of Sweden

± Cities : Oslo (capital), Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger.

� Area:

± Total: 323,802 sq km

± Land: 304,282 sq km

± Water: 19,520 sq km

� Land boundaries:

± Total: 2,542 km

±Bordering countries: Finland, Sweden and Russia

LOCATION

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HISTORY OF NORWAY

� 9000 BC - 8000 BC-Earliest signs of human settlement.

� 900 AD-Norway united into one kingdom.

� 1030-Christianity adopted in Norway.

� 1380 1397-Union with Denmark through royal intermarriage.

� 1397 1536-The Kalmar Union with both Denmark and Sweden. Strong conflicts within.

� 1536-Norway becomes a dependency under Denmark. Religious reformation.

� 1814-The Norwegian Constitution adopted, based on the American Declaration of Independence.

� 1814 1905-Union with Sweden.

� 1905-Full Norwegian independency. Haakon VII crowned king of Norway.

1925-The capital of Norway changes name from Christiania to Oslo.

1940-German forces invade Norway on 9 April. A government-in-exile is set

up in London. Vidkun Quisling proclaims himself head of government in

Norway.

1945-German forces in Norway surrender on 8 May. Quisling is executed

for treason. Norway becomes a charter member of the United Nations

(UN).

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DEMOGRAPHICS

� Population:

± 4.7 million

� Age structure:

± 0-14 years: 18.5% (male441,508/female 422,050)

± 15-64 years: 66.2% (male

1,564,482/female 1,522,519)

± 65 years and over: 15.2% (male

305,120/female 404,860)

� Median age:

± total: 39.7 years

± male: 38.8 years

± Female: 40.5 years

� Population growth rate:

± 0.334%

� Birth rate:

± 10.9 births/1,000 population

� Death rate:

± 9.26 deaths/1,000 population

�Life expectancy at birth:± total population: 80.08 years

± male: 77.42 years

± female: 82.89 years

WORKFORCE

6

13

25.3

6.8

23.7

2.4

10.7

7

5.2 Legislators, senior

officials, and managers

professionals

technicians and associate

professionals

clerks

service workers and market

sales workersagricultural, forestry, and

fishery workers

craft and related trades

workers

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SOCIAL� Official Language :

± Norwegian and the "Sámi" language

± Bokmal Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities,

English is widely spoken.

� Ethnic groups:

± Norwegian (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic);

± Sami, a racial-cultural minority;

± Foreign nationals from Nordic and other countries.

� Religion: Church of Norway (Lutheran) - 80.7%; Roman Catholic - 1.2%; Pentecostal Christian -

0.8%; other Christian - 2.9%; Muslim - 1.9%; other, none, or unknown - 12.5%.

� Education: Years compulsory - 10.

� Literacy: 100%.

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CULTURAL

� Art :

± Photography $ Poetry.

± Glasswork, jewellery, metal ware.

± The skaldic verses, which belong to the ninth century, are still popular among the

Norwegian people.

± Edvard Munch - The Norwegian painter was a pioneer of the Expressionist movement.

� Music:

± Native folk music.

± Edvard Grieg is one of the very famous musicians of the country.

± Jazz festivals very popular.

� Theatre:

± Very few private theatres which mostly stage farces and musicals.

± Approximately 1.5 million spectators visit Norways professional theatres annually.

� Nobel Laureates:

± 11 winners from 1903 -2004

± Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, Finn Kydland, Trygve Haavelmo, Ragnar Frisch, Ivar Giaever,

Christian Lous Lange, Fridtjof Nansen, Lars Onsager, Odd Hassel, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

� Films:

± Many film festivals are held.

± The film history is the record of generations of filmmakers, actors and behind-the-scenes

workers cultivating their art through a succession of distinct cultural eras.

± Norways film heritage in many ways reflects the development of Norwegian society.

� Sports:

� Skiing

� Handball

� Football

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LEGAL SYSTEM

� Government type: Constitutional monarchy

� Legal system:

± Mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; ± Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked;

� Legislative branch:

± Modified unicameral Parliament (169 seats; members elected by popular

vote by proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

� Judicial branch: Supreme Court (justices appointed by the monarch)

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NORWAY ECONOMY

� Currency: The Norwegian Krone

(USDNOK)

� Trade organization: WTO

� USDNOK Exchange Rate: 5.99

� GDP ranking:45

� GDP: $433 billion

� GDP on PPP basis: $58,714

� Inflation: 1.90%

�

Labour force: 2.59 million

� Labour force by occupation:

± Agriculture: 2.9%

± Industry: 21.1%

± Services: 76%

� Unemployment: 2.70%

� Main industries:

± Oil & natural gas

± Transport equipment

±

Furniture & textiles

� Exports: $64.5 billion

� Imports: $41.1 billion

�Population below poverty line: NA%

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TRADING PARTNERS

EXPORTS ($64.5 billion)

� U.K. 23%

� Germany 12.5%� Netherlands 11%

� France 8%

� Sweden 6%

� U.S. 5%.

IMPORTS ($41.1 billion)

� Sweden 14%

� Germany 13%� China 8%

� Denmark 7%

� U.K. 6%

� U.S. 6%

NORWAY-EXPORTSNORWAY-IMPORTS

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NORWAY POLITICS

A constitutional monarchy : the hereditary monarch is the head of state

Prime minister: head of government, is appointed by the monarch with the approval of

Parliament, as is the cabinet

Head of state: King Harald V

Current Prime Minister : Jens Stoltenberg

Members of the 169 seat unicameral Parliament are popularly elected to four-year terms

Elections: the monarchy is hereditary but parliamentary elections are also followed.

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PARLIAMENT

� Branches:

± Executive : King (chief of state), Prime Minister (head of government), Council of

Ministers (cabinet). The Council is appointed by the monarch in accordance with the will

of the Storting, to which the Council is responsible.

± Legislative : Modified unicameral parliament (Storting, 169 members, elected for 4 years

by universal adult suffrage)

± Judicial : Supreme Court, appellate courts, city and county courts.

� Political Parties: Labor, Progress, Conservative, Socialist Left, Christian Democratic, Center,Liberal.

� Suffrage: Universal over 18

� Administrative subdivisions: 19 (counties) and 430 municipalities

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TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

1) Telephones :

Main lines in use: 1.9 million

Mobile cellular: 5.336 million

2) International:

� Buried coaxial cable systems-2

� Submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe

� Satellite earth stations - NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic

and Indian Ocean regions)

3) Broadcast media:

�State-owned public radio

�Nationwide television stations-3, Nationwide radio stations-3, Regional radio stations-16

�Privately-owned radio stations broadcasting nationwide-2, Stations operating locally-240

4)Internet hosts: 3.352 million

5)Internet users: 3.935 million

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TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

� Airports: 98

� Pipelines: condensate 31 km; gas 64 km

� Railways: total: 4,114 km

� Roadways: total - 92,946 km

± paved: 72,033 km (includes 664 km of expressways)

± unpaved: 20,913 km (2007)

�

Waterways: 1,577 km

� Merchant marine: total 632

� Ports and terminals: Bergen, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Sture

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NORWAY & WTO

� One of the 23 states that established the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in

1947.

� Has a strong interest in contributing to greater global prosperity. It has emphasised the needto safeguard the special needs of developing countries in its WTO activities.

� Exported services worth about NOK 176 billion in 2004, which is approximately 24 per cent of

its total export earnings.

� It opposes applying pressure to open up markets in key public services sectors and opposesthe imposition of severe negotiation requirements on the least developed countries.

� Norwegian products, especially farmed fish, are affected by protective and anti dumping

measures in both the USA and the EU. Therefore it is making efforts within the WTO to

make it more difficult to adopt such measures.

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