Axion 3D Atlas/ATLAS.iso/stats/179.txt

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{1}Geography{4}
{4}To see a map of Norway, click {z,"-6.490992,51.273682,18.450253,70.446532",here}{4}!

{2}Location:{4} Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of
Sweden

{2}Area:{4}
{3}total area:{4} 324,220 sq km
{3}land area:{4} 307,860 sq km
{3}comparative area:{4} slightly larger than New Mexico

{2}Land boundaries:{4}
{3}total:{4} 2,515 km
{3}border countries:{4} Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km

{2}Coastline:{4} 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous
small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km)

{2}Maritime claims:{4}
contiguous zone: 10 nm
{3}continental shelf:{4} 200 nm
{3}exclusive economic zone:{4} 200 nm
{3}territorial sea:{4} 4 nm

{2}International disputes:{4} territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land); maritime boundary
dispute with Russia over portion of Barents Sea

{2}Climate:{4} temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-
round on west coast

{2}Terrain:{4} glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small,
scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north
{3}lowest point:{4} Norwegian Sea 0 m
{3}highest point:{4} Glittertinden 2,472 m

{2}Natural resources:{4} petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber,
hydropower

{2}Land use:{4}
{3}arable land:{4} 3%
{3}permanent crops:{4} 0%
{3}meadows and pastures:{4} 0%
{3}forest and woodland:{4} 27%
{3}other:{4} 70%

{2}Irrigated land:{4} 950 sq km (1989)

{2}Environment:{4}
{3}current issues:{4} water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes,
threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions

{2}natural hazards:{4} NA

{2}international agreements:{4} party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-
Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-
Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but
not ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea

{2}Geographic note:{4} about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented
coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most
rugged and longest coastlines in world; Norway and Turkey only NATO members having a land
boundary with Russia


{1}People{4}

{2}Population:{4} 4,383,807 (July 1996 est.)

{2}Age structure:{4}
{3}0-14 years:{4} 19% (male 434,848; female 411,668)
{3}15-64 years:{4} 65% (male 1,446,746; female 1,396,150)
{3}65 years and over:{4} 16% (male 288,789; female 405,606) (July 1996 est.)

{2}Population growth rate:{4} 0.48% (1996 est.)

{2}Birth rate:{4} 11.96 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Death rate:{4} 10.68 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Net migration rate:{4} 3.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Sex ratio:{4}
{3}at birth:{4} 1.06 male(s)/female
{3}under 15 years:{4} 1.06 male(s)/female
{3}15-64 years:{4} 1.04 male(s)/female
{3}65 years and over:{4} 0.71 male(s)/female
{3}all ages:{4} 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

{2}Infant mortality rate:{4} 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

{2}Life expectancy at birth:{4}
{3}total population:{4} 77.53 years
{3}male:{4} 74.63 years
{3}female:{4} 80.61 years (1996 est.)

{2}Total fertility rate:{4} 1.63 children born/woman (1996 est.)

{2}Nationality:{4}
{3}noun:{4} Norwegian(s)
{3}adjective:{4} Norwegian

{2}Ethnic divisions:{4} Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000

{2}Religions:{4} Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic
3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)

{2}Languages:{4} Norwegian (official)
{3}note:{4} small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

{2}Literacy:{4} age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
{3}total population:{4} 99%
{3}male:{4} NA%
{3}female:{4} NA%


{1}Government{4}

{2}Name of country:{4}
{3}conventional long form:{4} Kingdom of Norway
{3}conventional short form:{4} Norway
{3}local long form:{4} Kongeriket Norge
{3}local short form:{4} Norge

{2}Type of government:{4} constitutional monarchy

{2}Capital:{4} Oslo

{2}Administrative divisions:{4} 19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud,
Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo,
Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Dependent areas: Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard

{2}Independence:{4} 26 October 1905 (from Sweden)

{2}National holiday:{4} Constitution Day, 17 May (1814)

{2}Constitution:{4} 17 May 1814, modified in 1884

{2}Legal system:{4} mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; Supreme
Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations

{2}Suffrage:{4} 18 years of age; universal

{2}Executive branch:{4}
{3}chief of state:{4} King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991) is a hereditary monarch; Heir Apparent
Crown Prince HAAKON MAGNUS (born 20 July 1973)
{3}head of government:{4} Prime Minister Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND (since 3 November 1990) was
appointed by the king with the approval of the Storting
{3}cabinet:{4} State Council was appointed by the king with the approval of the Storting

{2}Legislative branch:{4} modified unicameral Parliament (Storting) which, for certain purposes, divides
itself into two chambers
Storting: elections last held 13 September 1993 (next to be held NA September 1997); results -
Labor 37.1%, Center Party 18.5%, Conservatives 15.6%, Christian People's 8.4%, Socialist Left
7.9%, Progress 6%, Left Party 3.6%, Red Electoral Alliance 1.2%; seats - (165 total) Labor 67,
Center Party 32, Conservatives 18, Christian People's 13, Socialist Left 13, Progress 10, Left
Party 1, Red Electoral Alliance 1, unawarded 10
{3}note:{4} for certain purposes, the Storting divides itself into two chambers and elects one-fourth of its
membership to an upper house or Lagting

{2}Judicial branch:{4} Supreme Court (Hoyesterett), justices appointed by the king

{2}Political parties and leaders:{4} Labor Party, Thorbjorn JAGLAND; Conservative Party, Jan
PETERSEN; Center Party, Anne ENGER LAHNSTEIN; Christian People's Party, Valgerd
HAUGLAND; Socialist Left, Erik SOLHEIM; Norwegian Communist, Kare Andre NILSEN;
Progress Party, Carl I. HAGEN; Liberal, Odd Einar DORUM; Left Party; Red Electoral Alliance,
Erling FOLKVORD

{2}International organization participation:{4} AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE,
CERN, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO,
MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNAVEM III,
UNCRO, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNPREDEP, UNPROFOR,
UNTSO, UPU, WEU (associate), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC

{2}Diplomatic representation in US:{4}
{3}chief of mission:{4} Ambassador Kjeld VIBE
{3}chancery:{4} 2720 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
{3}telephone:{4} [1] [phone]
{3}FAX:{4} [1] [phone]
{3}consulate(s) general:{4} Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco
consulate(s): Miami

{2}US diplomatic representation:{4}
{3}chief of mission:{4} Ambassador Thomas A. LOFTUS
{3}embassy:{4} Drammensveien 18, 0244 Oslo
{3}mailing address:{4} PSC 69, Box 1000, APO AE 09707
{3}telephone:{4} [47] 22 44 85 50
{3}FAX:{4} [47] 22 44 33 63

{2}Flag:{4} red with a blue cross outlined 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 (Danish flag)


{1}Economy{4}

{2}Economic overview:{4} Norway has a mixed economy involving a combination of free market activity
and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum
sector (through large-scale state enterprises), and extensively subsidizes agriculture, fishing, and
areas with sparse resources. Norway also maintains an extensive welfare system that helps
propel public sector expenditures to more than 50% of GDP and results in one of the highest
average tax burdens in the world (46%). A small country with a high dependence on international
trade, Norway is basically an exporter of raw materials and semiprocessed goods, with an
abundance of small- and medium-sized firms, and is ranked among the major shipping nations.
The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and
minerals - and is highly dependent on its oil sector. Norway imports more than half its food needs.
Economic growth, only 1.6% in 1993, moved up to 5.5% in 1994 and remained strong in 1995.
Oslo opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994.

{2}GDP:{4} purchasing power parity - $106.2 billion (1995 est.)

{2}GDP real growth rate:{4} 4.5% (1995 est.)

{2}GDP per capita:{4} $24,500 (1995 est.)

{2}GDP composition by sector:{4}
{3}agriculture:{4} 2.9%
{3}industry:{4} 34.7%
{3}services:{4} 62.4% (1991)

{2}Inflation rate (consumer prices):{4} 2.5% (1995 est.)

{2}Labor force:{4} 2.13 million
{3}by occupation:{4} services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (1993)

{2}Unemployment rate:{4} 8% (including people in job-training programs; November 1995)

{2}Budget:{4}
{3}revenues:{4} $48.6 billion
{3}expenditures:{4} $53 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994 est.)

{2}Industries:{4} petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals,
chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing

{2}Industrial production growth rate:{4} 7.4% (1994)

{2}Electricity:{4}
{3}capacity:{4} 27,280,000 kW
{3}production:{4} 118 billion kWh
{3}consumption per capita:{4} 23,735 kWh (1993)

{2}Agriculture:{4} oats, other grains; beef, milk; livestock output exceeds value of crops; among world's
top 10 fishing nations; fish catch of 1.76 million metric tons in 1989

{2}Illicit drugs:{4} transshipment point for drugs shipped via the CIS and Baltic states for the European
market

{2}Exports:{4} $34.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
{3}commodities:{4} petroleum and petroleum products 43%, metals and products 11%, foodstuffs
(mostly fish) 9%, chemicals and raw materials 25%, natural gas 6.0%, ships 5.4%
{3}partners:{4} EU 77.8% (UK 20.8%, Germany 12.4%, France 8.12%), Sweden 9.4%, US 6.7%,
Japan 1.9% (1994)

{2}Imports:{4} $27.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
{3}commodities:{4} machinery and equipment and manufactured consumer goods 54%, chemicals and
other industrial inputs 39%, foodstuffs 6%
{3}partners:{4} EU 68.9% (Germany 13.9%, UK 10.4%, Denmark 7.4%), Sweden 15%, US 7.4%,
Japan 6.0% (1994)

{2}External debt:{4} $NA

{2}Economic aid:{4}
donor: ODA, $1.014 billion (1993)

{2}Currency:{4} 1 Norwegian krone (NKr) = 100 oere

{2}Exchange rates:{4} Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1 - 6.4160 (January 1996), 6.3352 (1995),
7.0576 (1994), 7.0941 (1993), 6.2145 (1992), 6.4829 (1991)

{2}Fiscal year:{4} calendar year


{1}Transportation{4}

{2}Railways:{4}
{3}total:{4} 4,027 km
standard gauge: 4,027 km 1.435-m gauge (2422 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1995)

{2}Highways:{4}
{3}total:{4} 88,922 km
{3}paved:{4} 61,356 km (including 75 km of expressways)
{3}unpaved:{4} 27,566 km (1990 est.)

{2}Waterways:{4} 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum

{2}Pipelines:{4} refined products 53 km

{2}Ports:{4} Bergen, Drammen, Flora, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik,
Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim

{2}Merchant marine:{4}
{3}total:{4} 712 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,278,205 GRT/32,209,679 DWT
{3}ships by type:{4} bulk 114, cargo 98, chemical tanker 83, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil
31, container 15, liquefied gas tanker 87, oil tanker 148, passenger 10, passenger-cargo 2, railcar
carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 49, short-sea passenger 21, vehicle carrier 30
{3}note:{4} the government has created an internal register, the Norwegian International Ship Register
(NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of
convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians (1995 est.)

{2}Airports:{4}
{3}total:{4} 102
{3}with paved runways over 3,047 m:{4} 1
{3}with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:{4} 12
{3}with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:{4} 13
{3}with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:{4} 11
{3}with paved runways under 914 m:{4} 60
{3}with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:{4} 5 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1995 est.)


{1}Communications{4}

{2}Telephones:{4} 2.39 million (1986 est.)

{2}Telephone system:{4} high-quality domestic and international telephone, telegraph, and telex
services
{3}domestic:{4} NA domestic satellite earth stations
{3}international:{4} 2 buried coaxial cable systems; 4 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations -
NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regions);
note - Norway shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, and Sweden)

{2}Radio broadcast stations:{4} AM 46, FM 493 (350 private and 143 government), shortwave 0

{2}Radios:{4} 3.3 million (1993 est.)

{2}Television broadcast stations:{4} 54 (repeaters 2,100)

{2}Televisions:{4} 1.5 million (1993 est.)


{1}Defense{4}

{2}Branches:{4} Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (includes Coast Artillery and Coast Guard),
Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard

{2}Manpower availability:{4}
{3}males age 15-49:{4} 1,125,302
{3}males fit for military service:{4} 937,309
males reach military age (20) annually: 28,328 (1996 est.)

{2}Defense expenditures:{4} exchange rate conversion - $3.7 billion, 2.9% of GDP (1995)