U.S. English Foundation Research NORWAY General Information Capital: Oslo 483,401 (1995 est.) Area: 323,878 sq km (125,016 sq mi) Form of government Constitutional monarchy with one legislative house GDP per capita Purchasing power parity-$25,100 (1999 est.) Population 4,438,547 (July 1999 est.) Ethnic composition Norway - 96.3% Denmark - 0.4% Sweden - 0.3% United Kingdom - 0.3% Pakistan - 0.2% United States - 0.2% Yugoslavia - 0.2% Iran - 0.1% Other - 2.0% Official Language(s) Norwegian - with two official written forms: Bokmål and Nynorsk Minority Language(s) Finnish, Sami Top of page

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