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Official Name: Kingdom of Norway

The Royal House of Norway

HM King Harald V

HM Queen Sonja

HRH Crown Prins Haakon

HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit

HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra 

HH Prince Sverre Magnus 

HH Princess Märtha Louise

HH Princess Astrid

Government System: Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy

Prime Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre 

Constitution Day: May 17th 

Population: 5,402,171 as of August 19, 2021 

Capital City: Oslo 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $398.8 billion USD, per Capita GDP: 75 504,57 USD ‎(2017) 

Unemployment Rate: 3.4% as of May 2019 

Literacy Rate: 100% 

Life Expectancy: 82.5 years 

Main Exports: natural gas, oil, fish, metal, ships, chemicals & machinery 

Largest Norwegian companies: Equinor, Norsk Hydro, Telenor, Aker, and Orkla

Official Languages: Norwegian- Bokmål & Nynorsk

Currency: Norwegian krone

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