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Norway
Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge
Political Status: Constitutional monarchy established in 1905; under multiparty parliamentary system.
Area: 149,115 sq. mi. (386,209 sq. km), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen (see Related Territories).
Population: 5,343,000 (2018E—World Bank); 5,372,000 (2018E—U.S. Census).
Major Urban Centers (2016E): OSLO (989,000), Bergen (254,000), Stavanger (221,000), Trondheim (181,000).
Official Language: Norwegian.
Monetary Unit: Krone (official rate October 19, 2018: 8.23 kroner =$1US).
Sovereign: King HARALD V; succeeded to the throne January 17, 1991, upon the death of his father, King OLAV V.
Heir to the Throne: Crown Prince HAAKON Magnus, son of the king.
Prime Minister: Erna SOLBERG (Conservative Party); appointed by the king on October 16, 2013, succeeding Jens STOLTENBERG (Norwegian Labor Party), who had submitted his resignation on the same day, following the election of September 9; reappointed on September 30, ...