Norway

06 Jun 2014

Interesting Fact

Norway is officially called the Kingdom of Norway. It was merged with Denmark in from 1524 to 1814, and then with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 – Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden after it lost the Napoleonic War in 1814. Norway gained independence in 1905. It has an area of 385,178, a population of 5.1 million, and the world’s highest HDI at 0.955.

Norway’s biggest cultural export is black metal.

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