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  Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norway, or officially the Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge or Kongeriket Noreg) is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Norway's growing dissatisfaction with the union with Sweden during the late 19th century, combined with National Romanticism and the growing national culture coming from it, led to the dissolution of the union on 7 June 1905.
Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic Ocean: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west, and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
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 Economy of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In areas of Northern Norway, the Sami subsisted on nomadic herding of reindeer.
Norway's long-term social democratic policies, extensive governmental tracking of information, and the homogeneity of its population lent themselves particularly well for economic study, and academic research from Norway proved to made significant contributions to the field of macroeconomics during this era.
Although Norway's trade policies have long aimed at harmonizing its industrial and trade policy with the EU's, a new referendum in 1994 gave the same result as in 1972, and Norway remains the only Scandinavian country outside of the EU.
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 Economy of Norway
Norway is one of the world's richest countries in per capita terms.
Norway's emergence as a major oil and gas producer in the mid-1970s transformed the economy.
Norway is not a member of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union and does not have a fixed exchange rate.
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 Encyclopedia: Economy of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Economy - overview: The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
Norway is the world's third-largest oil exporter and provides much of western Europe's crude oil and gas requirements.
The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economy-of-Norway   (525 words)

  
 Norway on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Norway is a constitutional monarchy; executive power, while nominally held by the monarch, is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister.
Norway was one of the original members of the United Nations (the Norwegian Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary-General), and it became a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949.
The highways and byways of Norway on Bussekspress.
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 The economy | Norway | NORGE.RU
The Norwegian economy is dependent largely on the fortunes of its important petroleum industry.
Norway reversed its negative balance of payments, and the growth of its gross national product (GNP)—which had slowed during the 1980s—accelerated.
By the late 1990s Norway's per capita GNP was the highest in Scandinavia and among the highest in the world.
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 MapZones.com : Norway Economy
The Norwegian economy is dependent largely on the fortunes of its valuable petroleum industry.
Norwegian economy is based on free enterprise, the government exercises a considerable amount of supervision and control.
Norway’s economy has since grown highly dependent upon petroleum production and is subject to fluctuations in foreign oil prices.
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 Norway - Economy
Norway opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994; nonetheless, it contributes sizably to the EU budget.
Norwegians worry about that time in the next two decades when the oil and gas will begin to run out; accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and now is valued at more than $150 billion.
After lackluster growth of 1% in 2002 and 0.5% in 2003, GDP growth picked up to 3.3% in 2004 and to 3.8% in 2005.
www.exxun.com /Norway/e_ec.html   (553 words)

  
 Norway - Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Norway opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994.
Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and now is valued at more than $43 billion.
GDP growth was a lackluster 1% in 2002 and 0.5% in 2003 against the background of a faltering European economy.
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 AllRefer.com - Norway : Economy, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Almost three quarters of Norway's land is unproductive; less than 4% is under cultivation and the country imports over 50% of its food.
About one quarter of Norway is forested; timber is a chief natural resource and is the basis for one of the main industries.
Since the discovery of petroleum in the Ekofisk field in 1969, the petroleum and natural gas industries have become vital to Norway's economy, bringing increased employment, but also increased inflation and a vulnerability to fluctuations in the world petroleum market (most of the oil and gas is exported).
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 Economy (from Norway) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Norway was once predominantly a country of farmers, fishermen, foresters, and sailors.
A constitutional monarchy of northern Europe, Norway occupies the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, with coastlines on the Skagerrak, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, and the Arctic Ocean.
Norway is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the North Sea, on the south by the Skagerrak Straits, and on the east by Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-205719   (781 words)

  
 Norway's economy world's best   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
China's rapidly emerging economic might is also rated as an impressive development likely to outstrip both the USA and the European Union in time.
Lawrence Klein, 1980 prizewinner, was impressed by Norway's policy to create economic welfare and widespread balance throughout its society.
Two laureates also named the USA as the world's best functioning economy and several mentioned China's quick economic progress and potential.
www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article869413.ece?service=print   (264 words)

  
 Overview - Economy - Norway - Europe
Until the 1970s this industrial expansion was based mainly on the availability of inexpensive waterpower resources and raw materials harvested from Norway’s farms, forests, and seas.
Norway’s economy has since grown dependent on oil and natural gas production and is subject to fluctuations in foreign oil prices.
Today, Norway enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world; estimated gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2000 was $36,020.
www.countriesquest.com /europe/norway/economy/overview.htm   (176 words)

  
 norway map and information page
Norway, "The Land of Vikings, and the Midnight Sun," is the northernmost country in Europe, and quite honestly, one of the most visually stunning places on the planet.
Norway is a land of clean water, fresh air, and friendly, hard-working people.
Landforms Norway is a rugged land of ice age glaciers, mountains, plateaus and deep, forested valleys.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/no.htm   (547 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Economy of Norway Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A major shipping nation, with a high dependence on international trade, Norway is basically an exporter of raw materials and semiprocessed goods.
Norway opted to stay out of the European Union after referendums in September 1972 and November 1994.
Norway has established a state Petroleum Fund which reached $67 billion at the end of 2001.
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 economy of norway and other norway related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Economy Of Norway Economy overview The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
Economy Norway Top of Page Economy - overview: The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
ECONOMY Norway, with its long coastline and vast forests, is traditionally a fishing and lumbering country, but since the end of World War I it has greatly increased its transport and manufacturing...
www.nethorde.com /norway/economy-of-norway.html   (381 words)

  
 Norway Economy, Geography and History
Weakened by plague and economic deterioration in the late Middle Ages and dominated by neighbouring Denmark and Sweden, Norwegians turned to trading in fish and lumber, and modern Norway, which gained its independence in 1905, emerged as a major maritime transporter of the world's goods as well as a world leader in specialized shipbuilding.
People and Arts Economy, Geography and History he European Commission is set to clear the takeover bid by Oracle for rival software group PeopleSoft in a move that is likely to pave the way for the creation of a new US software giant.
The modernization and integration of the eastern German economy continues to be a costly long-term process, with annual transfers from west to east amounting to roughly $70 billion.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with Denmark that was to last for more than four centuries.
Norway proclaimed its neutrality at the outset of World War II, but was nonetheless occupied for five years by Nazi Germany (1940-45).
Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land and its continental shelf); despite recent discussions, Russia and Norway continue to dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/no.html   (1406 words)

  
 Norway Economy
Metals, pulp and paper products, chemicals, shipbuilding, and fishing are the most significant traditional industries.
Norwegian monetary policy is aimed at maintaining a stable exchange rate for the krone against European currencies, of which the euro is a key operating parameter.
This represents a slight decline in crude oil production over the past year, accompanied by sharp increases in gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production.
www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Norway/Economy.html   (549 words)

  
 Norway Geography, Economy and History
People and Arts Economy, Geography and History he European Commission is set to clear the takeover bid by Oracle for Coast, Terrain and Climate rival software group PeopleSoft in a move that is likely to pave the way for the creation of a new US software giant.
The interior was more sparsely settled, owing to extremes of climate and difficult terrain, and even today the country's population is concentrated in coastal Coast, Terrain and Climate cities such as Bergen and Trondheim.
Copenhagen has a interpreter language business meeting, doctor visit, conference Norway documents available its apex in the Viking era, when Norse warriors regularly raided the British Isles, the coasts of western Europe, and even the interior of Northern Europe, the Øresund Region.
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 Norway Economy News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Having survived the Depression, her sense of economy led to using every scrap of fabric,...
OPEC but also in countries such as Norway the energy sector is fully monopolized by...
Growth: The economy grew at 6.4 percent in 2005.
www.einnews.com /norway/newsfeed-NorwayEconomy   (1045 words)

  
 Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Minneapolis (Norway - the official site in the United States)
The Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Minneapolis was established in 1948, but Norway has had consular representation in the Twin Cities since 1906.
Nationally, the Twin Cities area is second only to New York City in the number of theatre seats per capita and the amount spent on tickets for these.
Innovation Norway promotes nationwide industrial development profitable to both the business economy and Norway's national economy, and helps release the potential of different districts and regions by contributing towards innovation, internationalization and promotion.
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 Business, Economy & Real Estate for Norway
Norway Economy 2000 - Norway Economy 2000 - Economy - overview.
Starting a business in Norway - Starting a business in Norway - General information about how to start a business in Norway.
Village of New Norway Real Estate - Village of New Norway Real Estate - Properties offered for sale or lease by the Village of New Norway, local residents, and area real estate agents.
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 Norway: Economy
The Effects of an EES Agreement on the Norwegian Economy
Norway cuts key interest rates to stimulate economy
Norway, Poland, Czech Republic tackle sluggish economies with rate cuts
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 AllRefer.com - Norway: Economy (**norway-adj** Economy) : GDP, Budget, Industries, Electricity, Imports-Exports, ...
AllRefer.com - Norway: Economy (**norway-adj** Economy) : GDP, Budget, Industries, Electricity, Imports-Exports, Currency, and more.
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GDP growth was a lackluster 1% in 2002 and 2003 against the background of a faltering European economy.
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 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Norway - Economy
GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Norway - Economy
Geography - People - Government - Economy - Communications - Transportation - Military - Climate - Current Time - Ranking Positions - Norwegian Kroner Exchange Rates
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