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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
Norway was one of the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations, providing its first secretary general – Trygve Lie.
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.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Norway   (3851 words)

  
 The Kingdom of Norway (Norway - the official site in Afghanistan)
The Kingdom of Norway consists of the western and northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula as well as the northern territories of Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago, and Bouvet Island, Peter I Island, and Queen Maud Land in the southern hemisphere.
To the east, Norway shares borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia, and to the north, west and south the country is surrounded by ocean areas.
According to history, the petty kingdoms of Norway were united into a single realm in approximately 885 AD by the Viking King Harald the Fairhaired.
www.norway.org.af /facts/general/kingdom   (492 words)

  
 Norway - Country Profile - Norge - Kongeriket Norge - Tourism in the Kingdom of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Norway was a nonbelligerent during World War I, but as a result of the German invasion and occupation during World War II, Norwegians generally became skeptical of the concept of neutrality and turned instead to collective security.
Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations.
Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/norway.htm   (869 words)

  
 Norway
Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula.
After 1442, Norway was ruled by Danish kings until 1814, when it was united with Sweden—although retaining a degree of independence and receiving a new constitution—in an uneasy partnership.
Margaret Maid of Norway - Margaret Maid of Norway, 1283–90, queen of Scotland (1286–90), daughter of Eric II of...
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Norway - Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian Kongeriket Norge), constitutional monarchy in northern Europe
The second smallest continent (Australia is the smallest), Europe has an area of about 10,525,000 sq km (about 4,065,000 sq mi), but it has the second largest population of all the continents, about 728 million (1994 estimate).
The northernmost point of the European mainland is Cape Nordkinn, in Norway; the southernmost, Punta de Tarifa, in southern Spain near Gibraltar.
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 Norway
Norway at ICPD+10: international assistance for reproductive health does not reflect domestic policies.
The Interactive Effect on Employment of the Education of Spouses and Partners: Norway, Britain, and Germany.(Statistical Data Included)...
With Norway's changes, NCL moves forward by looking back.
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