'''Norway''' ({{lang-nb|Norge}}, {{lang-nn|Noreg}})<!--Do not add English pronunciation per [[MOS:LEAD]].-->, formallyofficially the '''Kingdom of Norway''',{{efn|Names in the official and recognised languages: [[Bokmål]]: ''Norge'' {{IPA-no|ˈnɔ̂rɡə||Norge (country).ogg}}; [[Nynorsk]]: ''{{audio|No-Noreg.oga|Noreg|help=no}}''; official names in minority languages: [[Northern Sami]]: ''Norga''; [[Lule Sami]]: ''Vuodna''; [[Southern Sámi|Southern Sami]]: ''Nöörje''; {{lang-fkv|Norja}}.}} is a [[Nordic countries|Nordic country]] in [[Northern Europe]], situated on the [[Scandinavian Peninsula]] with a population of 5.5 million as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway Population 2024 (Live) |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/norway-population |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> The remote [[Arctic]] island of [[Jan Mayen]] and the [[archipelago]] of [[Svalbard]] also form part of Norway.{{NoteTag|name=Svalbard|The [[Svalbard Treaty|Spitsbergen Treaty]] (also known as the [[Svalbard Treaty]]) of 9 February 1920 recognises Norway's full and absolute sovereignty over the arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen (now called [[Svalbard]]).<ref name="Board1986">{{cite book <!-- Citation bot no -->|author=National Research Council (U.S.). Polar Research Board|title=Antarctic treaty system: an assessment |publisher=National Academies Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNxjxfm4cSgC&pg=PA370|access-date=24 July 2011|year=1986|isbn=978-0309036405}}</ref>}} [[Bouvet Island]], located in the [[Subantarctic]], is a [[Dependencies of Norway|dependency]]; Norway also [[Territorial claims in Antarctica|claims]] the Antarctic territories of [[Peter I Island]] and [[Queen Maud Land]]. The capital and largest city in Norway is [[Oslo]].
Norway has a total area of {{convert|385,207|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="kart_2019" /> The country shares a long eastern border with [[Sweden]]. It is bordered by [[Finland]] and [[Russia]] to the northeast and the [[Skagerrak]] strait to the south. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the [[Barents Sea]]. [[Harald V]] of the [[House of Glücksburg]] is the current [[Monarchy of Norway|King of Norway]]. [[Jonas Gahr Støre]] has been [[Prime Minister of Norway]] since 2021. As a [[unitary state]] with a [[constitutional monarchy]], Norway [[Separation of powers|divides state power]] between the [[Storting|parliament]], the [[Council of State (Norway)|cabinet]], and the [[Supreme Court of Norway|supreme court]], as determined by the [[Constitution of Norway|1814 constitution]]. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of [[Petty kingdoms of Norway|petty kingdoms]] and has existed continuously for {{formatnum:{{age|872}}}} years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was part of [[Denmark–Norway]], and, from 1814 to 1905, it was in a [[Union between Sweden and Norway|personal union]] with Sweden. Norway was neutral during the [[World War I|First World War]], and in the [[World War II|Second World War]] until April 1940 when it was [[Operation Weserübung|invaded]] and [[German occupation of Norway|occupied]] by [[Nazi Germany]] until the end of the war.
