This annotated portal describes selected Web sites that provide information about Norway. It is a common practice for many Web sites created in non-English speaking countries to provide an interface not only in the national language(s) but also in English in order to reach an international audience. Keep in mind that such bilingual (or multilingual) sites are often most complete in the national language.
BBC
News. Country Profile: Norway
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1023276.stm)
Key facts, figures, and links to recent news stories and media resources as well as a chronology of key events from 1905 to the present.
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). Country Profiles: Norway (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/europe/norway/)
Prepared by FCO desk officers, the profile provides a general overview of Norway and includes information on then country's recent history, recent political developments, relations with the international community, and bilateral political and commercial relations with the UK, as well as links to other relevant pages on the FCO sites.
Governments on the WWW: Norway (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/no.html)
Links to national, regional, and municipal institutions; representations in foreign countries; political parties, and more.
InfoNorway (http://www.infonorway.com)
A directory of English-language pages about Norway. Searchable.
Norway.org (http://www.norway.org)
Site sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in the United States with sections devoted to current news, politics, the economy, education, travel, visas and passports. Links to hundreds of sites related to Norway. Searchable.
Open Directory Project.
Regional: Europe: Norway (http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Norway/)
Links to a wide variety of Web sites culled from major search engines. The number of links is listed next to each category.
Statistisk Sentralbyra (http://www.ssb.no/english/)
Statistics Norway provides current statistics on hundreds of subjects (including social, economic, business, media, educational, and political) using a variety of charts, tables, and graphs. Links to StatBank, statistical magazine and other publications, research, and more. Searchable. In multiple languages.
U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Norway (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html)
General information and statistics about Norway, with the following subdivisions: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
U.S. State Department. Background
Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on Norway.
World Flag Database: Norway (http://www.flags.net/NORW.htm)
Images of state and national flag of Norway.
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