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BACKGROUND:
- 994 - Adoption of Christianity by King Olav Tryggvason
- 1397 - Absorbed into union with Denmark
- 1814 - resisted cession to Sweden and adopted new constitution
- 1905 - referendum granting Norway independence
- WW I - remained neutral
- WW II - occupied by Nazi Germany
- 1945 - became member of NATO
- 1960s - discovery of oil and gas in ajacent waters
- 1972, 1994 - rejected joining the EU
LOCATION:
- Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
AREA:
- total: 323,802 sq km
- land: 304,282 sq km
- water: 19,520 sq km
- slightly larger than New Mexico
- 2/3 mountains
POPULATION:
- 94.4% Norwegian, 3.6% other European, 2% other
- 4,707,270 Poulation (Cook County - 5,287,037)
- 0-14 yrs 18%, 15-64 yrs 66%, 65 yrs and over 16%
- 79% urban population
- Life expectancy 80.32 yrs, 27th in the World (USA 78.49, 50)
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