Valaitis

Norway's major government constitutional hereditary monarchy of 165-seat Storting. There are three 3 centrist parties. Christian Democrats, the Center Party, and the Liberals (with a total of 42 seats). there are also 2 right-wing parties. Conservative Party and the Progress Party (with a total of 48 seats). There are also Socialist Left Party (the 2 groups have a total 74 seats).They have a prime minister cosen by the parlament. The minister has a cabinet, composed of 18 ministers. The contries major religion is EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 86%. There major languages are Bokmaal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities, English is also widely spoken. Importain people of the contry are the prime minister and Council of Ministers. Norway's currency is called kroner. 8 Kroner is egual to 1 US dollar. Thier major cultural tradition is thier independence day on May 17. [|Norway] is a country located in Northern [|Europe] on the western and northern part of the [|Scandinavian Peninsula]. The population of Norway is was estimated at 4,481,162 in 2000. In 1998 it was 4,419,955. they have only 11 persons per square kilometer(28.5 per square mile). Only 3 percent of the land is cultivated in norway.Mining was of relatively little importance in Norway before oil and natural gas fields were found in the North Sea and offshore drilling began in the early 1970s. In 2000, this sector accounted for about 13 percent of GDP. Norway's tourism accounts for around 15 percent of total service revenues. In 1998, there were 1,176 hotels with a total capacity of over 137,000 beds, and nearly 1,000 registered campsites existed. The country's main attractions are its picturesque coastline and its fjords, and it boasts a number of well-known ski resorts (Norway has hosted winter Olympic games and other major international sporting events). Norway's Median Family Income is The book Norway Enchantment of the World by **Jean F. Blashfield,** [|**[[http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=east86091&tabID=T003&searchId=R4&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CCX3410100223&&docId=GALE|CX3410100223&docType=GALE&role|http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=east86091&tabID=T003]**]]**&searchId=R4&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CCX3410100223&&docId=GALE|CX3410100223&docType=GALE&role=, ** [|www.worldsalaries.org/**norway**.shtml],    and **  www.arcticstat.org/.../   **Norway**/.../Personal!Household_**Income**/**
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 * || 25,224 ||
 * 225,552 ||  ||   ||   || 37,094 ||
 * 331,692 ||  ||   ||   || constant 2005 US$ at PPP ||
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