Norway

About Norway

Norway is a country in Northern Europe, one of the 45 countries of Europe on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Kingdom of Norway. In Arabic, the name is written النرويج, and the capital أوسلو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Norway is Oslo. Oslo lies at about 60° north and 11° east. Norway has 3 official languages: Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, and Sami. Its currency is the Norwegian Krone, with the symbol ⁨kr⁩ and the international code NOK.

Norway covers about 323,802 square kilometres, which puts it 68th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Russia, Sweden, and Finland. The largest of these neighbours by area is Russia. Other countries in Northern Europe include the United Kingdom, Iceland, and Ireland. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Iceland and Denmark, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Europe quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Norway with the other countries of the same region.