[M]Norway[/M] (Norwegian: Norge (bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorska); Northern Sami: Norga; [M]Lule Sami: Vuodna[/M]; Southern Sami: Nöörje), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, west of Sweden on the Scandinavian peninsula.
Norway (Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorsk); North Sami: Norga; Lule Sami: Vuodna; South Sami: Nöörje), officially the Kingdom of Norway or Kongeriket Norge / Noreg is a state in Northern Europe. In addition to the mainland, the Kingdom of Norway includes the Svalbard archipelago and the island of Jan Mayen. The capital and seat of government is Oslo. The country is located in the west of the Scandinavian Peninsula and borders Sweden in the east and Finland and Russia in the northeast. Norway is one of the largest countries in Europe, but sparsely populated with only 5,391,369 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021). Much of the population is concentrated in the south of the country.
As a result of the agreement concluded between Sweden and Denmark as part of the Peace of Kiel in 1814, Norway passed from the Denmark-Norway union to a union with Sweden. On May 17, 1814, Norway received its own constitution. Norway finally achieved its current independence when the union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905. Norway's form of state and government is a parliamentary monarchy.