[M]The country[/M] is located in the west of the Scandinavian Peninsula and [M]borders[/M] Sweden in the east and Finland and [M]Russia in the northeast[/M].
Norway (Norwegian: Norge (bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorska); Northern Sami: Norga; Lule Sami: Vuodna; Southern Sami: Nöörje), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, west of Sweden on the Scandinavian peninsula. In addition to Sweden, Norway has a land border with Russia and Finland in the northernmost parts. The nearby islands of Svalbard, Björnön and Jan Mayen are under Norwegian autonomy and are part of the kingdom, while Bouvetön in the South Atlantic and Peter I's island in the South Pacific are subordinate to Norway but do not count as part of the kingdom. Norway has also claimed Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
The country name is written Norway in Nynorsk, to Old Norse Norðrvegr, Norvegr, Noregr, "the road to the north" (cf. the English "Norway", Old English "Norþweg"). The form "Norway" probably comes from the old dative form "Norway".
Norway is one of the nations that founded the NATO military alliance in 1949 and is still part of it and participates in certain joint military exercises annually under the common NATO flag.