Events in the year 2017 in Norway. Monarch – Harald V Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative). 1 January The Church of Norway was partially disestablished...

Norway's criminal justice system focuses on the principles of restorative justice and the rehabilitation of prisoners. Correctional facilities in Norway...

Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 2017 to elect all 169 members of the unicameral Norwegian Parliament, the Storting. The non-socialist...

3.4% of the population. A bill passed in 2016 and effective as of 1 January 2017 created the Church of Norway as an independent legal entity. Until the...

Norway is a large energy producer, and one of the world's largest exporters of oil. Most of the electricity in the country is produced by hydroelectricity...

The 2017 Tour of Norway was a road cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 17 and 21 May 2017. It was the seventh edition of the Tour of Norway...

Islam is the second largest religion in Norway after Christianity. As of 2020, the number of Muslims living in Norway was 182,607 (3.4% of the total population)...

The 2017 in Norwegian football season was the 112th season of competitive football in Norway. The season began in March and ended in December with the...

Demographic features of the population of Norway, including Jan Mayen, and Svalbard, where the hospital is not equipped for births, and no burials are...

The electricity sector in Norway relies predominantly on hydroelectricity. A significant share of the total electrical production is consumed by national...

notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Norwegian music. 12 – The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15). 20 – The 36th annual...

There are 15 counties in Norway. The 15 counties are administrative regions that are the first-level administrative divisions of Norway. The counties are...

The 2017 season of the 4. divisjon, the fifth highest association football league for men in Norway. Between 22 and 26 games (depending on group size)...

Harald V (Norwegian: Harald den femte, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɑ̂rːɑɫ dɛn ˈfɛ̂mtə]; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. A member of the House...

of proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. Norway has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a...

The Norwegian campaign (8 April  – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...

The 2017 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway. 26 games were played in 6 groups, with 3 points...

the Kingdom of Norway. Integral areas of Norway which are unincorporated: Svalbard (including Bear Island), in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1920. Jan...

Telephone numbers in Norway have the country code "+47" and up to the first 2 digits of the phone number will indicate its geographic area. Emergency...

Cannabis in Norway is strictly legalized for medicinal use; all other purposes are illegal. In December 2017, the Norwegian Parliament's sub-committee...

ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945. Throughout this period, a pro-German...

queer (LGBTQ) people in Norway have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. In 1981, Norway became one of the first countries in the world to enact an...

The economy of Norway is a highly developed mixed economy with state-ownership in strategic areas. Although sensitive to global business cycles, the economy...

of the population born in Norway to two foreign-born parents. The most common countries of birth of immigrants living in Norway were Poland (109,654),...

Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged from 6 to 16. Schools are typically divided into two divisions: primary and lower secondary schooling...

The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, lit. 'The Defence') is the military organization responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of...

Norway is not a member state of the European Union (EU). However, it is associated with the Union through its membership in the European Economic Area...

and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century...

Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church became the state church of Norway around 1020, and was established as a separate...