Events in the year 2019 in Norway. Monarch – Harald V Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative). 22 January – the Christian Democratic Party entered...

Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 61.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2024. The...

Norway Chess is an annual closed chess tournament, typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition took place in the...

Norway (officially the Kingdom of Norway) is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan...

religious affiliations and other aspects. The population of Norway was around 5.5 million in 2023. From 1349 to 1500 the population was approximately halved...

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...

As of 2019, Norway ranks 22nd in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Tourism in Norway contributed 4.2% of the gross...

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),...

The 2019 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Norway. The season began on 31 March 2019, and ended on 8 December with the 2019 Norwegian...

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)...

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Spirit in the Sky", written by Tom Hugo Hermansen, Fred-René Buljo, Alexandra...

Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country borders water...

Incarceration in Norway is one of the main forms of punishment, rehabilitation, or both, for the commitment of indictable offenses. Norway's criminal justice...

Events from the 16th century in Norway. 1501 August – Alvsson's rebellion starts. Knut Alvsson led Swedish forces in an attack on Båhus Fortress. The...

legal in Norway since 1 January 2009 when a gender-neutral marriage law came into force after being passed by the Storting in June 2008. Norway was the...

Local elections were held in Norway on 9 September 2019. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education...

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...

national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. 'Norway's flag') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in white that...

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 year 2019 in Norwegian music. 10 – The 18th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 10 – 12). 19 – The Oslo Operaball was arranged in Oslo (February...

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

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 2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack occurred on 10 August 2019 at the Al-Noor Islamic Centre in Bærum, Norway, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of...

The 2019 Tour of Norway was a road cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 28 May 2019 and 2 June 2019. It was the ninth edition of the Tour...

Oslo (Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] or [ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ]; Southern Sami: Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and...

Republicanism in Norway is a movement to replace the constitutional monarchy with a republican form of government. The country has always been ruled by...

The Catholic Church in Norway (Norwegian: Den katolske kirke i Norge) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. As of May 2014[update], there were over...

The Norway national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally Landslaget) represents Norway in men's international football...

in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Somali descent. They are the biggest African migration group in Norway. 36.5% of Somalis in...