Country Profiles: Norway

Kingdom of Norway -- Kongeriket Norge

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Norway: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Oslo
• Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Norway Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• Norway and the IMF The IMF's Norway Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Scandinavian Studies: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• Oslo Guiden An official guide to Oslo and the surrounding area
• History of Norway: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• Scandinavian resources hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Travel Information Travel to Norway with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Limes Marketplace for Scandinavian Antiquarian and Out-of-Print Books
• A concordance for Ibsen's drama and poetry
• Bøygen Norwegian language and literature journal published by the University of Oslo. Articles online in Norwegian

Online News Sites and Servers

• P4 Norge Daily news available online in addition to Norwegian news over the internet
• NRK Norwegian State Television and Radio. Descriptive information available in English and French as well
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Norwegian Language Study

• Nowegian Language Council
• Norwegian-English-Norwegian An online dictionary
• Norwegian online dictionaries
• UCLA Scandinavian Section
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Summer Scandinavian Studies Program at the University of Washington offers Intensive Norwegian and Swedish
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Nordic Libraries: Information Servers Links to Norwegian National Library, university and college libraries
• American-Scandinavian Foundation Information on exchange programs, training workshops, language study and scholarships
• Universitetet i Oslo The site of Norway's oldest university
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.