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Place nameNorway
Other namesKongeriket Norge, Norge, Kingdom of Norway, Norvège, Rouaume de Norvège, Norwegen, Noruega, Noorwegen, Norvegia, NOR, NO, ISO578, NO00, Nordweg, Norwegian
Latitude62
Longitude10
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area inhabited by 5000 BC; new migrants arrived 3000 BC; contact with Roman-occupied Gaul 1st cen.; ruled by chieftans from 4th cen., states established 9th cen.; Vikings colonized Greenland & N America 9-11th cen.; joined with Sweden & Denmark 1389-1814; official language is Norwegian, which is in use in 2 forms--Dano-Norwegian (Bokmål or Riksmål) & New Norwegian (Nynorsk).
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