Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Norway
- +47
What every visitor should know about Norway:
- Money
- The currency is the Norwegian krone (NOK). 1 NOK is worth about US$0.17, or €0.12.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Car theft
- Capital
- Oslo
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Norway facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 4,660,539
- Language
- Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities
- Ethnicity
- Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2%
Economy
- GDP
- US$57,500 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Very high