Ethnicity

Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly ethnic Norwegians who are of North Germanic / Nordic descent, although in the far north there are communities of the Scandanivian native people Sami who settled the area around 8,000 years ago, probably from continental Europe through the Norwegian coast and through Finland along the inland glaciers. The national minorities of Norway include Scandinavian Romani, Roma (“Gypsy”), Jews, and Kvener, as well as a small Finnish community. In recent years, Norway has become home to increasing numbers of immigrants, foreign workers, and asylum-seekers from various parts of the world (mostly from Europe and Asia). Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from Pakistan,Eastern Europe (i.e. Russians from Russia), Southern Europe (i.e. Greeks, Albanians or Kosovars, and former Yugoslavians), and Middle East countries (Arabs, especially Iraqis and Palestinians), as well as Turks. After ten Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004, there has also been an influx of workers from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Language(s) Norwegian Related languages include Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish, and to a lesser extent, all Germanic languages Religion(s) 83% of the population of Norway are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway [9]. Norway is highly secularized, and only about 10% of the population attend religious services... Thor/Donar, Germanic thunder god. ... Norseman redirects here; for the town of the same name see Norseman, Western Australia. ... The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps, sometimes also Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The Norwegian and Swedish Travellers are a group or branch of the Romani people (also known as Roma people, Romanies or Gypsies) in Norway and Sweden. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... Kvens (kveeni in Kven language / Finnish; kvener in Norwegian) are a Norwegian ethnic minority descended from Finnish peasants and fishermen who emigrated from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... A foreign worker (cf expatriate), is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. ... Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... Southern Europe is a region of the European continent. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Languages Arabic and other minority languages Religions Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Christianity, Druzism and Judaism Arab diaspora refers to the numbers of Arab immigrants, and their descendants, who voluntarily or as refugees emigrated from their native countries and now reside in non-Arab nations, primarily in Western countries as well... The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ...

Religion

Main article: Religion in Norway

The Lutheran Church of Norway is the state church and the vast majority remain at least nominal members. Other religions do, however, enjoy religious freedom and have prospered with immigration in recent years, particularly Islam and Roman Catholicism. Saint Olaf is the patron saint of Norway. He is regarded by some as the eternal king and has a reputation and place in history unchallenged by any other Norwegian King for the last 1000 years. Religion in Norway is overwhelmingly Protestant (Evangelical-Lutheran) with 89% belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway which is an established religion. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in BokmÃ¥l or Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk), also known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, is the state church of Norway, to which 83%[1] of Norwegians are members. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Olav II Haraldsson ( 995 – 1030), king from 1015–1028, called during his lifetime the Fat and afterwards known as Saint Olaf, was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvesson came to Norway. ...

Official statistics (2003): Lutheran 86% (state church), other Christian 4.5% (mainly Protestant [3.5%] and Roman Catholic) [1%]), Islam 2%, other religions (Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Judaism) 1%, Human Ethical 1.5%, none and unknown 5%. The Eurometer poll on religious belief in Norway finds 9-10% of Norwegians in the poll survey are atheist or have no religion. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... See Religion in Norway Mosque in Oslo, Norway Islam is the second largest religious community in Norway with over 2% of the population. ... A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa, India. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities—particularly rationality. ... “Atheist” redirects here. ... This section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Age and sex distribution

Age structure: (2005 est.)
0-14 years: 19.7% (male 466, 243; female 443,075)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 1,234,384; female 1,486,887)
65 years and over: 14.7% (male 285,389; female 392,331)

Sex ratio: (2004 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female

Population growth

Demographics of Norway, 1900-2000: Total population, fertility, mortality, and migration. Source: Norwegian Bureau of Statistics

Population: 4,681,100 (January 1st 2007)
Population growth rate: 0.88% (in 2006) Download high resolution version (974x583, 29 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (974x583, 29 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Births and deaths

Total fertility rate: 1.90 children born/woman (2006)

TFR for Norwegian residents by country of birth in 2004: Norway (1.8), Somalia (4.4), Iraq (4.3), Morocco (3.6), Pakistan (3.2), Turkey (2.3), Iran (1.6) Vietnam (2.0, Sri Lanka (2.7), India (1.8) and Bosnia (1.7) [1]

Infant mortality rate: (2005)
total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: (2005)
total population: 79.25 years
male: 77.7 years
female: 82.5 years

Migration

Net migration rate: 1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Language

Main article: Norwegian language Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ...

Official languages: Norwegian (the written standards Bokmål and Nynorsk).
Three Finno-Ugric languages - Finnish, Sami and the Kven language, are additional official languages of some municipalities. Bokmål (lit. ... Nynorsk (literally New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned orthographic standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. ... Finno-Ugric group with dark green on map of language families Finno-Ugric (IPA:[ˌfɪnoʊˈjuːgɹɪk]) is a grouping of languages in the Uralic language family, comprising Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian, and related languages. ... Sami is a general name for a group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%

See also

• Norway
• Norsk Wikipedia (Nynorsk)
• Norsk Wikipedia (Bokmål)
• Demographics of Svalbard