The Kingdom of Norway is located in Northern Europe and is the second largest state among the Scandinavian countries. With an area of 385, 155 km2, Norway occupies 67th place in the world, and with a population of 4.9 million people - 118th place.
Ethnic composition
From the time of the Vikings, a specific feature of the Norwegians was family cohesion. Therefore, they are extremely homogeneous people, and the bulk of the population are Native Norwegians - 95%. Every hour, the population of Norway increases due to natural growth by 6.1 children and decreases by 5.2 people, which in general gives a positive population growth.
The increase in population is also due to the influx of migrants. Although national minorities make up only a few percent, their composition is quite diverse: Kvens, Swedes, Danes, Sami, Jews, Gypsies, Chechens and Russians. A special ethnic group among the national minorities of Norway is the Sami - 40 thousand. They have occupied its northern part for about 2 thousand years, and some of them still lead a nomadic lifestyle.
Employment
The bulk of the economically active population of Norway is employed in industry. The bulk of the country's GDP is the oil and gas industry. The regions of oil and gas production are the Norwegian, North and Barents Seas. Norway also occupies one of the leading places in Europe in the processing industry and is one of the world's largest suppliers of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, copper and nickel.
1/10 of the population is involved in agriculture and forestry. With the exception of forest holdings, Norway lacks large land plots. The most common type of agricultural unit is a family farm.
Norway accounts for 15% of fish caught in Europe. The main products are herring and cod. In the south-west of the state, salmon fish are artificially bred, for the export of which Norway holds the world championship. Seasonal fishing is mainly family in nature.
