Norway is a country on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The land has a total area of 385,203 km² and a total coastline of 25,148 km. This area is approximately 95% of the area of California. The country has 239,057 mostly uninhabited islands in the open sea. There are direct national borders with the 3 neighbouring countries Finland, Sweden and Russia. The distance between New York City and the Capital Oslo is about 5,920 km.With an Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.954 Norway counts as one of the high developed economies by UN-definition. The IMF also shares this classification.

The climate in NorwayThe country is much further away from the equator than Central Europe. This means that the winter days in Norway are much darker, colder and also shorter. The country is under cold polar climate. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between -1 and 20 degrees. In some parts of the country the temperature raises up to 24 °C. In the colder months and depending in the region, the temperature lowers down to -6°C in a month's average. Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesDetailed climate data for Norway and 14 geographic spots of the countryTsunamis