Passport/Visa Requirements: Passports, but not visas, are required for Australian, Canadian, U.K. and U.S. citizens. Reconfirm travel document requirements with your carrier before departure.
Note: Visitors may enter any of the Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and Denmark) without a visa and stay for up to 90 days, but they may not stay for 90 days in each country. The 90-day limit is the total amount of time a visitor may spend in Scandinavia without a visa.
Population: 4,593,041.
Languages: Norwegian, Sami..
Predominant Religions: Christian (Evangelical Lutheran)..
Time Zone: 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+1 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Voltage Requirements: 220 volts.
Telephone Codes: 47, country code;
For More Information
Tourist OfficesNorway: Norwegian Tourist Board, P.O. Box 2893, Solli, Drammens veien 40 N-0230 Oslo. Phone 2414-4600. Fax 2256-0505. http://www.visitnorway.com.
U.K.: Norwegian Tourist Board, Charles House, 5-11 Lower Regent St., London SW1Y 4LR. Phone 20-7839-6255. Fax 20-7839-6014.
U.S.: Norwegian Tourist Board, 655 Third Avenue, Suite 1810, New York 1, New York, N.Y. 10017. Phone 212-885-9700. Fax 212-885-9710.
Norway does not have tourist offices in Australia or Canada.
Norwegian Embassies
Royal Norwegian Embassy, 17 Hunter St., Yarralumla, ACT 2600. Phone 2-6273-3444. Fax 2-6273-3669.
Royal Norwegian Embassy, Royal Bank Centre, 90 Sparks St., Suite 532, Ottawa, ON K1P 5B4. Phone 613-238-6571. Fax 613-238-2765.
Royal Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD. Phone 20-7591-5500. Fax 20-7245-6993. http://www.norway.org.uk.
Royal Norwegian Embassy, 2720 34th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20008. Phone 202-333-6000. Fax 202-337-0870. http://www.norway.org.
Foreign Embassies in Norway
Canadian Embassy, Wergelandsveien 7, 0244 Oslo. Phone 2299-5300. Fax 2299-5301. http://www.canada.no.
British Embassy, Thomas Heftyesgate 8, 0244 Oslo. Phone 2213-2700. Fax 2255-1041. http://www.britain.no.
U.S. Embassy is near the Royal Palace at Drammensveien 18, Oslo. Phone 2244-8550. Fax 2244-0436. http://www.usa.no.
Additional Reading
Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset (Vintage). A riveting historical novel of medieval Norway, written by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Fellowship of Ghosts, by Paul Watkins (National Geographic). A travel memoir about the author's solo trip through Norway's mountains.
Nansen, by Roland Huntford (Duckworth). This biography of the Norwegian polar explorer (and national hero) Fridtjof Nansen gives new meaning to the term "adventure travel."
Suit, by Knut Hamsun (Classic). A story set in Oslo in the 1880s (then called Christiana) about a writer obsessed with starvation. A good dose of the darker side of Norwegian culture.
Norwegian Touches: History, Recipes, Folk Arts, by Louise Roalson. An interesting look at Norwegian immigrants told through unique tales by famous Norwegians.
