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Bank's Holidays in Norway for 2008, 2009

Norway (Kongeriket Norge, Kongeriket Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country and constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia, while United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands lies to its west across the North Sea. Official languages – Norwegian (Nynorsk, Bokmal) and Sami. Government – Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. Monarch – Harald V.

Oslo – the capital and largest city. Main industries – petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemical, timber, mining, textiles, fishing.

Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Norway is 0.968 (2nd, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – 1 Norwegian krone (NOK, kr) = 100 øre. Gini coefficient – 25.8% (low). Fiscal year – Calendar year. Inflation rate – 2,3% (2006). Trade organisations –OECD, WTO, European Economic Area, etc. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: EET – (UTC+2).Summer – (DST) EEST (UTC+3).