REMARKABLE FACTS ABOUT NORWAY

KING OLAV V OF NORWAY USED PUBLIC TRANSPORT

AND PAID FOR HIS OWN TICKETS

KING HERALD OF NORWAY VOWED CELIBACY FOR

HIS ENTIRE LIFE UNLESS HE COULD MARRY HIS

TRUE LOVE, THE DAUGHTER OF A CLOTH MERCHANT.

SHE EVENTUALLY BECAME QUEEN.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO ADVERTISE TO

CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 12

BETWEEN 1814 AND 1905 SWEDEN AND

NORWAY WERE ACTUALLY ONE KINGDOM

IN 2000 NORWAY BUILT THE LONGEST TUNNEL

IN THE WORLD. IT IS 24.5 KM (15.3 MILES)

NORWAY'S UNIVERSITIES ARE FREE FOR

EVERYBODY, EVEN FOREIGNERS

NORWAY PLANS TO BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY

TO COMPLETELY ABANDON FM RADIO IN 2017

WHEN IT COMPLETELY CHANGES OVER TO DIGITAL

NORWAY'S ORIGINAL NAME WAS "NORDWEG"

MEANING "NORTHERN WAY"