Norway Capital Population Currency
Norway
- Capital: Oslo
- Population of Oslo (capital city, latest estimates around 2024-2025): Approximately 700,000–720,000 in the city proper. The greater Oslo metropolitan area has over 1.5 million people.
- Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Facts
- Norway is officially the Kingdom of Norway.
- Oslo is the largest city and serves as the political, economic, and cultural center.
- The Norwegian Krone is used throughout the country (including in Svalbard). Norway is not part of the Eurozone.
Norwegian Krone (NOK)
The official currency of Norway is the Norwegian Krone (plural: Kroner).
- Symbol: kr
- ISO code: NOK
- Commonly used coins: 1, 5, 10, 20 kroner
- Commonly used banknotes: 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 kroner
- Norway is not part of the Eurozone and does not use the Euro (€), even though it is in Europe and part of the Schengen Area.
- The Krone is also used in Norway’s territories: Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Current exchange rate example (approximate, as of 2025): 1 USD ≈ 10.5–11 NOK 1 EUR ≈ 11.5–12 NOK 1 INR ≈ 0.12–0.13 NOK