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Norway was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Section sizes

Section size for Norway (58 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	21,565	21,565	470	470
Etymology	3,146	3,146	164	164
History	65	38,237	0	3,695
Prehistory	1,041	1,041	104	104
Metal Ages	1,546	1,546	147	147
Viking Age	4,556	4,556	420	420
High Middle Ages	4,106	7,381	515	872
Kalmar Union	3,275	3,275	357	357
Early modern period	2,656	2,656	242	242
Later modern period	6,418	6,418	664	664
Dissolution of the union and the First World War	2,086	2,086	210	210
Second World War	4,479	4,479	449	449
Post–World War II history	8,009	8,009	587	587
Geography	6,207	22,523	390	1,402
Climate	6,422	6,422	538	538
Biodiversity	5,305	5,305	325	325
Environment	4,589	4,589	149	149
Politics and government	12,164	31,430	725	2,112
Administrative divisions	3,621	4,977	257	305
Dependencies of Norway	1,356	1,356	48	48
Largest populated areas	107	107	0	0
Judicial system and law enforcement	3,892	3,892	348	348
Human rights	4,818	4,818	346	346
Foreign relations	2,970	2,970	206	206
Military	2,502	2,502	182	182
Economy	11,976	42,280	677	2,191
Resources	279	10,247	25	464
Oil industry	9,968	9,968	439	439
Transport	13,105	13,105	462	462
Research	4,033	4,033	376	376
Tourism	2,919	2,919	212	212
Demographics	52	41,974	0	2,339
Population	4,441	4,441	209	209
Migration	4,395	4,395	224	224
Religion	46	16,914	0	925
Church of Norway	4,509	4,509	305	305
Religious affiliation	9,854	9,854	445	445
Indigenous religions	2,505	2,505	175	175
Health	1,930	1,930	159	159
Education	3,598	3,598	143	143
Languages	2,391	10,644	88	679
Norwegian	2,300	2,300	255	255
Sámi and Kven	3,880	3,880	217	217
Other languages	2,073	2,073	119	119
Culture	1,178	29,824	96	2,554
Cinema	3,986	3,986	352	352
Music	6,081	6,081	493	493
Literature	2,753	2,753	323	323
Architecture	3,436	3,436	349	349
Art	2,082	2,082	209	209
Cuisine	1,130	1,130	94	94
Sports	9,178	9,178	638	638
See also	86	86	0	0
Notes	39	39	0	0
References	17	274	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
Sources	226	226	0	0
External links	3,461	3,461	0	0
Total	234,839	234,839	14,927	14,927

Mistake in the “other language” section

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The lulea Sami translation of Kingdom of Norway is incorrectly marked under “Kven” and vice versa. ~2026-37283-3 (talk) 23:08, 17 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

It was actually a three-way mix-up with Northern Sami as well, I fixed it Haltik (talk) 01:40, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Norway total fertility rate update

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

the TFR that is used right now is from 2023, [https://www.statista.com/statistics/611702/fertility-rate-in-norway/ has a TFR from 2024 ~2026-20730-42 (talk) 00:19, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! I've updated it. Edmund9 (talk) 05:36, 25 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

has anyone noticed the lack of citations?

Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

i see a lot of places, mind you, WHOLE PARAGRAPHS that need citations. We really should fix this, no? One Reaction was here, and also all these places. Got a complaint? 21:34, 17 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@OneReaction5890 the article has nearly 300 citations as I'm writing this, I think it would be better to add a "Citation needed" template on the paragraphs that you think need citations not to the whole article. Thanks Renascitur (talk) 23:14, 1 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

In Music not mention Band a-ha

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The text doesn't mention that the band a-ha, is the biggest band in the country. Splzz (talk) 00:05, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Mistake in the “other language” section

Norway total fertility rate update

has anyone noticed the lack of citations?

In Music not mention Band a-ha