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Where is Norway located in Europe?
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Norway is located in Northern Europe, occupying a portion of the Fennoscandian Shield.1
The country is situated on the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and is bordered by the Barents Sea to the north, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea to the west, and the Skagerrak strait to the south. Its only land borders are to the east, where it shares frontiers with Sweden, Finland, and Russia.1