Norway is a town.
The Human Development Index ( HDI ) is a composite statistic of life expectancy , education , and per capita income indicators , which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development . Norway ( [ Norgehelp = no ] ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign state and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United States . Although the Kingdom of Norway is not a member state of the European Union ( EU ) , it is closely associated with the Union through its membership in the European Economic Area ( EEA ) , in the context of being a European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) member .