Protected areas of Norway include:
- National parks of Norway
- Category:Nature_reserves_in_Norway
About 14.3 percent of the mainland of Norway is protected. Of this, ca. 8.3 percent is national parks, 1.3 percent is nature reserves and 4.7 percent otherwise protected.
IUCN aims to protect at least 15 percent of all types of nature. Norway has planned protection of new areas before 2010 that totals to 15 percent of the mainland.
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—James Baldwin (19241987)
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—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)
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When he the ambitious Norway combated.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)