The Kingdom of Norway is located on the Scandinavian peninsula. It shares its borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia. Norway is one of the Nordic countries, alongside Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark. 

The Skagerrak strait separates Norway and Denmark, whereas the North Sea separates it from the British Isles. The Norwegian shores are bordered by the Norwegian Sea in the west and the Barents Sea in the north.

The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes are a young orographic mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian peninsula. The original Scandes were formed over 400 million years ago but have since been mostly worn down. However, the modern Scandes began to form on the same location approximately 60 million years ago, during the same time as the Central European Alps were created. 

The Norwegian shore regions are very fragmented and hard to traverse, as the sea penetrates the fjords for long distances and the mountains are often high and steep. The fjords are a product of the last Ice Age. The longest Norwegian fjord is the Sogne.