Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  beta(Noun) The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet (u0392, u03B2), preceded by alpha (u0391, u03B1) and followed by gamma, (u0393, u03B3). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
Economic reforms spawned the growth of a middle class in Norway by the middle 1700's and a sense of Norwegian nationality arose even though they were a territory of Denmark. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (1814): Unfortunately, Denmark (and Norway) allied themselves to France during the Napoleonic Wars. After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, Denmark ceded their territory of Norway to Sweden, who was on the winning side of the conflict. When the Norwegians did not accept this union, Sweden launched a military campaign to force the issue.
1 Norway ranks number 119 in the list of countries by population. 2  The population density in Norway is 14 per Km2 (37 people per mi2). 3  The total land area is 366,108 Km2 (141,355 sq. miles) 4  79.4 % of the population is urban (4,194,679 people in 2016)  The median age in Norway is 39.2 years.