When you think about passports,_“gorgeous” may not be the first word_that comes to mind. Government, bureaucracy, pain-in-the-butt — maybe. But Norway, in its inimitable way, has likely_changed the language around passports forever with the announcement of its new — and arguably beautiful — new passport design. The Oslo design studio_Neue — which created the winning entry as part of a national_competition —_based the visual presentation on the Norwegian Landscape theme, which might partly account for its allure. The cover comes in three vivid_colors — white, turquoise or red (immigrant, diplomat and standard). Imagine your less-than-flattering photo going on a fiord....

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