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| | History of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In an attempt to retain control over Norway despite the treaty, the Viceroy and hereditary prince of Denmark-Norway encouraged representatives of various social and political factions to gather at Eidsvoll to declare independence, adopt a constitution and elect hereditary prince Christian Frederik as king. | | | Norway is today one of the worlds biggest oil exporters(Behind Saudi Arabia). | | | The discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Norway
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| | History of NORWAY |
| | Rule by Christian III and his descendants, over a period of nearly three centuries, reduces Norway to a political backwater in the affairs of Europe. | | | The last such king is Christian II, who rules in Denmark and Norway from 1513. | | | The Kiel agreement is immediately rejected by the Norwegians, who take the opportunity of claiming their own sovereign rights. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac73
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| | Norway History |
| | Subsequently, the communists have had only a peripheral influence in Norway, and at present the two communist parties only have one per cent voter support, according to opinions polls. | | | The labor movement had already been initiated in Norway prior to the dissolution of the union with Sweden. | | | In addition to the German occupiers there were 141,000 foreign nationals in Norway, most of them prisoners of war. |
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http://www.web-by-deb.com/reference/refhistoryn.htm
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| | Outline of Norway's history |
| | The Black Death strikes Norway and kills two-thirds of the population. | | | For the next 250 years, Scandinavians set sail on frequent expeditions from the Baltic to the Irish seas and even to the Mediterranean as far as Sicily, employing superior ships and weapons and efficient military organization. | | | King Olav II Haraldsson tries to complete conversion of Norway to christianity. |
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http://www.cyberclip.com/Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/HistOutline.html
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| | Norway on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The industrial development of Norway, spurred by the harnessing of water power, contributed to the rise of the Labor (socialist) party, which has predominated in Norwegian politics since 1927. | | | Christianity, brought by English missionaries, gained a foothold under Olaf I and was established by Olaf II (reigned 1015-28). | | | The nation's outlying possessions are Svalbard and Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean and Bouvet and Peter I islands in the S Atlantic; Norway also has claims in Antarctica. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/norway_history.asp
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| | Norwegian history (the s.c.nordic FAQ) |
| | The leader of Norways National Socialist party, Vidkun Quisling, is nominated by Hitler to form a puppet regime. | | | The destroyer Cossack pursued the Altmark into Jøssing fjord near Stavanger, and despite Norweigan protests boarded and captured her, releasing the prisoners. | | | The pilgrimages to his grave in Nidaros (Trondheim) begin. |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/faq63.html#top
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Norway |
| | Whether the Jesuits appointed to Norway ever went there is unknown. | | | Olaf also became King of Norway upon the death of his father, and died in 1387. | | | Notwithstanding this, it was only slowly and by the aid of deception that the people were seduced from the ancestral faith. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11117b.htm
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| | History of Norway Times |
| | All material published is property of Norway Times. | | | As Norway's free press was tied down by the Nazi occupying forces, Nordisk Tidende became the semi-official mouthpiece of the Norwegian resistance and the exiled government. | | | The history of Norwegian newspapers in America paralleled the waves of immigration. |
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http://www.norway-times.com/history.html
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| | History (from Norway) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Features press releases, publications, and policy papers from ministries, a list of diplomatic missions, background information and programs for international conferences held in Norway, profiles of Norwegian political leaders, notes on Norwegian history, society, and culture, and resources for businesspeople and tourists. | | | Provides notes on the history, population, constitutional monarchy, business and economy, and foreign policy. | | | The period of recorded history in Norway begins in about 900, when the Vikings established control over various districts under the leadership of their chiefs. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-214112
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| | Short history of Norway |
| | By force and with the help of Anglo-Saxon missionaires he completes the conversion of his people. | | | Norway remains neutral in World War I, but her shipping aids Great Britain. | | | Development of regional courts of law based on the representative system, and a defence system based on the people's duty to build, maintain and man ships. |
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http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~ansa/norway/history/history.html
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| | Norway Postal History |
| | Norwegian Travelling Post Offices: Part II: The Shipboard Markings, 1988. | | | Lindewald, German Censorship of Mail in Norway 1940-45 - Tysk Postcontroll a Civil Post i Norge 1940-1945, 1991 (in Swedish). | | | Andreassen, Norway Postal History and Censorship During WWII - Norge Postveier og Sensur Under den Annen Verdenskrig, 1995 (in Norwegian) |
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http://www.postalhistory.org/sites/norway.htm
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| | EH.Net Encyclopedia: The Economic History of Norway |
| | Norway also chose to become member of NATO and the United Nations. | | | Officially Norway was neutral during World War I. However, in terms of the economy, the government clearly took the side of the British and their allies. | | | In 1981 a conservative government replaced Labor, which had been in power for most of the post-war period. |
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http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/grytten.norway
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| | Woldhagen.org: History of Norway |
| | This era is said to have begun in 793 and ended in 1066 with the defeat of King Harald Hardruler in 1066. | | | In 1884, Norway formally divided itself into two political parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, although the division had been happening for 15years. | | | Unification Era (1020 - 1350): At the beginning of this era, Norway was not unified, but by 1060 the country was unified by force with Christianity forcibly introduced and finally in1030, becoming the "state religion" with the death of martyred King Olaf. |
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http://woldhagen.org/woldhagen/norway/Nor_hist.htm
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| | Norway History |
| | This is the history section where you can find web pages on the history of Norway. | | | World War II - Norway from 1939 to 1945 | | | Norway > People > Famous - A list of notable Norwegians |
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http://www.infonorway.com/history
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| | A short history of Norway |
| | Between 1940 and 1945 Norway is occupied by Germany. | | | Present-day Norway is populated by germanic tribes since the seventeenth century BC. | | | In 1935 Johan Nygaardsvold forms a government led by Det Norske Arbeiderparti (Norwegian Labour Party, DNA). |
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http://www.electionworld.org/history/norway.htm
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| | History of Norway - Official Travel Guide to Norway - visitnorway.com |
| | Universal right to vote for women: Norway is among the first in the world to grant suffrage. | | | It was on this day in 1814 that Norway's constitution was signed by the national assembly at Eidsvoll, making Norway a free and independent nation. | | | A limited and hereditary monarchy was introduced, whereby the king would exercise his authority through a government, while Parliament (Storting) would allocate monies and make laws. |
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http://www.visitnorway.com/templates/NTRarticle.aspx?id=28582
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| | ExxonMobil’s history in Norway |
| | The history of ExxonMobil’s 111 years in Norway is also to a large extent the story this country’s emergence as a modern nation. | | | ExxonMobil’s story in Norway is as eventful as it is long. | | | The energy products produced and offered by the company have been important building blocks in the development of today’s society – from lamp oil distributed by horse and cart more than a century ago to petroleum production in the North Sea and the marketing of motor fuels and oils for cars, ships, aircraft and industry. |
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http://www.exxonmobil.com/Norway-English/PA/About/NO_O_historie.asp
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| | Norway Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | Norway is like some ancient saga come to life. | | | The 'Land of the Midnight Sun' has delightfully long summer days, pleasantly low-key cities, unspoiled fishing villages and rich historic sites that include Viking ships and medieval stave churches. | | | You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety, customs and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel. |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/norway
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| | Norway - the official site in the United States |
| | Norway - the official site in the United States | | | The performance was the kick-off for an international commemoration of Ibsen that will include over four thousand performances in 72 countries. | | | [+] Click here to view the latest issues of News of Norway |
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http://www.norway.org
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| | Woldhagen.org: History of Norway |
| | South America had cultivated the potato for thousands of years before it came to Europe. | | | Aquavit is also spelled 'akvavit' or 'aquavite' depending on where you come from; in | | | 1700s, food was scarce in Norway, but following hundreds of years of raising grain it was difficult to convince people to the |
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http://woldhagen.org/woldhagen/norway/Nor_cult.htm
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| | Accordion History in Norway |
| | The accordion became extremely popular in the early 1930's, then began to decline. | | | Traditional Norwegian accordion music does not appear to have been largely affected by the arrival of American variety music. | | | He began playing when he was five years old, and became a professional at sixteen. |
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http://www.accordions.com/index/his/his_no.shtml
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| | Aviation History Society Norway |
| | The aircraft history data is now included in the aircraft datasheet. | | | A Werkenummer search field has been added to the loss overview page. | | | The annual study trip to BA/MA in Freiburg is scheduled for September 12. |
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http://www.ahs.no
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