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The spread of Norwegian whaling industry to Antarctica in the early 20th century motivated Norway, right after its independence from the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in 1905, to pursue territorial expansion not only in the Arctic claiming Jan Mayen and Sverdrup Islands, but also in Antarctica.
1.14 Norwegian. 2 Colonies by ... This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies. Colonies of European countries ... British West Florida;
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A. Andørja, viewed from Harstad Atløy.
Norwegian administration is handled by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, located in Oslo. [ 5 ] The Dependency Act of 24 March 1933 establishes that Norwegian criminal law , private law and procedural law apply to the dependencies, as do other laws that explicitly state they are valid in each dependency.
The following is a list of islands of Norway by area. Islands close to the mainland of Norway. For an exhaustive list ordered by name, ...
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen.Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured.
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356 municipalities (Norwegian: kommuner) [6] overseas dependencies. 2 unincorporated overseas dependencies; 3 unintegrated overseas dependencies; Sweden. Sweden [7]