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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on the same day that Norway declared the dissolution of the union with Sweden: June 7, 1905. Although diplomats could not present credentials to foreign governments until the Swedish king formally renounced his right to the Norwegian throne, a number of unofficial representatives worked on the provisional government's behalf until the first ...
Norway's innovative performance had been scientifically influenced by the ability of Norwegian entrepreneurs, firms, and public sector actors. They were able to understand the hidden opportunities, mobilize resources, adopt current capabilities and develop new ones, and development of appropriate institutions and policies helped to support ...
After the Treaty of Kiel transferred Norway from Denmark–Norway to Sweden–Norway in 1814, Dano-Norwegian (or "det almidelige bogmaal") was the sole official language until 1885 when Ivar Aasen's Landsmaal gained recognition. [2] In the early 1840s, young linguist Ivar Aasen traveled the countryside gathering up the words and grammar used there.
OSLO (Reuters) -A small leftwing environmentalist political party in Norway succeeded on Sunday in blocking plans to mine the sea bed at the bottom of the Arctic, by demanding the government scrap ...
Countries on the list are limited in the number of local staff they can hire in Russia, with Norway restricted to 27, state news agency RIA Novosti said. Norway expelled 15 Russian diplomats for ...
Norway is a top producer of oil which helped generate a per capita household income that was over $104,000 in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund. In 2022, per capita household ...
Racism in Norway often targets immigrants, especially those of non-white and non-Western origin, including but not limited to Black people, Sámi people, Kven people, Romani people, Muslim people, and Asians.
Corruption in Norway ranks amongst the lowest in the world. On Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, Norway scored 84 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Norway ranked 4th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most ...