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The United States and Norway have a very long tradition of positive relations.. The American Revolution of 1776 had a profound impact on Norway, and the democratic ideals of the United States Constitution served as a model for the authors of Norway's own Constitution of 1814, including Christian Magnus Falsen.
Norwegian people of American descent (2 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Norway–United States relations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The U.S. legation in Oslo was closed in August 1940 following the German invasion of Norway. Diplomatic relations with Norway were maintained with the government-in-exile of Norway in London during WWII. The embassy in Oslo was reopened in May 1945 under Ambassador Lithgow Osborne. Oldenburg, Duchy of [184] Consulate: Recognized: 1829
In 2005, King Harald V of Norway visited the Washington Navy Yard to view events including a reenactment of President Roosevelt's "Look to Norway" speech, honoring the United States and Norway's long-term alliance. The ceremony was to mark the centenary of diplomatic relations between the nations of Norway and the United States. [3]
Norway's 'trillion-dollar-man' believes America's attitude towards failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but ...
The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territory which is now Norway .
Iceland was considered the first European country to create colonies in North America and Greenland. The Norse Greenland colonists referred to the Indigenous Beothuk and Inuit peoples of Newfoundland and Greenland using the derogatory term "skraelings", which meant "wretch" or "scared weakling". The Norse sagas characterize the Indigenous ...
With the dissolution of Sweden–Norway in 1905, the US became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with Norway, that same year. During the Nazi German occupation of Norway in World War II, the United States had no diplomatic representation in Oslo, but the separate ambassador to Norway had diplomatic contact with the Norwegian government-in-exile in London.