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The country of Norway is a constitutional monarchy situated on the Scandinavian peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia.
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Why didn't the Allies use a naval invasion to retake Norway?
Norway was captured by Germany during WWII, and been liberated from Germany after Karl Dönitz signed the surrender treaty with the Allies. But there were some chances for Allies to create an assistant ...
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Did Hitler have any plans in regards to the troops he had stationed in Norway throughout the war?
Throughout WW2 Germany had 400,000 troops stationed in Norway essentially doing occupation duty and fighting of partisans after Norway's surrender.
Now as the war started to turn against the Germans ...
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Why were the Scandinavians not as expansive as other Europeans in global colonization?
By expansive, I mean in terms of land area.
On the Wikipedia pages of Norway's, Sweden's, and Denmark's colonies, it shows they had very few parcels of land around the globe, compared to the colonies ...
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What is known about the Tings in 10th century Norway?
There is quite a lot known about the Icelandic assemblies, but what about the Norwegian ones?
Were Gulating, Borgarting, Eidsivating and Frostating also held in summer?
Can we assume, that the ...
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What was the capacity of Vemork power station?
The Vemork power station was once the largest power station in history and target of the famous Norwegian heavy water sabotage in WW2. Yet there seems to have very different data on its capacity.
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What is the relationship (if any) between Skøyen and Skøyenåsen in Oslo?
In Oslo there are two neighbourhoods called Skøyen and Skøyenåsen
"Åsen" means "the hill" or "the ridge", so Skøyenåsen means "The Skøyen Hill".
Skøyen and ...
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Who are the possible models for Munch's Puberty?
Puberty by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is certainly the most uncomfortable viewing experience I've ever had in the realm of fine art. There's also a kind of psychological complexity to it, and, ...
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How did the forces required for invading Norway compare to those actually used for invading North Africa?
During World War II, Churchill envisioned a possible Allied invasion of northern Norway called Operation Jupiter. This idea was "tabled" (postponed) in 1941, because Britain felt that it lacked the ...
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How well did King Harald V of Norway know FDR's dog Fala?
My question: How long did the Norwegian prince and his mother stay at the White House? I've found online sources that detail he spent the war in Washington DC, but no dates for staying at the White ...
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Did British measures cause starvation in Norway during WWI?
The description of the movie "Hamsun" at IMDB states:
Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he
was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused
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Name of Kingdom that was formed after marriage refusal?
A while back, I read that in the middle ages, or even thousands of years ago, in Europe (I think around Netherlands), someone asked for a lady's hand in marriage (I think she was daughter of some King ...
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Why did Sweden and Norway become the vassals of Denmark?
In what area was Denmark more superior to those countries, so that it dominated them, such as military, trade, dynastic matters, political culture? How strong was the leadership of Denmark, and was it ...
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Communist resistance groups in the Nazi German military
In a recent newspaper article about a Jewish man concealing his identity in Norway during the five years of Nazi German occupation, a reference is made to a "secret Communist group" among German ...
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Am I imagining this or did I just found one of the oldest "hidden" erotic artworks ever?
I was just wiki-walking around my country's (Netherlands) history when I stumbled upon this topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ger%C3%B0r
She is the wife of the god Freyr, whom apparently the ...
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Did Vikings use of water bowls in this unhygenic way?
I am interested in understanding something which I have seen in the film 13th warrior where the Vikings all use the same bowl of water to clean themselves. It also happens in the TV show Vikings (No ...
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1901 Boxer Protocol settlement to Norway
The Boxer Protocol was the settlement made in 1901 after the Boxer Rebellion in China. The victors, consisting of eight major Western powers, got large indemnities from the Chinese government, as well ...
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Were well-connected Germans able to park their sons in Norway during WWII?
Reading Antony Beevor's "The Second World War" he makes the point several times that a peculiar obsession of Hitler's was the defence of Norway and that there were close to half a million German ...
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How did Magnus IV of Sweden come of age at 15?
According to the Wikipedia article Magnus IV of Sweden
Magnus was declared to have come of age at 15 in 1331. This caused resistance in Norway, where a statute from 1302 made clear that kings came ...
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Why was Iceland not a part of the Danish-Swedish deal in Kiel in 1814?
In the Treaty of Kiel of 1814, Norway was essentially given from Denmark to Sweden as a "sorry we were on the other side", but Iceland was not a part of this deal at all. This is in spite of the fact ...
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