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History of Norway
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Visit Norway. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.
A traditional Christmas dinner for Norwegians often starts with porridge with a lucky almond hidden in it for some lucky person. Whoever finds the almond wins a prize.
Another Christmastime superstition involves a little gnome or elf called Nisse, who guards all the farm animals. If Norwegian children do not place a bowl of special porridge for Nisse, he will play tricks them.
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- During the 1300s Denmark gained more and more influence over Norway and, in 1397, Norway was absorbed into a formal union with Denmark and Sweden.
The union was ruled by a common king. Sweden gradually seceded from the union, but Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814.
http://www.samfunnskunnskap.no - 1800 - Population of Norway - 883,000
- 1814 - May 17 - Norway drafts its own constitution
- 1895 - Norway
Norway, nor wā, a country forming the N.W., extremity of Europe, and occupying the N.W. and W. part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It extends from...Read MORE... - 1900 - Population of Norway - 2,218,000
(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois- 1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)
"On November 23, 1927, Norwegian engineer Erik Rotheim (also spelled Eric Rotheim) patented the first aerosol can and valve that could hold and...Read MORE... 
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During the 1300s Denmark gained more and more influence over Norway and, in 1397, Norway was absorbed into a formal union with Denmark and Sweden.
The union was ruled by a common king. Sweden gradually seceded from the union, but Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814.
http://www.samfunnskunnskap.no
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1800 - Population of Norway - 883,000
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1814 - May 17 - Norway drafts its own constitution
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1895 - Norway
Norway, nor wā, a country forming the N.W., extremity of Europe, and occupying the N.W. and W. part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It extends from... Read MORE...
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1900 - Population of Norway - 2,218,000
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1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)
"On November 23, 1927, Norwegian engineer Erik Rotheim (also spelled Eric Rotheim) patented the first aerosol can and valve that could hold and... Read MORE...
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