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	Norway. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Norway is a constitutional monarchy; executive power, while nominally held by the monarch, is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister.
		In 1814, Denmark, which had sided with France, was obliged to consent to the Treaty of Kiel, by which it ceded Norway to the Swedish crown in exchange for W Pomerania.
		Norway was one of the original members of the United Nations (the Norwegian Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary-General), and it became a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949.
	www.bartleby.com /65/no/Norway.html (2041 words)

	Norway - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As Norway was the weaker part of a union that kept all of its royal, intellectual, and administrative power in Copenhagen, Denmark, this period was in light of the national romanticism in the 19th century sometimes referred to as the "400-Year Night".
		Norway's growing dissatisfaction with the union with Sweden during the late 19th century, combined with National Romanticism and the growing national culture coming from it, led to the dissolution of the union on 7 June 1905.
		Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic Ocean: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west, and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Norway (3203 words)

	Norwegian flag of 1814 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Regent of Norway Christian Frederick (who was the Crown Prince of Denmark) declared on 27 February 1814 that the Norwegian flag was to be a red field with a white cross and the Norwegian lion facing the fly in the upper hoist corner – that is the Dannebrog with the addition of a lion.
		Norway's right to a civil ensign was inscribed into the constitution in November 1814 and so the lion continued its life until it was retired in 1821.
		On Feb. 27, 1814, after the union with Denmark had been dissolved, Norway adopted as her flag The Dannebrog, with the addition, in the canton, of the Norwegian lion as it was at that time.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/no-1814.html (392 words)

	The 17th of May (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1380 Norway and Denmark were united under the same king, a union which eventually led to Norway's being integrated in a Danish-Norwegian single unified state with Denmark as the realm's dominant partner and Copenhagen as the unchallenged capital of the kingdom.
		It was not until 14 January 1814, the date of the Treaty of Kiel, that the Danish-Norwegian dual monarchy was dissolved and King Fredrik IV of Denmark was forced to cede Norway to the King of Sweden.
		Norway was the reward of the victorious commander in the field, in return for his and Sweden's support to the allies in the final reckoning with Napoleon.
	www.reisenett.no /norway/facts/history/17_of_may.html (2554 words)

	Norway Info - Articles - The history of Norway
		During this period the political centre of gravity in Norway moved from the southwest to the districts surrounding the Oslofjord.
		Norway's Council of the Realm was disbanded, and the Norwegian church lost its autonomy.
		The social democratic party in Norway was heavily committed to curbing communist influence both in political life and in the mass organizations such as the trade unions; and the struggle ended in victory.
	www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/HistNorw.html (6716 words)

	Woldhagen.org: History of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The settlements in Southern and Western Norway reached saturation point prior to the Viking Era and it is from these areas that the Vikings sailed.
		Economic reforms spawned the growth of a middle class in Norway by the middle 1700's and a sense of Norwegian nationality arose even though they were a territory of Denmark.
		After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, Denmark ceded their territory of Norway to Sweden, who was on the winning side of the conflict.
	woldhagen.org /woldhagen/norway/Nor_hist.htm (648 words)

	www.stortinget.no > About the Storting > History
		In 1814, legislative, executive and judicial powers were divided between the Storting, the King and the courts.
		Karl XIV Johan of Sweden invaded Norway in the summer of 1814 and the Norwegian had to settle for a peace treaty accepting a union with Sweden under the Swedish king.
		Norway was to keep its new constitution (with some amendments) and a Norwegian parliament.
	www.stortinget.no /english/history.html (1776 words)

	Norway in the Second World War
		Norway was united with Denmark from the 14th century until 1814 and to Sweden from 1814 to 1905.
		It is suggested that Norway, by way of protest, may cancel the valuable agreement we have made with her for chartering her tankers and other shipping.
		Norway could retaliate by refusing to export to us the aluminium and other war materials which are important to the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Supply.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWnorway.htm (1823 words)

	Norway - Further Reading - MSN Encarta
		Study of diplomatic relations between the United States and Norway during the first half of the 20th century.
		Britain and France's attempts to defend Norway against Germany in 1940.
		A study of the Nordic countries, including Norway, that covers spiritual values and attitudes toward family life.
	encarta.msn.com /readings_761556517/Norway.html (348 words)

	Top20Norway.com - Your Top20 Guide to Norway!
		The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
		However, Norway declared her independence, adopted a constitution based on American and French models and elected the Danish prince Christian Fredrik as king on 17 May 1814.
		Norway was forced into a personal union with Sweden, but kept its liberal constitution and independent institutions, except for the foreign service.
	top20norway.com (2541 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Norway, 1814-1864
		The Swedes, however, did not accept such a solution, and on October 10th 1814 a treaty was signed, according to which Sweden recognized Norway's constitution, according to which it would be an independent state with it's own constitution, assembly, administration and laws, and Norway accepted a dynastic union with Sweden.
		Norway was keen on it's autonomy and rejected attempts of the crown to extend it's authority.
		Insufficient Swedish efforts to represent the interest of Norway's merchant fleet was one of the complaints that eventually would lead to the breakup of the union in 1905.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/scandinavia/nor181464.html (391 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Norway, 1525-1814
		Norway, as an HEREDITARY KINGDOM, was a secure possession of the Danish kings, few of whom bothered to even visit the country.
		In 1536 the Reformation was introduced in Denmark and Norway, with the Danish translation of the New Testament being used in Norway.
		Poem : Henrik Ibsen, Terje Viken, from Gaslight's Napoleonic Poetry, on the consequences of the Continental Blockade on Norway's population, with historical introduction; poem in engl.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/scandinavia/dannor.html (692 words)

	Norway Info - Articles - 1814 in Norway
		Before the Kiel treaty, Norway had become a very isolated country, not only because of the British blockade and the threat posed by Sweden to the east, but also because of the extreme mass of ice that had built up in the waters between the two kingdoms of the dual monarchy.
		Norway was not at this time completely unprepared for what was going to happen.
		The constitution had institutionalized national rights which were to pave the way for the later dissolution of Norway's union with Sweden and the establishment of a modern parliamentary democracy.
	www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/1814.html (1036 words)

	Norway in 1814 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It started with Norway as a part of the Danish kingdom subject to a naval blockade, saw a constitutional convention in May that was frustrated only months later, and ended up with Norway as part of a personal union with Sweden.
		On February 20, the Swedish government sent a mission to Christian Fredrik that warned him that Norway's independence movement is a violation of the treaty of Kiel and put Norway at war with the victorious parties in the Napoleonic War.
		Following a contentious debate on May 4, the assembly decided that Norway would profess itself to the Lutheran-Evangelical faith, that its monarch must always have profess himself to this faith (thereby precluding the Catholic-born Bernadotte from being a king), and that Jews and Jesuits would be barred from entering the kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norway_in_1814 (3974 words)

	Norwegian painting after 1814 (Norway - the official site in Uganda)
		At the turn of the century portraits were extremely fashionable amongst the higher echelons of society and numerous Norwegian portrait painters made a living from painting the rich and powerful.
		The Norwegian painter Johan Christian Dahl (1788- 1857), who was part of this milieu, eventually returned to capture the landscapes of western Norway in paintings which have since been regarded as a definitive image of Norway itself.
		Norway’s new-found independence from Denmark also raised issues of national identity, and during the 1830s and 1840s a conscious effort was made by artists and intellectuals to define what it meant to be Norwegian.
	www.norway.go.ug /culture/painting/post1814/post1814.htm (374 words)

	The Second World War (Norway - the official site in Uganda)
		In Great Britain, Norway’s military units were built up again within all the services.
		This happened after a Soviet force had attacked and liberated a small area of Norway in northeast Finnmark, in Norway's far north.
		When the surrender came there were no fewer than 400,000 German troops in Norway, which at that time had a population of barely 4 million.
	www.norway.go.ug /history/after1814/ww2/ww2.htm (513 words)

	Norway - Scandinavica.com
		Norway is not a member of the European Union, although we are part of the European Economic Area (EEA).
		- Sweden ruled over Norway from 1814 until the union between the two countries was disolved in 1905, when Norway became an independent nation.
		- Norway is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) but remains as the only country in the Scandinavian peninsula that hasn't joined the European Union.
	www.scandinavica.com /norway.htm (729 words)

	Secession from Denmark (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Sweden's allies had therefore promised that it could have Norway as one of the spoils of war.
		In January 1814, Danish King Fredrik VI surrendered, cut his ties with Napoleon, and handed Norway over to his Swedish rivals.
		The agreement between Denmark and its opponents contained political elements that were of major importance to Norway.
	www.norway.org /history/after1814/1814/1814.htm (443 words)

	Norway vacation rentals Norway cottage rentals Norway rentals CyberRentals
		Though Norway is known as the Land of the Midnight Sun, it is in North Norway that the sun does not set during the summer months.
		Hiking, fishing and rafting can be exciting in Norway as the land is comprised of extremes, from steep mountains plunging down toward fjords to thick forests in the arctic circle and mellower agricultural land in South Norway.
		From the Viking Age and adoption of Christianity to the adoption of a constitution in 1814, Norway has a long and interesting history.
	www.cyberrentals.com /Norway/r52.htm (284 words)

	Norway - history
		The History of Norway -- brief history of Norway through 1996
		1814- a year of challenge-- short article about circumstances around Norway's independence
		1814 - the National Library's bibliographic database of documents concerning the events of 1814
	www.usa.no /norway/history.html (186 words)

	Norway 1387 - 1814 - EuroDocs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		a famous criminal and escape artist in early 19th century Norway.
		The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll.
		Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.
	eudocs.lib.byu.edu /index.php/Norway_1387_-_1814 (418 words)

	Norway
		Norway law resource page with links to the Norway constitution, Norway government, Norway law firms, Norway law, Norway legal research, Norway computer law, Norway legislature, and Norway law guide.
		ODIN, Official Documentation and Information from Norway In Norwegian and English.
		Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications."
	www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/norway.html (312 words)

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