"Equality, Moderation and Nearness to Nature"

King Olav V on the underground in Oslo during the oil crisis in 1973. On his way to a skiing area, he is traveling with the public and trying to pay for his own ticket.

""Norway is a country of houses and cottages, but no castles"--Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910)

In 1814 Norway left the union with Denmark and entered the union with Sweden, which lasted until 1905.

Women got the right to vote in 1913. In 1978, Norway passed the Gender Equality Act, which barred all discrimination on the basis of gender.


Source: Eva Maagerø and Birte Simonsen, eds., Norway: Society and Culture, Kristiansand: Portal, 2005.