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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| c. Norway | |
| 1905–57 | |
| HAAKON VII, king. Norway, much more dependent on trade and fishing than either Denmark or Sweden, alone among the Scandinavian powers revealed a tendency toward expansion overseas. | 1 |
| 1919 | |
| The government established the 8-hour workday and the 48-hour week. | 2 |
| Sept. 25 | |
| The Allied supreme council awarded Norway sovereignty over Spitsbergen, which was thereupon annexed (Feb. 9, 1920). | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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