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| 1955, Jan. 14 |
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| Prime Minister Torp resigned, to be succeeded (Jan. 21) by Gerhardsen. | 1 |
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| 1957, Sept. 21 |
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| Crown Prince Olaf succeeded to the throne as KING OLAF V, following the death of his father, King Haakon VII. | 2 |
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| 1960, Sept. 28 |
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| An agreement with Britain was signed in Oslo allowing British trawlers to fish within 6 miles of the Norwegian coast for ten years; thereafter the limit would be 12 miles offshore. | 3 |
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| 1962, April 28 |
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| Parliament approved the government's decision to apply for full membership in the EC. | 4 |
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| 1963, Aug. 2 |
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| For the first time in 28 years, the Labor Party was ousted when Parliament voted no confidence in the government of Premier Einar Gerhardsen. King Olaf V asked John Lyng, leader of the Conservative Party in Parliament, to form a government. On Aug. 27 a four-party coalition government led by Premier Lyng took office. | 5 |
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| 1965 |
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| The long rule of the Labor Party was supplanted by a coalition of four nonsocialist parties under PER BORTEN. | 6 |
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| 1970 |
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| Norway's second university was founded at Bergen. | 7 |
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| 1971, March 17 |
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| Labor Party leader Trygve M. Bratteli became premier when scandal forced the resignation of Per Borten. Brattelli formed a minority government after he failed to construct a four-party nonsocialist coalition cabinet. | 8 |
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| 1972, Sept. 24–27 |
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| The Norwegians rejected entry into the EC in a national referendum, and Brattelli's government announced its resignation in October. | 9 |
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| March 2 |
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| The Storting (parliament) voted 45 to 2 to reject a constitutional amendment to abolish the monarchy and create a republic. | 10 |
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| 1972, Oct. 17 |
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| Lars Korvald formed a new minority coalition government, consisting of the Christian People's, Liberal, and Center Parties, all of which opposed EC membership. | 11 |
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