Northern light : Norway past and present -- a critical assessment / by Nils-Johan Jørgensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jørgensen, Nils-Johan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Norwegian.

Norway--History.

Norway.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 158 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Kent : Renaissance Books, 2019.

Summary:

"I wish to ask and convey what it means to be Norwegian, what we were and what we are, and to begin to answer that I must first briefly turn to our history in a European context, largely unkown outside (and even in) Norway. This brief book is for anyone who looks to Norway and wishes to discover why she survived and became a distinct, and this century, a rich nation."--Author introduction, xvii.

Contents:

Look to Norway

Suddenly, the country was lost

But slowly, the country was ours again

Independence and neutrality

The German occupation

Political parties

Before and after Ibsen

The other arts

The Nobel Peace Prize

Defence in NATO

The ternal half European

The sea

Bordering the bear

Self image and reality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70074-8

1-04-078928-5

1-898823-91-X

9781003700746

OCLC:

1223098303