World War I
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Norway 1918-1923


The Economy . During World War I Norway had remained neutral. However, the country's merchant marine suffered heavy losses due to submarine warfare and to sea mines. In a 1919 referendum, the Norwegians voted for prohibition of Alcoholic spirits; it was overturned in 1926. Norway (Norsk Hydro) developed hydroelectric power stations.
Norway was severely affected by the postwar economic crisis; following the war, the strength of the Norwegian Krone (the government maintained the Gold Standard) made it difficult for the country's industries to export. The Scandinavian Currency Union was defunct since 1914. In 1921 salaries, a.o. for Norway's sailors, were cut, causing strikes. The state placed several banks affected by the crisis under protection and raised import tariffs (1923). 1923 saw a sudden raise in the figure of Norwegian emigrants to the U.S.

Foreign Policy . Norway joined the League of Nations in 1920.

Cultural History . Norway in 1922 introduced the registration of motor vehicles.







EXTERNAL
FILES 		Norway after 1905, in : The History of Norway, by Thor Dagre, from Norway Info (scroll down)
Article Norwegian Referendum on Prohibition 1919, from Wikipedia
Article Norsk Hydro, from Wikipedia, in Norwegian
Article Norwegian Krone, from Wikipedia
The Economic History of Norway, by Ola Honningdal Grytten
Norwegian Emigration, from Digitalarkivet at UiB
DOCUMENTS Images from Chronik 2000 Bilddatenbank : Fridtjof Nansen
Amerikabrev fra Norsk Utvandrermuseum 1880-1925 (Emigrants letters from America, from Norway's Emigration Museum), from
REFERENCE Article : Norway, in : New International Year Book 1919 pp.478-480, 1920 pp.499-500, 1921 pp.519-521, 1923 pp.539-541 [G]
Article : Norway, in : Statesman's Year Book 1919 pp.1104-1119 [G]
A.F. Mockler-Ferryman, Norway (Peeps at Many Lands, 1921), posted online by Gutenberg Library Online


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