1969-1990






Norway since 1990



Following the collapse of communism, the Norwegian government, together with her counterparts in Sweden, Finland and Austria applied for EU membership, which was scheduled for 1995. However, the Norwegian populace rejected EU membership (1994), despite practically the entire political establishment advocating it; Norway is still member of EFTA, together with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
Norway, since the 1970es, is an oil exporting nation. The wealth generated by the oil industry (Statoil) supports the Norwegian welfare state. Norway advocates the lifting of the ban (since 1987) on whale hunting.
In 1993 Palestinian and Israeli diplomats signed the Oslo Accord, an attempt to settle the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Norway contributes contingents to peace keeping forces in a number of theatres; Norwegian diplomates mediate in the civil war on Sri Lanka.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Norway and the EU, in : The History of Norway, by Thor Dagre, from Norway Info (scroll down)
Statoil history, from Statoil
Norwegian Minke Whaling, from ODIN
Norway, from the Oil Crisis History Site
Timeline, from BBC News
Article Politics of Norway, from Wikipedia
DOCUMENTS List of Norwegian Kings, Prime Ministers etc. from World Statesmen
Oslo I Accord of 1993, from MEM RI; Oslo II Accord of 1995, from America Israel Public Affairs Committee
Norwegian banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money and from Currency Museum
REFERENCE Article : Norway, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1990-1991 pp.949-961, 1991-1992 pp.949-962, 1992-1993 pp.1037-1049, 1993-1994 pp.1037-1049, 1994-1995 pp.1039-1048, 1995-1996 pp.1033-1041, 1996-1997 pp.987-996, 1997-1998 pp.994-1002, 1998-1999 pp.1071-1080, 2000 pp.1214-1224, 2001 pp.1185-1194, 2002 pp.1233-1242, 2003 pp.1233-1242, 2004 pp.1238-1248, 2005 pp.1247-1259, 2006 pp.1254-1266 [G]
Entry : Background Notes - Norway pp.269-273, Travel Warning - Norway, pp.563-565, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G]
Entry : Kingdom of Norway, Cabinet p.77, Background Notes : Norway, pp.991-994, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Entry : Norway, pp.788-793 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Article : Norway, in : Americana Annual 1992 p.400, 1993 pp.398-399, 1994 pp.397-398, 1998 pp.379-380, 2006 p.275 [G]
Article : Norway, in : Britannica Book Year 1991 pp.459-460, 674, 1992 pp.436-437, 674, 1993 pp.447-448, 686, 1994 pp.446-447, 685, 1995 pp.454, 684, 1996 pp.451-452, 684, 1997 pp.458-459, 682, 2002 pp.473-474, 695 [G]


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