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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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