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{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Norway|native_name=Kongeriket Norge<br>Norgga gonagasriika|image_flag=Flag of Norway.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Norway.svg|capital=[[Oslo]]|largest_city=[[Oslo]]|image_map=Norway map.svg|map_width=320|official_languages=Norwegian, Sami|legislature=[[Storting]]|area_km2=385,207|population_estimate=5,425,270|population_estimate_year=2021|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|recognized_national_languages=Kven, Romani, Norwegian Sign Language|government_type=Unitary parliamentary [[constitutional monarchy]] under a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]]|leader_title1=Monarch|leader_name1=[[Harald V]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Jonas Gahr Støre]]}}
{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Norway|native_name=Kongeriket Norge<br>Norgga gonagasriika|image_flag=Flag of Norway.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Norway.svg|capital=[[Oslo]]|largest_city=[[Oslo]]|image_map=Norway map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Norwegian, Sami|area_km2=385,207|population_estimate=5,425,270|population_estimate_year=2021|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|recognized_national_languages=Kven, Romani, Norwegian Sign Language|government_type=Parliamentary constitutional monarchy}}


'''Norway''', officially the '''Kingdom of Norway''', is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] country located in [[Scandinavia]] in [[Northern Europe]]. A [[Nordic]] nation, it shares most of its border with [[Kingdom of Sweden|Sweden]] to the east, but also has small borders with [[Republic of Finland|Finland]] and [[Russian Federation|Russia]] in the north, as well as a long coastline to the west. Norway is an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] country and is a member of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], an imperialist military alliance.
'''Norway''', officially the '''Kingdom of Norway''', is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] country in [[Northern Europe]]. Of the five Nordic nations, Norway is the most aggressive imperialist power, engaging in both militaristic and economic imperialism throughout the [[Global North and South|global south]].


== History ==
== Imperialism ==
Contrary to it's image in the West as a thriving and good-natured nation, the Kingdom of Norway has long been a covert but prominent imperial power. Norwegian state and private companies operate throughout the global south and practice illegal and aggressive economic policies to extract resources from developing nations.


=== Kingdom of Norway ===
=== Statoil/Equinor ===
{{Main article|Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)}}
Statoil or Equinor is a state owned Norwegian petroleum and energy corporation that operates globally with the goal of extracting energy, mainly oil, for Norwegian capitalists. Since it's founding in 1972 Statoil has been found to have bribed politicians in the global south in order to illegally extract the oil from the respective underdeveloped nations. The most notable example being the Statoil-Iran corruption case from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Horton case settlement|date=2006-10-13|url=https://www.equinor.com/news/archive/2006/10/13/HortonCaseSettlement|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref>


=== Kalmar Union ===
In addition to open corruption and theft of natural resources, Statoil frequently pushes third world nations into dependence under the guise of developing said nation's oil industry. This has resulted in Norwegian capitalists dominating large sectors of the African oil industry, particularly in Nigeria and Tanzania.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Tanzania|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/tanzania|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Nigeria|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/nigeria|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref>
{{Main article|Kalmar Union (1397–1523)}}


=== Denmark-Norway ===
Among countless western energy corporations, Statoil also took part in the the looting of Libyan oil following the destruction of the country by the imperialist NATO coalition and their allies.  
{{Main article|Denmark-Norway (1524–1814)}}
 
=== United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway ===
{{Main article|United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814–1905)}}
 
=== Independence ===
In May 1905 the Storting attempted to establish a Norwegian consular service due to limited representation in the Swedish dominated union, only to be vetoed by King [[Oscar II]] like several previous attempts. [[Christian Michelsen]]’s coalition government resigned in response but as the King was unable to form a new government, the Storting unanimously dissolved the union on June 7. A August 1905 referendum confirmed the end of the union and the Treaty of Karlstad fully established the conditions for dissolution with the King relinquishing the Norwegian crown and after another referendum, a [[Kingdom of Denmark|Danish]] prince was elected Haakon VII on November 18, 1905. Following the completion of Norway's [[bourgeois revolution]], its independence was guaranteed by the great powers with the 1907 Christiana Convention.<ref>{{Citation|author=A. S. Kan|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Norway|chapter=Norway|section=Union with Sweden}}</ref>
 
== Imperialism ==
=== Corporations ===
Corporations such as state owned petroleum corporation [[Equinor]] operate globally to extract natural resources from the [[global south]] for Norwegian [[Bourgeoisie|capitalists]]. These companies are predatory and engage in [[corruption]] to force countries such as [[Federal Republic of Nigeria|Nigeria]], [[United Republic of Tanzania|Tanzania]] and other [[Africa|African]] countries into dependence under the pretence of helping these countries develop.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Horton case settlement|date=2006-10-13|url=https://www.equinor.com/news/archive/2006/10/13/HortonCaseSettlement|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Tanzania|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/tanzania|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Equinor|title=Our Activities in Nigeria|url=https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/nigeria|retrieved=2024-5-24}}</ref>


=== Military Interventions ===
=== Military Interventions ===
Norway dropped 588 bombs on [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] in 2011.<ref name=":02">{{News citation|newspaper=[[TeleSur]]|title=Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html|retrieved=2022-04-23}}</ref>
Norway dropped 588 bombs on [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] in 2011.<ref name=":02">{{News citation|newspaper=[[TeleSur]]|title=Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html|retrieved=2022-04-23}}</ref> It is also part of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] military alliance.


== Working conditions ==
== Working conditions ==
=== Child labor ===
=== Child labor ===
In 2008, Norwegian company [[Telenor]] was exposed as working with a [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi]] supplier that used [[child labor]] and had a worker die after falling into a pool of acid.<ref name=":02" />
In 2008, Norwegian company [[Telenor]] was exposed as working with a [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi]] supplier that used [[child labor]] and had a worker die after falling into a pool of acid.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=[[TeleSur]]|title=Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html|retrieved=2022-04-23}}</ref>


=== Minimum wage ===
=== Minimum wage ===
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Global north]]
[[Category:Imperialist countries]]
[[Category:European countries]]
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