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| Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Norge Norgga gonagasriika | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Capital and largest city | Oslo |
| Official languages | Norwegian, Sami |
| Recognized national languages | Kven, Romani, Norwegian Sign Language |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Area | |
• Total | 385,207 km² |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 5,425,270 |
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a 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 south.
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.
Statoil/Equinor
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.
Military Interventions
Norway dropped 588 bombs on Libya in 2011.[4] It is also part of NATO, an imperialist military alliance.
Working conditions
Child labor
In 2008, Norwegian company Telenor was exposed as working with a Bangladeshi supplier that used child labor and had a worker die after falling into a pool of acid.[5]
Minimum wage
Norway has no national minimum wage, although there are minimum wages for some specific industries.[6]
References
- ↑ "Horton case settlement" (2006-10-13). Equinor. Retrieved 2024-5-24.
- ↑ "Our Activities in Tanzania". Equinor. Retrieved 2024-5-24.
- ↑ "Our Activities in Nigeria". Equinor. Retrieved 2024-5-24.
- ↑ "Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism" (2017-03-20). TeleSur. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ↑ "Scandinavia’s Covert Role in Western Imperialism" (2017-03-20). TeleSur. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ↑ David Nikel (2018-01-07). "Minimum Wage in Norway" Life in Norway. Retrieved 2022-04-24.