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What is Poland's politics towards Norway? [56]
I was born in Norway yes, got 1 Norwegian mother and a Polish dad.
To say it so got insight in both Polish and Norwegian culture.
Norway has it name from foreigners visiting it while trading or traveling (derives from "Northern Way") although as the population started to grow in Norway people had to resettle or gain riches from pillaging or trade hence why Wiking raids started in Europe. There were 3 stages: 1. Raiding and pillaging in small groups to random places 2. Settling nd creating new Kingdoms (in Ireland or Iceland for instance) 3. Assembling huge groups of men into an naval army and invading foreign kingdoms
Later on Norway was a "super" power on the sea until the black plague hit europe where of ALOT of the Norwegian population died (also the king). The Danes overtook the rule, since they had huge influence allready in the eastern-south parts of Norway. Until 17th of May 1814 Norway had been under the influence of Denmark (where of the Norwegian writing first was Norrøn which the Wikings used, but because of the huge Danish influence all writing was done in Danish). When the Sweeds took Norway as theirs in the deal with the winners side after the Napoleons wars, Norwegians still had something to say.
The Norwegian people chose a Danish prince as their king and declared independence while making their constitution (Grunnlov). Ofcourse the Swedish King wouldn't allow it so he sent forces into Norway to take it over by force, it didn't suceed as the Norwegians still fought back. After some time the Swedish king understood that if Norway wasn't to be Swedish soon Norway would gain sympathy from other super powers. In that way he arranged a meeting where he accepted the Norwegian constitution with only a little tiny writing: King of Norway is the Swedish king (I don't can't remember exactly how it was but it was something near that line).
Until 1905 where of Norway got her FULL independence Sweden controlled the foreign politics while the Norwegian government could deal with problems inside Norway on her own. Having it's own Military and everything. (Ironically the nowadays Norwegian flag resembles the Norwegian Navy flag under the Swedish union)
Although thanks to the Swedish rule the Norwegian language wasn't fully Danished, most Norwegians have a more negative feeling towards Sweeds when it comes to an international level. Although it's not that bitter or hatred like the Polish-Russian/German-Polish/Irish-English conflicts. It's more of a friendly dislike, the Sweeds had an ideology in the 18th hundreds that all Scandinavians should be under Swedish rule since the Swedes were THE Scandinavians. With the event of 1905 it were gone for ever
After 1905 the language conflict in Norway started, there was one guy who traveled half of Norway to make a "Norwegian" language mixing several Norwegian dialects together (only some! He didn't go to the most Northern parts nor did he go into Cities since he felt they were to Danish) it was then later on he made: Landsmaal (Nynorsk)
While the form using in paper work and in Cities, kind a like formal form was called Riksmaal (Bokmål)
Until world war II Landsmaal (Nynorsk) was very popular among most Norwegians, but it changed after some popular "dikt" were written by Inger Hagerup
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inger_Hagerup
She was writing it in Riksmaal (Bokmål), after that and until nowadays Bokmål is mostly used everywhere in Norway except for some Fylker (Norway got 19 Fylker)
I can tell you a bit mor eif you want but now im busy and gtg
Bye
Couldn't fit it in a PM so ill post it here
