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1960 was the year television came to Norway. That same year, Enerhaugen was leveled, the Tromsø Bridge was opened, and it became possible to buy a car...

1961 was the year humanity conquered space with Yuri Gagarin’s orbit of the Earth. Freezers entered Norwegian homes, and female priests entered the Ch...

1962 was the year the Nordland Railway reached Bodø. The world stood on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and The Beatles had...

1963 was the year U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Jonny Nilsson crushed the confident Norwegians in the World Speed Skating Champions...

1964 was the year an American report concluded that smoking cigarettes was harmful, and The Beatles created hysteria during their world tour. We were...

1965 was the year the twenty-year Gerhardsen era came to an end. Einar Gerhardsen stepped down as prime minister, and Per Borten took over as the head...

1966 was the year Indira Gandhi was elected Prime Minister of India. Swedes made cross-border shopping trips to Norway because sugar and butter were c...

1967 was the year Jens Bjørneboe was convicted under the pornography law for his book Without a Stitch. Sweden switched to driving on the right side o...

1968 was the year Crown Prince Harald’s engagement to commoner Sonja Haraldsen turned Norway upside down. The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, and...

1969 was the year the Norwegian oil platform Ocean Viking discovered oil in the North Sea. Americans landed on the moon, and Mette Janson shocked TV v...