1.0Visit Northern Norwayhttps://nordnorge.com/enMats Hoelhttps://nordnorge.com/en/author/mats/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CMmgVJU6uE"><a href="https://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/how-northern-norway-became-norwegian/">How Northern Norway became Norwegian</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/how-northern-norway-became-norwegian/embed/#?secret=CMmgVJU6uE" width="600" height="338" title="“How Northern Norway became Norwegian” — Visit Northern Norway" data-secret="CMmgVJU6uE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://nordnorge.com/content/uploads/2019/11/000546_Terje-Rakke-Nordic-Life_www.nordnorge.com_.jpgWe Norwegians are used to thinking that Norway has been Norway ever since all the small kingdoms were unified under the rule of Harald Fairhair. Yes, even that our borders have been fixed ever since then, save perhaps for the eastern regions we lost to the Swedish in the mid-1600s. The fact is, however, that […]