Norway–United States relations
Norway |
United States |
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Diplomatic mission | |
Norwegian Embassy, Washington, D.C. | United States Embassy, Oslo |
The
The
After the liberation from German occupation in 1945, Norway abandoned its history of neutrality and joined NATO, stressing its military alliance and economic cooperation with Britain and the United States. The Marshall Plan helped Norway to modernize its economy and integrate more into the world market. It avoided any provocation that might offend the Soviet Union, its northern neighbor. Since the 1960s, Norway has been drawn increasingly into European affairs while the importance of ties to Britain and the United States has declined. Norway refuses to join the European Union, and engages in a largely independent foreign policy. There is a lingering desire for nonalignment, strengthened by the discovery of vast amounts of oil, that built up a huge rainy day fund in the treasury.[1]
The friendly state of the bilateral relationship was reinforced when King
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 46% of Norwegians approve of U.S. leadership, with 21% disapproving and 33% uncertain.[2]
Embassies
The United States maintains an embassy in Oslo. The
Principal U.S. officials:
- Marc Nathanson
Norway maintains an
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The United States embassy in Oslo
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The Norwegian embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Norwegian Consulate General, Houston
Norwegian Americans
There are more than 4.5 million people of Norwegian ancestry in the United States today.[1] Of these, approximately three million claim "Norwegian" as their sole or primary ancestry.
- A little more than 2% of whites in the United States are of Norwegian descent. In the Upper Midwest, especially Minnesota, western Wisconsin, northern Iowa, and the Dakotas, more than 15% of whites are of Norwegian descent. Nearly one-third of all North Dakotans claim Norwegian as their ancestry.[3]
- 55% of Norwegian Americans live in the .
- Norwegian Americans actively celebrate and maintain their heritage in many ways. Much of it centers on the Syttende Mai, May 17) are popular. A number of towns in the United States, particularly in the Upper Midwest, display very strong Norwegian influences.
- Although the Norwegians were the most numerous of all the Scandinavian immigrant groups, other Scandinavians also emigrated to America during the same time period. Today, there are 11–12 million Americans of Scandinavian ancestry. Scandinavian descendants represent about 6% of the white population in the United States as a whole, and more than 25% of the white population of the Upper Midwest.
- Norwegian Americans tend to be Lutheran (Protestantdenominations.
- There are more people of Norwegian ancestry in America than in Norway. Historically high birth rates over the past hundred years among Norwegian Americans resulted in their roughly quadrupling in population over the original 850,000 immigrants.
Norwegian consulates in the United States
Houston
Minneapolis
In 1906 Norway opened a consulate in
The Minneapolis consulate served Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.[6] In 2007 there were 850,000 people of Norwegian descent in Minnesota.[5] In 2007 the consulate had four permanent employees and an intern.[7]
In 2007, former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale agreed to serve as Honorary Consul General.[8] He was succeeded by Gary Gandrud whose grandfather P.A. Gandrud had served in both the House of Representatives and Senate in the Minnesota legislature.[9] As of 2015[update] Eivind Heiberg, the CEO of Sons of Norway, is the honorary consul of Minneapolis.[10]
Miami
There was previously a Norwegian consulate in Miami that served Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the Caribbean. The consulate closed on April 1, 2003. After its closure its territory was divided between the consulates in Houston, New York, Caracas, and Mexico City.[6]
See also
- Foreign relations of Norway
- Foreign relations of the United States
- Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway
- Norwegian Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ Geir Lundestad, "The evolution of Norwegian security policy: Alliance with the West and reassurance in the East." Scandinavian Journal of History 17.2-3 (1992): 227-256.
- Gallup.
- ^ "Lincoln monument, Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway". www.digitalhorizonsonline.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Davey, Monica (2007-11-20). "For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Minneapolis Star-Tribune. October 10, 2007. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "Consulates." Norway in the USA (Norwegian Government). September 28, 2006. Retrieved on April 17, 2017.
- MPR News. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Walter Mondale to be Norway's Consul General in Minneapolis". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ "Gandrud, Peter Anners "P.A., Peder, Peter Andrew" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
Further reading
- Cole, Wayne S. (1989) Norway and the United States, 1905–1955: Two democracies in peace and war. Ames: Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0813803217.
- Danielsen, Helge. "Military Assistance, Foreign Policy, and National Security: The Objectives of US Military Assistance to Norway, 1950–1965." Scandinavian Journal of History 45.1 (2020): 71-94.
- Lundestad, Geir. "The United States and Norway, 1905–2006 Allies of a kind: so similar, so different." Journal of Transatlantic Studies 4.2 (2006): 187-209.
- Lundestad, Geir. "The evolution of Norwegian security policy: Alliance with the West and reassurance in the East." Scandinavian Journal of History 17.2-3 (1992): 227-256.
- Lundestad, Geir. America, Scandinavia and the Cold War, 1945-1949 (1980),
External links
- History of Norway - U.S. relations Website of the Office of the Historian
- U.S. Relations With Norway Website of the U.S. Department of State
- Policy & history Archived 2022-04-16 at the United States Embassy in Oslo
- Norway's relationship to the US Website of the Government of Norway
- Norway and the United States Website of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
- Trade in Goods with Norway Website of the United States Census Bureau
- Norway Creates Jobs in the United States Archived 2018-07-28 at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C., 2017.
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