Word: svalbard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...name of His Majesty Haakon VII, King of Norway, Paal O. Berg, Norwegian Minister of Justice, last week formally annexed the archipelago of Spitsbergen (Svalbard to the Norwegians, meaning "cool coast...
...Oslo (formerly Christiania), Norwegian capital, Premier Johan Ludwig Mowinckel declared, during a day of national rejoicing, that "the incorporation of Svalbard makes Aug. 14 a red-letter day in our history. What happens today is an extension of Norwegian territory, and all Norwegians must rejoice that such an important territory in the Arctic Ocean becomes a part of Norway...