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Norwegian monarchy

How the statues around the Royal castle tell the complicated story of a nation finding it's new identity

How the statues around the Royal castle tell the complicated story of a nation finding it’s new identity

Statues and art work tell the story of how a nation that had spent four centuries as a Danish province ...
The royal palace with Carl Johan III in front. Public domain photo. Via snl.no.

Oslo’s Royal Palace and how it came to be

Built in the 1820s and 1840s, the Royal Palace in Oslo redirected the city’s growth and symbolised a new nation ...

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