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The first waves of Vietnamese immigrants to Norway came after the Fall of Saigon, in 1975.They escaped Vietnam by boat, and were also known as the boat people.Some were picked up by Norwegian cargo ships and came to Norway after spending time in refugee camps in East Asia and Southeast Asia and were processed through interviews by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Norway's food traditions show the influence of sea farming and farming the land, traditions with salmon, herring, trout, cod, and other sea food, balanced by cheese, dairy products and breads. Lefse is a common Norwegian wheat or potato flatbread, eaten around Christmas.
Norway was a founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Norway was twice invited to join the European Union, but ultimately declined after referendums that failed by narrow margins in 1972 and 1994. [78] Town Hall Square in Oslo filled with people with roses mourning the victims of the Utøya massacre of 22 July 2011.
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In Vietnam, the term Việt Kiều is used to describe Vietnamese people living abroad, though it is not commonly adopted as a term of self-identification. [83] Instead, many overseas Vietnamese also use the terms Người Việt hải ngoại ("Overseas Vietnamese"), a neutral designation, or Người Việt tự do ("Free Vietnamese"), which carries a political connotation.
They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. [21]
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A Short History of Norway (George Allen and Unwin, 1968) Eitrheim, Øyvind, Jan Tore Klovland, and Lars Fredrik Øksendal. A monetary history of Norway, 1816–2016 (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Evju, Håkon. Ancient constitutions and modern monarchy: historical writing and enlightened reform in Denmark-Norway 1730–1814 (Brill, 2019 ...