Even Lange is a professor emeritus at the Insitute for Archeaology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo, and a contributor to norgehistorien.no. For more information about Even, click here.
2020.09.07 | Article, Even Lange, Nation building
The Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) was in power when the country was transformed into a wealthy society with modern welfare in the decade following the Second World War. However, the other parties supported major parts of the social democratic project as well. Reform-driven policy, planned modernisation and rapid economic growth were key…
2020.08.19 | Article, Even Lange, Nation building
The vision of a welfare community that provided the people with social security from ‘cradle to grave’ was largely realised in the period between 1945 and 1970. The development of a Norwegian welfare state was part of broader international commitments to meet the need for social security in a modern society – with roots dating back to the late…