Helge Ø. Pharo

Helge Ø. Pharo is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo and contributor to norgeshistorie.no.

Contributions to nordics.info

Picture of a globe with Norway highlighted and two arrows going east and west

06 February 2020 - Helge Ø. Pharo

The term ’bridge-building’ is often used to describe Norwegian foreign policy from the tail end of the Second World War until Norway's turn to the…

Map showing the Kerala state in South East India. The map is black and white.

06 January 2020 - Helge Ø. Pharo

The Foundation for Assistance for Underdeveloped Areas, or India Foundation as it was known, marked the beginning of Norwegian international…

Norwegian politician Einar Gerhardsen black and white portrait

22 November 2019 - Helge Ø. Pharo

Immediately before and after the Nordic Council was founded in 1952, there was much debate over what form cooperation should take amongst the…

Helge Ø. Pharo

Contributions to nordics.info

Norway, the West and the Soviet Union, 1944-48

The India Foundation: The beginning of Norwegian aid

Nordic Cooperation 1947 – 1960: a Norwegian perspective