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

06 February 2020 - The Quick Read

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…

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

06 January 2020 - Globalisation

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

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

22 November 2019 - Article

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

Norwegian politician Einar Gerhardsen black and white portrait

Revised 05.10.2021 -

Nicola Anne Witcombe

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