Course description for 2020/21
Modern Norwegian History after 1814
HI118NS
Course description for 2020/21
Modern Norwegian History after 1814
HI118NS
- Norway in 1814
- The demographic transition - population growth in the 19th century
- The industrial breakthrough after ca. 1840 - "hamskiftet", the agricultural upheaval
- The "civil servant's state" 1814-84, the parliamentary system and the party-political breakthrough
- The union with Sweden 1814-1905
- Economic, social and political polarising in the inter-war period
- Norwegian foreign policy 1905-2000
- The ascendancy of the Labour Party - the post-war Welfare State
- Neo-liberalism after ca. 1980
General study competence or practical competence according to current regulations.
Knowledge
- The student should acquire a basic knowledge of central events and development processes regarding the economic, social and political history of Norway from 1814 until ca.2000. This will include knowledge of major social and cultural institutions and the relationships between these, throughout the period.
Abilities
- Students should be able to discuss historical problems and reach their own conclusions.
General competence
- Students should be able to access a comprehensive scientific literature, to review relevant knowledge from the literature and to argue for their own conclusions in written work.
None other than semester fee and syllabus literature.
Compulsory
Essays, comments on other students work.
The programme of study and relevant courses are evaluated by students twice every year as part of the university's quality control system.
Students should be prepared to read some of the required literature in English.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HI118S - Modern Norwegian History after 1815 - 10 credits
HI118LS - Modern Norwegian History after 1814 - 10 credits
HIS1000 - History of the North - 10 credits