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HFEL0010

Introduction to Norwegian History

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Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course is an introduction to Norwegian history 1000-2000. The course focuses on the political, social and economic development of Norway from year 1000 to year 2000, from the Viking age to the present day. The main emphasis is on the time period after 1814. How did the Norwegian democracy and the post-war social democracy develop? We will look at the changing relationship between the state, the civil society and the markets. Why and how did Norway become a rich country?

Learning outcome

A candidate who passes this course is expected to have the following learning outcome according to the course curriculum, and should gain a basic understanding of the roots of and most important political, economical and social changing processes of modern Norwegian society defined as knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The candidate

  • should gain a basic knowledge of Norwegian history from the 9th century to the present
  • should gain a solid insight of Norwegian political, economical and social history ca. 1800 to the present

Skills

Students should be able to:

  • identify and analytically discuss key junctures and developments in Norwegian history
  • critically reflect on Norwegian history and contextualise contemporary and past development in a broader historical context

Learning methods and activities

Lectures.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Required reading will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
HFEL0007 7.5 sp Autumn 2009
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • History

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Historical and Classical Studies