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Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

Countries: Norway

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See Norwegian Government-in-exile.

This gratitude is made manifest each Christmas, since 1947, in the arrival of the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, a gift from Norway.

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Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

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Norwegian WW2 gratitude

A large piece of pre-Cambrian granite mounted on three smaller stones, which ...

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King Olaf II of Norway

King Olaf II of Norway

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Ambassador Bjarne Lindstrøm

Ambassador Bjarne Lindstrøm

Appointed as Norwegian Ambassador to the Court of St James's (i.e. the UK) in July 2005

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1 memorial
Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg

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Evacuation of Namsos

Evacuation of Namsos

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1 memorial
Sir Edward Frankland

Sir Edward Frankland

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1 memorial