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Norwegian Liberation Day Posted by on May 9, 2010

Frigjøringsdagen, as it is called på norsk, is a very important day in Norwegian history that does not receive proper attention because it is greatly overshadowed by syttende mai (May 17th, Norway’s Constitution Day).  Frigjøringsdagen is the day that Norway was officially liberated from Nazi forces.  65 years ago on May 8, 1945, Josef Terboven, Reichskommisar (Norwegian commissioner in…

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