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The blanket that won an award from Queen Victoria and ended up on the Paris catwalk

Berger wool factory made fairly ordinary blankets, until two bold moves changed everything.

The famous playwright Henrik Ibsen stole this sofa

He did not pay his bills, despite having a high salary.

Norwegian emigrants built on stolen land. Kevin's family stood on both sides of the conflict

Kevin Jensvold's mother's family was exiled from Minnesota. His father's family moved in.

Immigrants shaped Norway's porcelain industry

An old photo resurfaced at the Porcelain Museum.

This table is the cradle of Norwegian democracy

This table played a crucial role during a tumultuous year when Norway faced war, two unions, and three different kings.

Norwegian Musketeers had to learn 43 moves to fire one shot

Young boys with imprecise weapons received training based on science and a French manual.

Three women became Norwegian queens in this robe. Maud was the last one

Right after the coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud, the Norwegian Parliament decided to stop the practice of coronations. Maud’s coronation robe is now displayed in Queen Sonja’s Art Stable.

Curtains made of nettles was so exclusive it was forbidden for ordinary people

Nettle curtains, also known as Nordic silk, was so expensive and exclusive that it was forbidden by law for ordinary people in 1720.

The Nordland boat is the legacy of the Viking ships: "We were probably close to death many, many times"

The Nordland boat was built using the same clinker method as the Vikings. It wasn't necessarily very safe.

This cotton spool changed Norway

Hundreds of young women have the same goal at 6 o’clock one early morning in 1846.

Cross stitch against German occupation: Is this Norway's first guerilla embroidery?

Caroline Moe embroidered. Astrid Løken spied. Women participated in resistance work during the Second World War, but are not mentioned in the history books.

Prisoner of war Roar Antonsen smuggled letters and shoes out of Grini prison camp during World War II

Two pairs of children's shoes tell the incredible story of one man's dream of living in freedom, with his wife and the twins he has never met, and about resistance work at Grini, Norway's largest prison camp during World War II.

This hat marked the beginning of Norwegian national costumes - the bunads

Dark skirts and waists made of wool, with embroidered local patterns. This was how the traditional folk costumes were supposed to be, according to Hulda Garborg - who designed the first bunad.

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Roald Amundsen’s final journal entries were about his lover and money

The polar explorer was waiting for his lover. He was just going to write a little more polar history by saving crashed Italian polar explorers first.

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