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The biggest maritime accident ever to hit the city of Tromsø
The same headline could be read in the newspaper Ukens nytt from Aftenposten on October 12, 1907. In an attempt to save the sister ship, the...
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Four aspects showing AI marks a turning point in genealogy – and one that remains static
From manual searches in church records to advanced searches in vast amounts of data: Artificial intelligence marks a clear break from how genealogy has been performed previously...
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Tuberculosis in Norway
We all have an uncle in America, as the saying goes. We probably also all have a relative who contracted tuberculosis or consumption, which...
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The grasshopper disaster in 1874
Swarms of locusts the size of France, taking 5 days to pass your farm. Does that sound like fantasy? In the 1870s, this was the reality...
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Jafet Lindeberg – founder of Nome, Alaska
In Nome Bay stands a statue of Norwegian Jafet Lindeberg and Swedes Jon Brynteson and Eric Lindblom. They were called "The Three Lucky Swedes".
