# Norwegian Shipping in the 20th Century

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-shipping-in-the-20th-century/61341>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-shipping-in-the-20th-century/61341 "2021-11-11T20:27:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-shipping-in-the-20th-century/61341/1 "2021-11-11T20:27:33Z")

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A new book explaining how Norwegian shipping has managed to stay relevant and succeeded in the 20th Century:

> **[Norwegian Shipping in the 20th Century](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-95639-8?fbclid=IwAR1MbgDHqgSM17TJW01tbE5KN_m6076sWtJgT97PXncKz9pfN_3J1oipBG0)**
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> This open access book analyses the development of Norwegian shipping in the 20th century and discusses how Norway managed to remain competitive, with a particular emphasis on market developments, business strategies and political decisions, into the...

PS\> much of it is available in PDF accessible for free.

Contrary to popular belief Norway was not a dirt poor country relying solely on fish prior to oil being found and developed by foreign companies in the early 1970s:

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> Although the _per capita_ GDP is boosted by substantial revenues from petroleum exploration, the country was a high-income economy—with a standard of life that was above average in a European context—even before the discovery of oil. However, Norway had an economic structure that differed from practically all other “developed” economies.[2](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-95639-8_1#Fn2)

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-shipping-in-the-20th-century/61341/2 "2024-10-04T15:09:34Z")

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Old post that hasn’t attracted much interest, so nobody should mind it being revived with new input about Norwegian Maritime Industry:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/d/7d5881961c965f1b229119570c78a85edbf159fa.jpeg "Why Does Norway Have the Most Advanced Maritime Industry in the World ?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Q2nKsZTsM)