So, it's sort of like celebrating a divorce?!
Nice profile, sir; I am always in awe at the talent of other Free Republicans.
Well, if Norway separating from Sweden could be compared with a "divorce," I assume it must have been a case where Norway was in an abusive relationship, and finally got the sense to cut itself away.
You know, most Americans think of this large entity "Scandinavia," without examining its separate parts (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland), and tend to lump all of them together.
A bad mistake, as I have recently learned. There are considerable differences among them; the Swedes being war-like and domineering, the Norwegians being of a feisty, independent nature, the Danes being mellow and laid-back, and the Icelandics--well, no one knows much about the Icelandics, the Nebraska of the North Atlantic.