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B. The Black Death in 1349 and later plagues cut the country’s population by half by 1400. It also left Norway very poor and much weakened.
A. Denmark is on the Jutland Peninsula south across the Skagerrak strait from Norway. From 1388 to 1815 a single monarch ruled both countries. From 1815 until 1905, Norway was ruled by the king of Sweden, its eastern neighbor. The nations that were the homes of the Vikings are now separate constitutional monarchies with similar, mutually understandable languages.
C. Once among the poorest European nations, Norway saved much of the money it has made from its production of oil and natural gas and has amassed a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund - the largest in the world. It uses earnings from the fund’s investments to help provide its people with generous pensions, health care and free life-long education.
B. The Nordic nations - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – always rank near the top in the annual World Happiness Reports by the UN. The last two years, Finland has topped the index that measures physical well-being and how satisfied people are with their lives. This year Denmark was second and Norway was third.