| 1778 |
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Swede Linnaeus publishes treatise on biological labelling |
| 1814 |
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Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden |
| 1866 |
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Swede Alfred Nobel produces dynamite |
| 1905 |
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Norway separates from Sweden |
| 1906 |
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Death of Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian dramatist) |
| 1906 |
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Norwegian Roald Amundsen navigates North-West Passage |
| 1907 |
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Death of Edvard Grieg (Norwegian composer) |
| 1911 |
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Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes first to reach South Pole |
| 1922 |
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Dane Niels Bohr wins Nobel Prize for work on atomic theory |
| 1944 |
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Iceland declares independence from Denmark |
| 1957 |
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Death of Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) |
| 1973 |
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Carl XVI Gustaf becomes King of Sweden |
| 1983 |
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Norway's Gro Harlen Brundtland establishes WCED |
