1969 Discovery

Discovery of Ekofisk

Name: Discovery of Ekofisk
Start: 1969

North Sea oil transforms the economy and founds the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1969 — the context national timelines leave out.

1 year earlier Prague Spring Czechia
5 years later Division of the island Cyprus
5 years later Carnation Revolution Portugal
7 years earlier Second Vatican Council Vatican City
9 years later Democratic constitution of Spain Spain
11 years later Solidarity Poland
12 years earlier Treaties of Rome
13 years earlier Budapest uprising Hungary

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.
Cold War 1947 – 1991 A continent cut in two, from Yalta to 1991.

Countries involved

Norway

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What was written of it

Before 1914, the earth belonged to all. Everyone went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits and no authorisations.

Stefan Zweig 1942

The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

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