Maps and Geographical Names as Tokens of National Interests
The treaty of 9 February 1920 granted Norway full sovereignty over the ‘Archipelago of Spitsbergen’, by which name this Arctic territory was known at the time. Assuming sovereignty five years later, Norway altered the official name to ‘Svalbard’. To what extent was the name-change a token of nationa...
Main Author: | Thor Bjørn Arlov |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2020-02-01
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Series: | Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/4994 |
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