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...that the Swedish-Norwegian Union Jack of 1844 (pictured) became so unpopular that it was contemptuously nicknamed the Sillesalaten, after a colorful dish of pickled herring, red beets and apples?
...that Ruth Maier, an Austrian Jew who found refuge in Norway until her deportation and death at Auschwitz in 1942, has been called "Norway's Anne Frank"?
...that the trophy awarded to the first winners of Norwegian film award Amanda, at a weight of 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs), was difficult for some recipients to lift?

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