Portal:Norway/Selected anniversaries/June

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• The Union Dissolution Day, observed in Norway on June 7 (though not a public holiday), is marked in remembrance of the Norwegian parliament's 1905 declaration of dissolution (pictured) of the union with Sweden, a personal union which had existed since 1814.
• Oscar Fredrik Torp (June 8, 1893 – May 1, 1958) was Prime Minister of Norway 1951 to 1955, and chairman of the Labour party (Det Norske Arbeiderparti) from 1923-1945.