Czechoslovakia–Norway relations

Czechoslovakian-Norwegian relations

Czechoslovakia	Norway

Czechoslovakia–Norway relations refers to the foreign relations between Norway and the now-defunct state Czechoslovakia.

Norway was an independent country since 1905, at the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Czechoslovakia became independent from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.

The Norwegian poet, playwright and political agitator Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was a vocal defender of Slovak rights in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in his later life, in 1907 and 1908. He died in 1910. The engagement was sparked by the Černová tragedy. Streets by the name Björnsonova have been named after Bjørnson in Bratislava, Prešov and Nové Zámky.

Both countries were founding members of the League of Nations.

On 11 March 1937 in Oslo, Czechoslovakia and Norway signed a cultural cooperation treaty. The people who closed the agreement include Emil Franke, Halvdan Koht and Nils Hjelmtveit. According to Hjelmtveit, it was the first treaty of its kind signed by Norway. Olav Rytter was the main translator at the negotiations and signing. The first large result of the treaty was an exhibition of Czech and Slovak books at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in April 1938. A planned Norwegian exhibition in Prague in the autumn of 1938 was not held because of the events surrounding the Munich Agreement.

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