2.  Norwegian people had a distant relationship to
Eastern Europe, it has been difficult to get personal
information about the autumn of nations
 Nevertheless some crucial events are well known
through media, e.g.:
 Happy people celebrating the fall of the Berlin wall
the 9th of November 1989
 The reunification of Germany the 3rd of October
1990
 The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
 The dissolution of other former communist nations into
new nations, like the Czech Republic and Slovakia
and the former Yugoslavian republics
 The wars on Balkan

3.  Before 1989:
 People queing to get food and other
necessities
 Closed borders for travellers and endless
controls
 Very little goods to buy
 Interdiction against exporting local
currency

4.  After 1989:
 Easier to travel
 Less control
 Gradually more goods to buy and cities
resembling more and more Western
European cities
 Eastern capitals and other major cities
becoming very important tourist
destinations
 Increase in unimployment and some
people long for the old system

5.  The fear of the Russians and the tension
in Northern Norway disappears
 Military forces in the north decrease
 Several cases of ”avlytting” are revealed

6.  The fear of the Russians and the tension
in Northern Norway disappears
 Military forces in the north decrease
 Several cases of ”avlytting” are revealed