Norwegianization (Norwegian: fornorsking) was an official policy carried out by the Norwegian government directed at the Sámi people, the Kven people and the Forest Finns, in which the goal was to assimilate non-Norwegian-speaking native populations into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population. The assimilation process began in the 1700s, and was at that point motivated by a clear religious agenda.
Norwegianization (Norwegian: fornorsking) was an official policy carried out by the Norwegian government directed at the Sámi people, the Kven people and the Forest Finns, in which the goal was to assimilate non-Norwegian-speaking native populations into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population. The assimilation process began in the 1700s, and was at that point motivated by a clear religious agenda.
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