Post Brundtland: Norway. (Gro Harlem Brundtland has resigned as prime minister of norway and it is rumored she is seeking to become the next United Nations' secretary general)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: October 26, 1996 | Copyright information

FOR a small country on the periphery of Europe, whose 4.3m people are often more inward-looking than they like to think, Norway makes a surprising impact abroad. Gro Harlem Brundtland is one reason why. With her departure from the prime ministership this week, Norway's government is losing its best known face. That does not necessarily mean, however, that she will disappear into the shadows.

Many will suspect, indeed, that Norway has become too small for her, and that she has resigned in a bid to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations. If so, it is a long, albeit ...

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