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established an investigatory commission in the summer of 1963. The commission delivered its report, finding several deficiencies in the management of the mine. Among other things, it found culpability on the part of the minister of industry at the time,
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shift of power away from the legislative in favour of the executive branch in Norway. Having previously enjoyed the confidence of a Labour-dominated parliament since
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