Immigrants economic value for Norway

I did'nt know that we can thank Farouk al-Kasim, a young Iraqi geologist in may 1968 for the oil exploration in Norway.

But al-Kasim’s most immediate problem on arriving in Oslo that morning was how to fill the day: his train to Solfrid’s home town did not depart until 6.30pm. “I thought what I am going to do in these hours?” he says. “So I decided to go to the Ministry of Industry and ask them if they knew of any oil companies coming to Norway.

“Farouk is perhaps the greatest value creator Norway has had,” says Olsen.

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