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Like us, Norway hit the North Sea oil and gas jackpot in the 1970s... but their politicians created the world's biggest wealth fund - while ours frittered the money away: ROBERT HARDMAN

Norway consistently ranks at the top of the UN Human Development Index. It can do so because, in the 1970s, it hit the same oil jackpot as Britain - but it went in a very different direction.

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  • Primary source: Daily Mail
  • Published: Aug 1, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC
  • Coverage area: Politics
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