Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. THE PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE -- 2. THE LIBERATION OF NORWEGIAN -- 3. PLANNING FOR UNITY 1907-1919 -- 4. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS 1920-1945 -- 5. RECONSTRUCTION AND REGULATION: THE LANGUAGE COMMISSION 1946-1951 -- 6. DECADE OF DISCUSSION: THE TEXTBOOK NORM 1952-1962 -- 7. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX 1. STATISTICS ON LANGUAGE USE AND PREFERENCE -- APPENDIX 2. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORTHOGRAPHIC CHANGES BETWEEN 1900 AND 1962 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- INDEX