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Anne: Visste du at Norge ble regnet som et relativt homogent samfunn frem til 1970-tallet?

Martin: Nei, det visste jeg ikke. Det er vanskelig å forestille seg.

Anne: Ja, men selv om innvandringen tok av på 70-tallet, så var det likevel vanlig å rekruttere fagfolk fra utlandet helt tilbake til middelalderen.

Martin: Hva med arbeidsinnvandringen?

Anne: Jo, vi deler innvandring inn i tre kategorier; rekruttering av fagfolk, arbeidsinnvandring og flyktninger.

Martin: Så ettersom vi rekrutterte fagfolk fra middelalderen av, når startet arbeidsinnvandringen?

Anne: Den startet på 1800-tallet og varte helt til 70-tallet.

Martin: Åja, som pappen min altså. Han kom jo til Norge på 60-tallet for å jobbe.

Anne: Virkelig? Da har han vært her noen tiår, ikkesant?

Martin: Ja. Hvordan kan du alt dette forresten?

Anne: Jeg leser rundt på nettet så klart.

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Anne: Did you know that Norway was considered as a relatively homogeneous society until the 1970s?

Martin: No, I didn't know. It's hard to imagine.

Anne: Yes, but even though immigration took off in the 70's, it was still common to recruit professionals from abroad all the way back to the Middle Ages.

Martin: What about the labor migration?

Anne: Yes, we divide immigration into three categories: recruitment of professionals, labor immigration, and refugees.

Martin: So, since we recruited professionals from the Middle Ages onward, when did the labor migration start?

Anne: It started in the 1800s and lasted until the 70s.

Martin: Oh, like my dad then. He came to Norway in the 60s to work.

Anne: Really? Then he has been here a couple of decades, right?

Martin: Yes. How do you know all this by the way?

Anne: I read it around on the Internet of course.

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