Bret,
I think the most common reason was that little Norway would not have a say against the other big countries in EU. Comming from a farm and fishing comunity way up north in Norway (my parents have both a small farm and a fishing boat) I think most people in that area feelt joining EU would hurt the small farming and fishing comunities especially hard.
I think and have always thought the EU is a great idea, but back when Norway had the national vote was not the right time for Norway to join. I am sure Norway will join EU some time in the future. EU is still in it's todler stage.

Well just some random thoughts I have not lived in Norway in quite a long time and I do not keep up with exactly what is currently going on.

Einar

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>What were your own reasons for not wanting Norway to join? What were most Norwegian's reasons? I thought it was mainly because they wanted to protect their fishery and not let other EU nationals fish there.
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>I suppose that the more Norway's exports consist of oil, the less its economy would be affected by existing EU trade barriers.
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>According to the CIA World Factbook:
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>http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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>...oil and gas were a third of total exports. Now that oil is over $40/bbl, perhaps it's more than a third.