Norge var derfor ikke direkte med i første verdenskrig fra 1914 til 1918. Norge var nøytralt hele perioden. Men Norge ble likevel indirekte trukket inn i krigen. Storbritannia var den viktigste handelspartneren til Norge. Norge fortsatte å drive handel med Storbritannia, men mange norske båter ble senket av tyske ubåter. Dette gjorde at mange i Norge støttet Storbritannia framfor Tyskland i første verdenskrig. Men det var ikke veldig viktig for Norge hvem som vant første verdenskrig. Likevel ble Norge kalt for “den allierte nøytrale” siden Norge handlet så mye med Storbritannia. Dette gjorde at Norge fikk Svalbard i Svalbardtraktaten etter første verdenskrig.
Norway was therefore not directly involved in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. Norway remained neutral throughout the period. However, Norway was nevertheless indirectly involved in the war. Great Britain was Norway’s most important trading partner. Norway continued to trade with the UK, but many Norwegian ships were sunk by German submarines. This meant that many people in Norway supported Britain rather than Germany in the First World War. But it was not very important to Norway who won the First World War. Nevertheless, Norway was called “the Allied neutral” because Norway traded so much with Great Britain. This meant that Norway was given Svalbard in the Svalbard Treaty after the First World War.
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