Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  beta(Noun) The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet (u0392, u03B2), preceded by alpha (u0391, u03B1) and followed by gamma, (u0393, u03B3). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
Economic reforms spawned the growth of a middle class in Norway by the middle 1700's and a sense of Norwegian nationality arose even though they were a territory of Denmark. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (1814): Unfortunately, Denmark (and Norway) allied themselves to France during the Napoleonic Wars. After Napoleon's defeat in 1814, Denmark ceded their territory of Norway to Sweden, who was on the winning side of the conflict. When the Norwegians did not accept this union, Sweden launched a military campaign to force the issue.
The archipelago is the northernmost part of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bear Island and Hopen. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The Svalbard Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard and the 1925 Svalbard Act makes Svalbard a full part of the Norwegian Kingdom.valbard consists of a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean ranging from 76Â° to 81Â° North and 10Â° to 35Â° East, and forms the northern-most part of Norway and the northern-most lands of Europe.