Agenda: Moving Heaven and Earth with National Pride at Stake ; Britain Can Expect a Surge in National Pride When It Hosts the 2012 Olympics and Even More so If It Repeats Its Beijing Successes. And As Midland Resident Torre Fauske Recalls, One Win Can Make All the Difference - Even If It's Not Always That Easy to Follow the Contest

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The first winter Olympics after the war took place in Davos, Switzerland, in 1948.

Norway had always been strong in the winter Games and in particular speed skating, but five years of occupation had concentrated the attention on other things than sport.

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Agenda: Moving Heaven and Earth with National Pride at Stake ; Britain Can Expect a Surge in National Pride When It Hosts the 2012 Olympics and Even More so If It Repeats Its Beijing Successes. And As Midland Resident Torre Fauske Recalls, One Win Can Make All the Difference - Even If It's Not Always That Easy to Follow the Contest

However, Sweden, our neighbour and therefore our biggest and most feared competitor, had escaped the war and had carried on as usual, winning virtually every sporting event between the two countries since 1945.

But Davos gave us a chan...

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