Byline: DOUG MELLGREN Associated Press
OSLO, Norway - A young Norwegian's T-shirt is adorned with six flags and the words "Find five mistakes."
One banner is Norwegian. The other five - the mistakes of his barb - are Sweden's national flag.
It has been a century since Norway split from Swedish rule, but both still fire lighthearted insults across their border.
"The touch of rivalry between the neighbors is as it should be in a close and good sibling relationship as exists between our two countries," Norway's largest newspaper, Verdens Gang, said in a recent editorial.
Norwegians had contentedly been in a union with Denmark for more …
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