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Norway is a pavilion located within World Showcase in [[Epcot]]. It is located between the [[Mexico]] and [[China]] pavilions.
==Pavilion History==
The history of what would one day be known as the Norway pavilion, actually began its development in 1978 as the Denmark pavilion <ref name="Martin"/>. One of World Showcases' original concepts, the Denmark pavilion was originally going to be Scandinavia's representative in the park. Before [[EPCOT Center]] opened in 1982 however, plans for the pavilion were dropped, reinstated, and then moved around World Showcase Lagoon (at one point the pavilion was to be located where [[China]] sits today) <ref name= "Martin"/>. Eventually, Disney decided that the Denmark pavilion would be built at a later date, as part of EPCOT Center's Phase II. Although not present on the park's opening day, a shortage of restrooms in World Showcase led Disney to create Danish themed restrooms on the plot located for the pavilion, with the idea that the rest of the pavilion would eventually be built around these structures. One year later, in 1983, the Washington Post reported that Disney was still in discussions with LEGO about sponsoring the pavilion <ref> http://progresscityusa.com/2010/01/27/neverworlds-lost-lands-of-lego/ </ref>.
By late 1983, however, plans for an autonomous Denmark pavilion where shelved in favor of a new "Scandinavian Showcase". On October 3, 1983, Disney announced that it had reached an agreement with Scanshow A/S (a subsidiary of the Norwegian company Selmer-Sande and Kloster) to create the new pavilion <ref name="Korkis"> https://www.mouseplanet.com/11423/The_Story_of_the_Norway_Pavilion_Before_Frozen </ref>. Scandinavian Showcase, which would represent Norway, Sweden and Denmark, was to be built in between the [[France]] and [[United Kingdom]] pavilion and Imagineers Claude Coats and Tim Brunner were tasked with heading the project <ref name= "Lou"> http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/04/lou-mongellos-walt-disney-world-wayback-machine-the-epcot-that-never-was/ </ref>. By 1984, plans for the pavilion were were nearing completion, with a planned opening date of 1987 <ref name= Lou/>.
