Editing Telenor (section)

===Telegraph===
Telenor started off in 1855, as a state-operated [[monopoly]] provider of [[telegraph]] services named '''Telegrafverket'''. The first Norwegian planning  for a telegraph were launched within the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] in 1848, but by 1852, the plans were public and the [[Storting|Parliament of Norway]] decided on a plan for constructing a telegraph system throughout the country. Televerket began by connecting [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo) to [[Sweden]] (Norway was at that time in a [[Sweden-Norway|union with Sweden]]) as well as Christiania and [[Drammen]]. By 1857, the telegraph had reached [[Bergen]] on the west coast via [[Sørlandet]] on the south coast, and by 1871, it had reached [[Kirkenes]] on the far north coast. Cable connections were opened to [[Denmark]] in 1867 and to [[Great Britain]] in 1869. The telegraph was most important for the merchant marine who now could use the electric telegraph to instantly communicate between different locations, and get a whole new advantage from better [[logistics]].<ref>[[Tore Pryser|Pryser, Tore]] (1999) ''Norsk Historie 1814-1860'', volume four of ''[[Norsk historie (Samlaget)|Norsk historie]]''. Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo {{ISBN|82-521-5184-1}}</ref>