vintagenorway: Notis in the newspaper about the proposal to distribute cognac to combat Spanish flu,
vintagenorway: Notis in the newspaper about the proposal to distribute cognac to combat Spanish flu, Norway, 1918Doctors where out of options and hoped liquor could have a killing effect on the virus. Therefore, they asked the authorities to supply liquor to all norwegian households.Minister for Social Affairs at the time was politician Lars Kristian Abrahamsen from the Liberal party, who helped introduce prohibition in Norway from 1916 to 1927. But Abrahamsen fell ill with the spanish flu before the case was ruled. That is why the Minister of Church and Education Jørgen Løvland had to make the decision. The decision was passed and cognac was handed out on a ration card at pharmacies around the country. -- source link
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