▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁information ▁technology ▁industry ▁into ▁three ▁companies : ▁T and berg , ▁Ele ktr isk ▁Bureau ▁and ▁Kong s berg , ▁which ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁" cor ner stone ▁companies ". ▁The ▁plan ▁was ▁launched ▁by ▁H au ge , ▁who ▁started ▁negoti ations ▁of ▁purch asing ▁Mik k elsen ' s ▁shares ▁in ▁both ▁Nor control ▁and ▁Nor sk ▁Data . ▁He ▁chose ▁to ▁sell ▁Nor control ▁to ▁Kong s berg , ▁but ▁would ▁not ▁sell ▁Nor sk ▁Data . ▁The ▁government ▁continued ▁to ▁press ▁the ▁issue ▁and ▁promised ▁a ▁large ▁grant ▁to ▁the ▁industry ▁if ▁it ▁merged , ▁but ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁stood ▁on ▁its ▁re jection . ▁ ▁By ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁corner st ones , ▁T and berg , ▁file d ▁for ▁bank rupt cy . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁split ▁up ▁and ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁share hold ers , ▁although ▁the ▁computer ▁division , ▁T and berg ▁Data , ▁was ▁sp un ▁off . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁agreed ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁T and berg ' s ▁training ▁materials ' ▁division ▁and ▁its ▁facilities ▁at ▁Sk ull er ud ▁in ▁Os lo , ▁which ▁would ▁give ▁am ple ▁space ▁for ▁expansion . ▁However , ▁Parliament ▁decided ▁in ▁May ▁that ▁they ▁wanted ▁T and berg ▁to ▁continue ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁scale , ▁and ▁offered ▁a ▁N OK   1 0 5 - mill ion ▁subs id y