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Various. Norwegian Life
Norwegian Life
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PREFACE
J.M. HALL. CHAPTER I PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HISTORIC TIMES. CHAPTER II NORWAY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER III SWEDEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER IV THE RELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN. CHAPTER V THE LITERATURE OF NORWAY. CHAPTER VI THE LITERATURE OF SWEDEN. CHAPTER VII GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN. CHAPTER VIII THE ARMY AND NAVY. CHAPTER IX PUBLIC EDUCATION. CHAPTER X HAAKON VII, NEW KING OF NORWAY. CHAPTER XI THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SWEDEN. CHAPTER XII CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. CHAPTER XIII MATERIAL CONDITIONS. CHAPTER XIV HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, AND WATERWAYS. CHAPTER XV THE PEOPLE: THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. CHAPTER XVI HEALTH, EXERCISE, AND AMUSEMENTS. CHAPTER XVII THE NEWSPAPERS OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN. CHAPTER XVIII NORWEGIAN FOLK SONGS. CHAPTER XIX WOMEN OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN. NORWEGIAN LIFE
CHAPTER I
PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HISTORIC TIMES
CHAPTER II
NORWAY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER III
SWEDEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER IV
THE RELIGION OF THE NORTHMEN
CHAPTER V
NORWEGIAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER VI
THE LITERATURE OF SWEDEN
CHAPTER VII
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN
CHAPTER VIII
THE ARMY AND NAVY
CHAPTER IX
PUBLIC EDUCATION
CHAPTER X
HAAKON VII, THE NEW KING OF NORWAY
CHAPTER XI
THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SWEDEN
CHAPTER XII
CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XIII
MATERIAL CONDITIONS
CHAPTER XIV
HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, AND WATERWAYS
CHAPTER XV
THE PEOPLE: THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
CHAPTER XVI
HEALTH, EXERCISE, AND AMUSEMENTS
CHAPTER XVII
THE NEWSPAPERS OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN
CHAPTER XVIII
NORWEGIAN FOLK SONGS
CHAPTER XIX
THE WOMEN OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN
AUTHORSHIP OF CHAPTERS
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An Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress in Norway and Sweden
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King Magnus was, at his zenith of power, one of the mightiest monarchs in Europe, having under his rule the entire Scandinavian peninsula and Finland, a realm stretching from the sound at Elsinore to the Polar Sea, from the river Neva to Iceland and Greenland. In 1335, King Magnus decreed that no Christian within his realm should remain a thrall, thus practically abolishing the remnants of slavery.
But financial difficulties arose, an unsuccessful crusade was attempted, the "Black Death" came from England to Norway in 1350 and spread with great rapidity, and several other things convened to fill the people with discontent, so that the union with Norway did not prove a happy one. A separation was brought about in 1844, when Haakon, the younger son of Magnus, was made king of Norway, Magnus remaining in power until Haakon came of age, and his older son, Eric, was chosen king or heir-apparent of Sweden. It seems that this division had been preconceived by King Magnus when he gave this older son the Swedish name of Eric and to the younger the Norwegian name of Haakon, both equally characteristic of the royal lines of the respective countries.
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