Norway, The World’s Best Histories

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Author

Sörensen, Sigvart, 1849-

Title

Norway

Credits

Produced by D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. Thanks to the Natrona County Library System, Casper, Wyoming, USA, for donating the source book.

Language

English

LoC Class

DL: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Northern Europe, Scandinavia

Subject

Norway -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59531

Release Date

May 18, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NORWAY
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CHAPTER I The Northmen
7. 7.CHAPTER II The Religion of the Northmen
8. 8.CHAPTER III The Viking Age
9. 9.CHAPTER IV The Yngling Family—Halfdan the Swarthy
10. 10.CHAPTER V Harald the Fairhaired (860-930)—Norway United
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Birth of Haakon the Good—Erik Blood-Axe (930-935)
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Haakon the Good (935-961)
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Harald Grayfell and his Brothers (961-970)
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Earl Haakon (970-995)
15. 15.CHAPTER X The Youth of Olaf Trygvason
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Olaf Trygvason (995-1000)
17. 17.CHAPTER XII The Discovery of America
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII The Earls Erik and Svein, Sons of Haakon (1000-1015)
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV The Youth of Olaf Haraldson
20. 20.CHAPTER XV Olaf the Saint (1015-1028)
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI The Battle of Stiklestad (1030)
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII King Svein Alfifuson (1030-1035)
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII Magnus the Good (1035-1047)
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX Harald Haardraade (1047-1066)
25. 25.CHAPTER XX Olaf Kyrre, the Quiet (1066-1093)
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI Magnus Barefoot (1093-1103)
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII Sigurd the Crusader (1103-1130), and his Brothers, Eystein and Olaf
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII Magnus the Blind and Harald Gille (1130-1136)
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV Sigurd Mund, Eystein, and Inge Krokryg, the Sons of Harald Gille (1136-1161)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV The Church
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI Haakon Herdebred (1161-1162)—Erling Skakke
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII Magnus Erlingson (1162-1184)—The Birchlegs
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII Sverre Sigurdson (1184-1202)
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX Haakon Sverreson (1202-1204), Guthorm Sigurdson (1204), and Inge Baardson (1204-1217)
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX Haakon Haakonson the Old (1217-1263)
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI Snorre Sturlason
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII Magnus Law-Mender (1263-1280)
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII Erik Priest-Hater (1280-1299)
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV Haakon V. Magnusson (1299-1319)
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV Magnus Erikson “Smek” (1319-1374)—Haakon VI. Magnusson (1355-1380)
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI Olaf Haakonson the Young (1381-1387)
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII Margaret (1387-1389)—Erik of Pomerania (1389-1442)—The Kalmar Union (1397)
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII Christopher of Bavaria (1442-1448)
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX The Union with Denmark—Christian I. (1450-1481)
45. 45.CHAPTER XL Hans (1483-1513)
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI Christian II. (1513-1523)
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII Frederick I. (1524-1533)
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII Interregnum (1533-1537)
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV Christian III. (1537-1559)—The Reformation Introduced
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV Frederick II. (1559-1588)
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI Christian IV. (1588-1648)
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII Frederick III. (1648-1670)—Absolutism Introduced (1660)
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVIII Christian V. (1670-1699)
54. 54.CHAPTER XLIX Frederick IV. (1699-1730)
55. 55.CHAPTER L Christian VI. (1730-1746)
56. 56.CHAPTER LI Frederick V. (1746-1766)
57. 57.CHAPTER LII Christian VII. (1766-1808)
58. 58.CHAPTER LIII Frederick VI. (1808-1814)
59. 59.CHAPTER LIV Marshal Bernadotte
60. 60.CHAPTER LV Norway Declares Her Independence
61. 61.CHAPTER LVI War With Sweden—Union of November 4, 1814
62. 62.CHAPTER LVII The Union With Sweden
63. 63.CHAPTER LVIII Norwegian Literature
64. 64.CHAPTER LIX The Constitution of Norway
65. 65.Untitled

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