History of the Norwegian People, Volume 2

by Knut Gjerset

69 chapters22h 14mEnglish1915

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A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. This second volume deals with Norwegian History from the 14th century to beyond Norwegian independence from Sweden in 1905, and covers topics such as: The Kalmar Union, early Democratic reforms, The Reformation in Norway, Norwegian Emigration, Separation of Norway and Denmark, war of 1814, Norway and the Union with Sweden, as well as Norwegians in the United States (Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson)

Chapters (69)

1Political Union an Era of Transition

433

2King Magnus Smek. The Union of Norway and Sweden

1023

3Other Causes Contributing to the Intellectual and National Decadence

548

4The Reign of Haakon Magnusson the Younger

593

5The Hanseatic League Gains Ascendancy in the North

1018

6Other Features of Haakon Magnusson's Reign

339

7The Union of Norway and Denmark. Queen Margaret

832

8The Kalmar Union

882

9King Eirik in Pomerania

1817

10An Embryo Democracy

1017

11King Christopher

297

12Christian I. of Denmark and Karl Knutsson of Sweden

1450

13The Reign of King Hans (John)

1471

14Literature and Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

1369

15Local and General Administration

381

16Christian II. The Dawn of a New Era

1196

17Christian II. the Tyrant. The Stockholm Massacre

1096

18The Struggle for Norway. Christian II.

1021

19The Count's War. Christian III.

812

20The Reformation in Norway

1133

21The Reign of Christian III.

650

22Frederick II. The Seven Years' War with Sweden

906

23Norwegian Internal Administration in the Reign of Frederick II.

630

24Intellectual and Social Conditions in Norway in the Sixteenth Century

2846

25Christian IV. and His Age

1731

26Foreign Relations. The Kalmar War

1388

27New National Growth. Hannibal Sehested. A New War with Sweden

1079

28Frederick III.

1556

29Hereditary Kingship. The Introduction of Absolutism

1166

30Foreign Relations

175

31Norwegian Emigration to Holland, England, Russia and America in the Seventeenth Century and Later

999

32The Close of the Reign of Frederick III. Christian V. The Gyldenløve War

1893

33Internal and Foreign Affairs in the Reign of Christian V.

1390

34Economic and Social Conditions in Norway in the Seventeenth Century

1629

35Norwegian Literature in the Seventeenth Century

1260

36Education and the Church

804

37Frederick IV. The Great Northern War

1239

38King Charles XII. in Norway

909

39King Charles XII.'s Second Invasion of Norway

766

40The Closing Years of the Reign of Frederick IV. Social and Economic Conditions

758

41Christian VI. The Age of Pietism

970

42Mercantilism and Commercial Stagnation

342

43Development of Modern Danish-Norwegian Literature. The Age of Ludvig Holberg

845

44Frederick V.

912

45Christian VII. and Queen Carolina Mathilda. The Struensee Period.

1167

46Prince Frederick and Ove Høeg-Goldberg. A Period of Reaction

634

47Crown Prince Frederick and A. P. Bernstorff. Increasing Unrest in Norway. Chr. J. Lofthus. War with Sweden, 1788

1177

48Danish-Norwegian Literature in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

761

49Revolution and Despotism. Denmark-Norway's Foreign Policy, 1792-1814

2537

50The Gradual Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian Partnership

999

51Events Leading to the Separation of Norway and Denmark

1357

52Norway Gains Her National Independence in 1814

733

53The Meeting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold. The Framing of the Norwegian Constitution

1211

54The War of 1814. The Convention of Moss and Union with Sweden

1658

55Sentiments and Conditions after 1814

628

56The Reign of Charles John. The Relation to Sweden

1739

57Young Norway. Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Literary and Intellectual Revival

1668

58Political Progress. New Men and Measures

1928

59Oscar I. Romanticism and Pan-Scandinavianism

2087

60Political Reaction. The Labor Movement

1830

61King Charles XV. Beginning of a New Literary Development

745

62New Political Struggles. Proposed Revision of the Act of Union

1041

63Important Reform Measures Passed in the Reign of Charles XV. The Rise of the Liberal or Venstre Party

559

64Oscar II. The Office of Statholder Abolished. The Veto Question

1264

65Further Development of the Norwegian Literary and Cultural Renaissance

1568

66The Sverdup Ministry. Norway under Parliamentary Government

884

67The Demand for a Separate Norwegian Foreign Office and Consular Service

2953

68Political and Social Conditions, 1905-1914

1777

69Norwegian Emigration to America. The Norwegians in the United States

1592

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