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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 2

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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) (22 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Political Union an Era of Transition

7:13

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

King Magnus Smek. The Union of Norway and Sweden

17:03

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Other Causes Contributing to the Intellectual and National Decadence

9:08

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Reign of Haakon Magnusson the Younger

9:53

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Hanseatic League Gains Ascendancy in the North

16:58

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Other Features of Haakon Magnusson's Reign

5:39

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Union of Norway and Denmark. Queen Margaret

13:52

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Kalmar Union

14:42

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

King Eirik in Pomerania

30:17

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

An Embryo Democracy

16:57

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

King Christopher

4:57

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Christian I. of Denmark and Karl Knutsson of Sweden

24:10

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Reign of King Hans (John)

24:31

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Literature and Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

22:49

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Local and General Administration

6:21

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Christian II. The Dawn of a New Era

19:56

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Christian II. the Tyrant. The Stockholm Massacre

18:16

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Struggle for Norway. Christian II.

17:01

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Count's War. Christian III.

13:32

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Reformation in Norway

18:53

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

The Reign of Christian III.

10:50

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Frederick II. The Seven Years' War with Sweden

15:06

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Norwegian Internal Administration in the Reign of Frederick II.

10:30

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Intellectual and Social Conditions in Norway in the Sixteenth Century

47:26

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Christian IV. and His Age

28:51

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Foreign Relations. The Kalmar War

23:08

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

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

17:59

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Frederick III.

25:56

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Hereditary Kingship. The Introduction of Absolutism

19:26

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Foreign Relations

2:55

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Norwegian Emigration to Holland, England, Russia and America in the Seventeenth…

16:39

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

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

31:33

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Internal and Foreign Affairs in the Reign of Christian V.

23:10

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Economic and Social Conditions in Norway in the Seventeenth Century

27:09

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Norwegian Literature in the Seventeenth Century

21:00

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Education and the Church

13:24

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Frederick IV. The Great Northern War

20:39

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

King Charles XII. in Norway

15:09

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

King Charles XII.'s Second Invasion of Norway

12:46

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

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

12:38

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Christian VI. The Age of Pietism

16:10

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Mercantilism and Commercial Stagnation

5:42

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

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

14:05

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson

Frederick V.

15:12

Read by Jim Locke

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

19:27

Read by Jim Locke

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

10:34

Read by Jim Locke

Crown Prince Frederick and A. P. Bernstorff. Increasing Unrest in Norway. Chr. …

19:37

Read by Jim Locke

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

12:41

Read by Jim Locke

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

42:17

Read by Jim Locke

The Gradual Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian Partnership

16:39

Read by Jim Locke

Events Leading to the Separation of Norway and Denmark

22:37

Read by Jim Locke

Norway Gains Her National Independence in 1814

12:13

Read by Jim Locke

The Meeting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold. The Framing of the Norwegi…

20:11

Read by Jim Locke

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

27:38

Read by Jim Locke

Sentiments and Conditions after 1814

10:28

Read by Jim Locke

The Reign of Charles John. The Relation to Sweden

28:59

Read by Jim Locke

Young Norway. Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Literary and Intel…

27:48

Read by Jim Locke

Political Progress. New Men and Measures

32:08

Read by Jim Locke

Oscar I. Romanticism and Pan-Scandinavianism

34:47

Read by Jim Locke

Political Reaction. The Labor Movement

30:30

Read by Jim Locke

King Charles XV. Beginning of a New Literary Development

12:25

Read by Jim Locke

New Political Struggles. Proposed Revision of the Act of Union

17:21

Read by Jim Locke

Important Reform Measures Passed in the Reign of Charles XV. The Rise of the Li…

9:19

Read by Jim Locke

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

21:04

Read by Jim Locke

Further Development of the Norwegian Literary and Cultural Renaissance

26:08

Read by Jim Locke

The Sverdup Ministry. Norway under Parliamentary Government

14:44

Read by Jim Locke

The Demand for a Separate Norwegian Foreign Office and Consular Service

49:13

Read by Jim Locke

Political and Social Conditions, 1905-1914

29:37

Read by Jim Locke

Norwegian Emigration to America. The Norwegians in the United States

26:32

Read by Jim Locke