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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 2

Knut Gjerset (1865 - 1936)

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)

Genre(s): History

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Political Union an Era of Transition	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:07:13
Play 02	King Magnus Smek. The Union of Norway and Sweden	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:17:03
Play 03	Other Causes Contributing to the Intellectual and National Decadence	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:09:08
Play 04	The Reign of Haakon Magnusson the Younger	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:09:53
Play 05	The Hanseatic League Gains Ascendancy in the North	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:16:58
Play 06	Other Features of Haakon Magnusson's Reign	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:05:39
Play 07	The Union of Norway and Denmark. Queen Margaret	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:13:52
Play 08	The Kalmar Union	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:14:42
Play 09	King Eirik in Pomerania	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:30:17
Play 10	An Embryo Democracy	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:16:57
Play 11	King Christopher	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:04:57
Play 12	Christian I. of Denmark and Karl Knutsson of Sweden	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:24:10
Play 13	The Reign of King Hans (John)	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:24:31
Play 14	Literature and Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:22:49
Play 15	Local and General Administration	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:06:21
Play 16	Christian II. The Dawn of a New Era	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:19:56
Play 17	Christian II. the Tyrant. The Stockholm Massacre	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:18:16
Play 18	The Struggle for Norway. Christian II.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:17:01
Play 19	The Count's War. Christian III.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:13:32
Play 20	The Reformation in Norway	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:18:53
Play 21	The Reign of Christian III.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:10:50
Play 22	Frederick II. The Seven Years' War with Sweden	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:15:06
Play 23	Norwegian Internal Administration in the Reign of Frederick II.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:10:30
Play 24	Intellectual and Social Conditions in Norway in the Sixteenth Century	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:47:26
Play 25	Christian IV. and His Age	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:28:51
Play 26	Foreign Relations. The Kalmar War	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:23:08
Play 27	New National Growth. Hannibal Sehested. A New War with Sweden	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:17:59
Play 28	Frederick III.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:25:56
Play 29	Hereditary Kingship. The Introduction of Absolutism	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:19:26
Play 30	Foreign Relations	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:02:55
Play 31	Norwegian Emigration to Holland, England, Russia and America in the Seventeenth Century and Later	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:16:39
Play 32	The Close of the Reign of Frederick III. Christian V. The Gyldenløve War	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:31:33
Play 33	Internal and Foreign Affairs in the Reign of Christian V.	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:23:10
Play 34	Economic and Social Conditions in Norway in the Seventeenth Century	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:27:09
Play 35	Norwegian Literature in the Seventeenth Century	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:21:00
Play 36	Education and the Church	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:13:24
Play 37	Frederick IV. The Great Northern War	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:20:39
Play 38	King Charles XII. in Norway	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:15:09
Play 39	King Charles XII.'s Second Invasion of Norway	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:12:46
Play 40	The Closing Years of the Reign of Frederick IV. Social and Economic Conditions	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:12:38
Play 41	Christian VI. The Age of Pietism	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:16:10
Play 42	Mercantilism and Commercial Stagnation	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:05:42
Play 43	Development of Modern Danish-Norwegian Literature. The Age of Ludvig Holberg	Ærik Bjørnsson	00:14:05
Play 44	Frederick V.	Jim Locke	00:15:12
Play 45	Christian VII. and Queen Carolina Mathilda. The Struensee Period.	Jim Locke	00:19:27
Play 46	Prince Frederick and Ove Høeg-Goldberg. A Period of Reaction	Jim Locke	00:10:34
Play 47	Crown Prince Frederick and A. P. Bernstorff. Increasing Unrest in Norway. Chr. J. Lofthus. War with Sweden, 1788	Jim Locke	00:19:37
Play 48	Danish-Norwegian Literature in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century	Jim Locke	00:12:41
Play 49	Revolution and Despotism. Denmark-Norway's Foreign Policy, 1792-1814	Jim Locke	00:42:17
Play 50	The Gradual Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian Partnership	Jim Locke	00:16:39
Play 51	Events Leading to the Separation of Norway and Denmark	Jim Locke	00:22:37
Play 52	Norway Gains Her National Independence in 1814	Jim Locke	00:12:13
Play 53	The Meeting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold. The Framing of the Norwegian Constitution	Jim Locke	00:20:11
Play 54	The War of 1814. The Convention of Moss and Union with Sweden	Jim Locke	00:27:38
Play 55	Sentiments and Conditions after 1814	Jim Locke	00:10:28
Play 56	The Reign of Charles John. The Relation to Sweden	Jim Locke	00:28:59
Play 57	Young Norway. Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Literary and Intellectual Revival	Jim Locke	00:27:48
Play 58	Political Progress. New Men and Measures	Jim Locke	00:32:08
Play 59	Oscar I. Romanticism and Pan-Scandinavianism	Jim Locke	00:34:47
Play 60	Political Reaction. The Labor Movement	Jim Locke	00:30:30
Play 61	King Charles XV. Beginning of a New Literary Development	Jim Locke	00:12:25
Play 62	New Political Struggles. Proposed Revision of the Act of Union	Jim Locke	00:17:21
Play 63	Important Reform Measures Passed in the Reign of Charles XV. The Rise of the Liberal or Venstre Party	Jim Locke	00:09:19
Play 64	Oscar II. The Office of Statholder Abolished. The Veto Question	Jim Locke	00:21:04
Play 65	Further Development of the Norwegian Literary and Cultural Renaissance	Jim Locke	00:26:08
Play 66	The Sverdup Ministry. Norway under Parliamentary Government	Jim Locke	00:14:44
Play 67	The Demand for a Separate Norwegian Foreign Office and Consular Service	Jim Locke	00:49:13
Play 68	Political and Social Conditions, 1905-1914	Jim Locke	00:29:37
Play 69	Norwegian Emigration to America. The Norwegians in the United States	Jim Locke	00:26:32

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