History of the Norwegian People, Volume 2
Knut Gjerset
69 chapters · 22 h 14 min · English
Read by Ærik Bjørnsson, Jim Locke
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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
1 Political Union an Era of Transition 7 min 2 King Magnus Smek. The Union of Norway and Sweden 17 min 3 Other Causes Contributing to the Intellectual and National Decadence 9 min 4 The Reign of Haakon Magnusson the Younger 10 min 5 The Hanseatic League Gains Ascendancy in the North 17 min 6 Other Features of Haakon Magnusson's Reign 6 min 7 The Union of Norway and Denmark. Queen Margaret 14 min 8 The Kalmar Union 15 min 9 King Eirik in Pomerania 30 min 10 An Embryo Democracy 17 min 11 King Christopher 5 min 12 Christian I. of Denmark and Karl Knutsson of Sweden 24 min 13 The Reign of King Hans (John) 25 min 14 Literature and Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 23 min 15 Local and General Administration 6 min 16 Christian II. The Dawn of a New Era 20 min 17 Christian II. the Tyrant. The Stockholm Massacre 18 min 18 The Struggle for Norway. Christian II 17 min 19 The Count's War. Christian III 14 min 20 The Reformation in Norway 19 min 21 The Reign of Christian III 11 min 22 Frederick II. The Seven Years' War with Sweden 15 min 23 Norwegian Internal Administration in the Reign of Frederick II 10 min 24 Intellectual and Social Conditions in Norway in the Sixteenth Century 47 min 25 Christian IV. and His Age 29 min 26 Foreign Relations. The Kalmar War 23 min 27 New National Growth. Hannibal Sehested. A New War with Sweden 18 min 28 Frederick III 26 min 29 Hereditary Kingship. The Introduction of Absolutism 19 min 30 Foreign Relations 3 min 31 Norwegian Emigration to Holland, England, Russia and America in the Seventeenth Century and Later 17 min 32 The Close of the Reign of Frederick III. Christian V. The Gyldenløve War 32 min 33 Internal and Foreign Affairs in the Reign of Christian V 23 min 34 Economic and Social Conditions in Norway in the Seventeenth Century 27 min 35 Norwegian Literature in the Seventeenth Century 21 min 36 Education and the Church 13 min 37 Frederick IV. The Great Northern War 21 min 38 King Charles XII. in Norway 15 min 39 King Charles XII.'s Second Invasion of Norway 13 min 40 The Closing Years of the Reign of Frederick IV. Social and Economic Conditions 13 min 41 Christian VI. The Age of Pietism 16 min 42 Mercantilism and Commercial Stagnation 6 min 43 Development of Modern Danish-Norwegian Literature. The Age of Ludvig Holberg 14 min 44 Frederick V 15 min 45 Christian VII. and Queen Carolina Mathilda. The Struensee Period 19 min 46 Prince Frederick and Ove Høeg-Goldberg. A Period of Reaction 11 min 47 Crown Prince Frederick and A. P. Bernstorff. Increasing Unrest in Norway. Chr. J. Lofthus. War with Sweden, 1788 20 min 48 Danish-Norwegian Literature in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century 13 min 49 Revolution and Despotism. Denmark-Norway's Foreign Policy, 1792-1814 42 min 50 The Gradual Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian Partnership 17 min 51 Events Leading to the Separation of Norway and Denmark 23 min 52 Norway Gains Her National Independence in 1814 12 min 53 The Meeting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold. The Framing of the Norwegian Constitution 20 min 54 The War of 1814. The Convention of Moss and Union with Sweden 28 min 55 Sentiments and Conditions after 1814 10 min 56 The Reign of Charles John. The Relation to Sweden 29 min 57 Young Norway. Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Literary and Intellectual Revival 28 min 58 Political Progress. New Men and Measures 32 min 59 Oscar I. Romanticism and Pan-Scandinavianism 35 min 60 Political Reaction. The Labor Movement 30 min 61 King Charles XV. Beginning of a New Literary Development 12 min 62 New Political Struggles. Proposed Revision of the Act of Union 17 min 63 Important Reform Measures Passed in the Reign of Charles XV. The Rise of the Liberal or Venstre Party 9 min 64 Oscar II. The Office of Statholder Abolished. The Veto Question 21 min 65 Further Development of the Norwegian Literary and Cultural Renaissance 26 min 66 The Sverdup Ministry. Norway under Parliamentary Government 15 min 67 The Demand for a Separate Norwegian Foreign Office and Consular Service 49 min 68 Political and Social Conditions, 1905-1914 30 min 69 Norwegian Emigration to America. The Norwegians in the United States 27 min
