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)

Chapitres

Political Union an Era of Transition 7:13 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
King Magnus Smek. The Union of Norway and Sweden 17:03 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Other Causes Contributing to the Intellectual and National Decadence 9:08 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Reign of Haakon Magnusson the Younger 9:53 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Hanseatic League Gains Ascendancy in the North 16:58 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Other Features of Haakon Magnusson's Reign 5:39 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Union of Norway and Denmark. Queen Margaret 13:52 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Kalmar Union 14:42 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
King Eirik in Pomerania 30:17 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
An Embryo Democracy 16:57 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
King Christopher 4:57 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Christian I. of Denmark and Karl Knutsson of Sweden 24:10 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Reign of King Hans (John) 24:31 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Literature and Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 22:49 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Local and General Administration 6:21 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Christian II. The Dawn of a New Era 19:56 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Christian II. the Tyrant. The Stockholm Massacre 18:16 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Struggle for Norway. Christian II. 17:01 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Count's War. Christian III. 13:32 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Reformation in Norway 18:53 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Reign of Christian III. 10:50 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Frederick II. The Seven Years' War with Sweden 15:06 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Norwegian Internal Administration in the Reign of Frederick II. 10:30 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Intellectual and Social Conditions in Norway in the Sixteenth Century 47:26 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Christian IV. and His Age 28:51 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Foreign Relations. The Kalmar War 23:08 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
New National Growth. Hannibal Sehested. A New War with Sweden 17:59 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Frederick III. 25:56 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Hereditary Kingship. The Introduction of Absolutism 19:26 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Foreign Relations 2:55 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Norwegian Emigration to Holland, England, Russia and America in the Seventeenth… 16:39 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Close of the Reign of Frederick III. Christian V. The Gyldenløve War 31:33 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Internal and Foreign Affairs in the Reign of Christian V. 23:10 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Economic and Social Conditions in Norway in the Seventeenth Century 27:09 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Norwegian Literature in the Seventeenth Century 21:00 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Education and the Church 13:24 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Frederick IV. The Great Northern War 20:39 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
King Charles XII. in Norway 15:09 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
King Charles XII.'s Second Invasion of Norway 12:46 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Closing Years of the Reign of Frederick IV. Social and Economic Conditions 12:38 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Christian VI. The Age of Pietism 16:10 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Mercantilism and Commercial Stagnation 5:42 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Development of Modern Danish-Norwegian Literature. The Age of Ludvig Holberg 14:05 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
Frederick V. 15:12 Lu par Jim Locke
Christian VII. and Queen Carolina Mathilda. The Struensee Period. 19:27 Lu par Jim Locke
Prince Frederick and Ove Høeg-Goldberg. A Period of Reaction 10:34 Lu par Jim Locke
Crown Prince Frederick and A. P. Bernstorff. Increasing Unrest in Norway. Chr. … 19:37 Lu par Jim Locke
Danish-Norwegian Literature in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century 12:41 Lu par Jim Locke
Revolution and Despotism. Denmark-Norway's Foreign Policy, 1792-1814 42:17 Lu par Jim Locke
The Gradual Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian Partnership 16:39 Lu par Jim Locke
Events Leading to the Separation of Norway and Denmark 22:37 Lu par Jim Locke
Norway Gains Her National Independence in 1814 12:13 Lu par Jim Locke
The Meeting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvold. The Framing of the Norwegi… 20:11 Lu par Jim Locke
The War of 1814. The Convention of Moss and Union with Sweden 27:38 Lu par Jim Locke
Sentiments and Conditions after 1814 10:28 Lu par Jim Locke
The Reign of Charles John. The Relation to Sweden 28:59 Lu par Jim Locke
Young Norway. Henrik Wergeland and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. Literary and Intel… 27:48 Lu par Jim Locke
Political Progress. New Men and Measures 32:08 Lu par Jim Locke
Oscar I. Romanticism and Pan-Scandinavianism 34:47 Lu par Jim Locke
Political Reaction. The Labor Movement 30:30 Lu par Jim Locke
King Charles XV. Beginning of a New Literary Development 12:25 Lu par Jim Locke
New Political Struggles. Proposed Revision of the Act of Union 17:21 Lu par Jim Locke
Important Reform Measures Passed in the Reign of Charles XV. The Rise of the Li… 9:19 Lu par Jim Locke
Oscar II. The Office of Statholder Abolished. The Veto Question 21:04 Lu par Jim Locke
Further Development of the Norwegian Literary and Cultural Renaissance 26:08 Lu par Jim Locke
The Sverdup Ministry. Norway under Parliamentary Government 14:44 Lu par Jim Locke
The Demand for a Separate Norwegian Foreign Office and Consular Service 49:13 Lu par Jim Locke
Political and Social Conditions, 1905-1914 29:37 Lu par Jim Locke
Norwegian Emigration to America. The Norwegians in the United States 26:32 Lu par Jim Locke