A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . gling monarchs, but the DanishKings were prone to interfere in the internalaffairs of Norway. After a century of civilstrife, Olaf the Saint became king and intro-duced the Christian religion. Canute theGreat in 1028 drove Olaf from the kingdom,but after the death of Canute, Norway wasruled by its own kings until 1319, when KingHaakon died. His only child, a daughter,married the King of Sweden and the twocountries were united for a time. Magnus,the son of this Norwegian princess, lost Swe-den but retained Norway, and his son, H
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . gling monarchs, but the DanishKings were prone to interfere in the internalaffairs of Norway. After a century of civilstrife, Olaf the Saint became king and intro-duced the Christian religion. Canute theGreat in 1028 drove Olaf from the kingdom,but after the death of Canute, Norway wasruled by its own kings until 1319, when KingHaakon died. His only child, a daughter,married the King of Sweden and the twocountries were united for a time. Magnus,the son of this Norwegian princess, lost Swe-den but retained Norway, and his son, Haa-kon, in 1363 married Margaret, the heiressto the Danish throne; thus Denmark andNorway were united until 1814, when theunion of Norway and Sweden occurred. Thesubsequent history of Norway is identifiedwith that of Sweden until 1905. Discontent,caused by lack of a separate consular service,culminated that year in an agreement for therepeal of the union. Prince Karl, second sonof Frederick VII, of Denmark, was formerlyelected King of Norway and in 1906, as King. A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 21 Haakon VII, was crowned at Trondhjem. Soends our lesson in history. After passingHaugesund the channel becomes very narrow,not over one hundred yards wide, but thecaptain told me it was over three hundredfathoms deep, or to make a comparison, threeship like ours standing end wise, one abovethe other, would not reach the surface of thewater. About nine oclock in the evening,we arrived at Stavanger, where thousands ofpeople waited to welcome our ship, which ranup alongside the stone quay, just as easily asthough it had been a tug-boat. The sun wassetting and the water front was black withthe crowd, but either because it was Sundayeve, or owing to the fact that the Norwe-gians are undemonstrative, they were veryquiet and orderly. Sunday, July is one of the oldest towns inNorway, but it has suffered so frequentlyfrom fire that most of the houses are mod-ern. The Cathedral, a fine o
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