The world: historical and actual . e to this country. In 1873 the emigrationreached 13,865. It has fallen off somewhat since,but is still great and constant. The State of Minne-sota has a very large percentage of Scandinavianpopulation. Norway can boast the largest merchant marine, in proportion to population, in the world, At the endof 1879 the shipping of that country numbered8,125 vessels, of a total burthen of 1,509,477 tons,manned by 58,609 sailors. There, as hi Denmark,the Lutheran church is everywhere predominant,and education is compulsory. The legislative author-ity is vested hi the S
The world: historical and actual . e to this country. In 1873 the emigrationreached 13,865. It has fallen off somewhat since,but is still great and constant. The State of Minne-sota has a very large percentage of Scandinavianpopulation. Norway can boast the largest merchant marine, in proportion to population, in the world, At the endof 1879 the shipping of that country numbered8,125 vessels, of a total burthen of 1,509,477 tons,manned by 58,609 sailors. There, as hi Denmark,the Lutheran church is everywhere predominant,and education is compulsory. The legislative author-ity is vested hi the Storthing, divided into twobranches, the Lagthing and the Oldenthing. Theexecutive authority is exercised by the king nomin-ally, but really by a council of state composed of twoministers and nine counselors. Norway extends 1,080 miles from north to south,with a breadth varying from 270 to 20 miles. Thecoast line is fringed with islands and indented withfjords. The chief river is Glommen, or Stor-Elven, as one part of it is VIEW OF BERGEN Owing to the gulf-streamthe country is not as coldas the latitude would in-dicate. But for thatocean river, Norwaywould be chief source ofrevenue is timber. Thepines, firs and birch ofthat land are of greatvalue. The fisheries andmines are also very con-siderable sources of reve-nue, especially the for-mer. The iron, copper and silver mines yield lessthan a million dollars a year, all told, whilethe annual catch of fish exported, includingoysters, cannot be worth less than $5,000,000. Therivers fairly swarm with salmon and salmon its separation from Denmark Norway hasdeveloped a distinctively national literature, andcan boast one name of world-wide fame, BjornstjernBjornson. Hans Christian Andersen is the bestknown Scandinavian author. The Synnove Solbak-ken, published in 1856, is regarded as the beginningof Norwegian literature. Sweden is really the major part of Scandinavia,of which Gustavus Wasa was the
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