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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

by Knut GJERSET (1865 - 1936)

The Norwegian Coat of Arms

A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. The author, Knut Gjerset, was born in Western Norway in 1865 and immigrated to Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the US with his parents in 1871 and his brother Oluf later got elected to public office there. He received a B.A. in Literature from the University of Minnesota, and also studied at John's Hopkins University from 1895-1896, and the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a PhD, from 1896-1898. This first volume deals with the Norwegian History from the earliest times, to the early 14th century and covers topics such as: Prehistoric Norway and iron and Bronze age cultures in the area, the Viking era, The Christianization of Norway and some related information on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland/Orkney Islands, etc., Early kings of Norway, Norway in the Crusades, and foreign policy reformations at the beginning of the Late Middle Ages. - Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson

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Listen next episodes of History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1:
Birkebeiner and Bagler. King Sverre and Pope Innocent III , Crusades and Crusaders , Haakon Haakonsson's Expedition to the Hebrides. The Close of the Reign , Haakon Magnusson the Elder. The Change of Norway's Foreign Policy , King Eystein Magnusson's Reign. The Acquisition of Jæmtland , King Haakon Haakonsson and Skule Jarl , King Haakon's Coronation. Colonial Affairs , King Sverre's Immediate Successors , King Sverre's Reign , Literature and Culture in the Age of Haakon Haakonsson , Magnus Haakonsson Lagabøter. A New System of Jurisprudence , Norway Participates in the Crusades. Eystein Magnusson and Sigurd the Crusader , Ragnvald Jarl's Crusade , Sverre Sigurdsson and the Birkebeiner , The Annexation of Iceland and Greenland , The English Conquest of Ireland. Events in the Colonies , The Growth of Trade and the Origin of a Distinct Commercial Policy , The Inner Organization and Growth of the Church of Norway , The Period of Civil Wars. Magnus the Blind, Harald Gille, and Sigurd Slembediakn , The Reign of Eirik Magnusson , The Reign of King Sigurd the Crusader , The Second Stage of Civil Wars. The Rule of Erling Skakke and Magnus Erlingsson