Norway

Norway
Author: Rolf Danielsen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

Undertit.: A History from the Vikings to Our Own Times. Dette er en fremstilling av Norges historie, opprinnelig skrevet for studenter i historie. Den er nå oversatt til engelsk for å gi interesserte som ikke behersker norsk mulighet til å få et innblikk i norsk historie. Boken har fire hoveddeler, den første går fra vikingtiden og frem til 1536, den andre strekker seg fra 1536 til 1814, tredje fra 1814 til 1945 og fjerde del tar for seg etterkrigstiden. Bak i boken finnes en kronologisk oversikt over Norges historie, litteraturliste og forklaringer på en del spesielle norske ord og uttrykk. Noen illustrasjoner. Bidragsytere er Rolf Danielsen, Ståle Dyrvik, Tore Grønlie, Knut Helle og Edgar Hovland. Oversatt til engelsk: Michael Drake. 486 s., ill., ib., 1998.

History of Norway

History of Norway
Author: John Yilek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781681112183

Based on exhaustive research, History of Norway is a clear, informative and entertaining description of Norway's history from the earliest cultures of the Stone Age to today's oil and gas economy. Along the way, there are fascinating stories of Vikings, the Sami, kings and queens, farmers and fishermen, merchants and miners, the Black Death, the Hanseatic merchants, the Reformation, independence, emigration from Norway to America, polar explorers, the Nazi invasion and the Norwegian resistance in World War II, and much more "John Yilek's History of Norway presents a clear, fast-moving, and sharply focused story of Norway from its beginnings to the present day." --Odell M. Bjerkness, Professor Emeritus, Concordia College, Moorhead, author of several books about Norway

Happy Times in Norway

Happy Times in Norway
Author: Sigrid Undset
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0816684693

Happy Times in Norway is a moving and delicately humorous picture of Undset’s own blissful home life before her nation fell to the Nazi occupation. Captured here is the excitement of a Norwegian Christmas, the Seventeenth of May, and summer in the idyllic mountains, as well as the chaotic adventure of raising two energetic boys. With vivid detail and illuminating descriptions of the landscape, Happy Times in Norway is infused with the wish that those cherished days could come again.

Navigating Colonial Orders

Navigating Colonial Orders
Author: Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1782385401

Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in Antarctica; large-scale plantation owners in Mozambique and Hawai’i; big business men in South Africa; jacks of all trades in the Solomon Islands; timber merchants on Zanzibar’ coffee farmers in Kenya; and King Leopold’s footmen in Congo. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. It charts the entrepreneurial routes chosen by various Norwegians and the places they ventured, while demonstrating the importance of recognizing the complicity of such “non-colonial colonials” for understanding the complexity of colonial history.

Moon Norway

Moon Norway
Author: David Nikel
Publisher: Moon Travel
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1631214829

Moon Travel Guides: Your World Your Way Experience magnificent fjords, historical cities, and magical northern lights with Moon Norway. Inside you'll find: Flexible, strategic itineraries for every timeline and budget, from a week of the highlights to a three-week adventure through the whole country Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Curated advice for outdoor adventurers, history buffs, culture mavens, road-trippers, and more Must-see attractions and off-beat ideas for making the most of your trip: Find the best photo ops to capture Geirangerfjord's slender waterfalls, or hike to soaring cliffs overlooking glistening glacial lakes. Hop in the car and drive over islets and skerries on the Atlantic Road, or take a scenic train ride overlooking mountains, valleys, and fjords. Explore historic mountain towns, or wander small fishing villages along Norway's dramatic coastline. Admire world-class architecture and art in Oslo's cosmopolitan hub, or see the impressive restored vessels at the Viking Ship Museum. Sample fresh seafood and farm-to-table delicacies, mingle with the locals at neighborhood pubs, and find the best places to see the mystical aurora borealis dance across the sky Expert advice on when to go, what to pack, and where to stay, from Norwegian transplant-turned-local David Nikel Handy tools including a glossary and a Norwegian phrasebook Detailed background information on the landscape, climate, wildlife, and culture Travel tips for international visitors, getting around with children or as a senior, and suggestions for LGBTQ+ travel With Moon Norway's expert tips, myriad activities, and local insight, you can plan your trip your way. Country-hopping through Europe? Try Moon Iceland, Moon Ireland, or Moon Rome, Florence & Venice.

History of Norway

History of Norway
Author: Karen Larsen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 603
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 140087579X

A distinguished one-volume history of Norway, from the Vikings through the Resistance of World War II. "Full, objective, and thoroughly readable history, rich in content.... The result is a well-rounded treatment of Norwegian life—political, religious, economic, and intellectual—during the long centuries.... Easily the most important history of Norway in the English language since Gjerset."—N. Y. Times Originally published in 1948. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Cambridge History of Scandinavia

The Cambridge History of Scandinavia
Author: Knut Helle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 942
Release: 2003-09-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521472999

This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took possession of this landscape, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The rest - and most substantial part of the volume - deals with the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age to the end of the Scandinavian Middle Ages (c. 1520). The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. A Christian church organisation was established, the first towns came into being, and the unification of the three medieval kingdoms of Scandinavia began, coinciding with the formation of the unique Icelandic 'Free State'.