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Charles was elected king of Norway in the following year, but the counts of Holstein were more influential than the Swedes and the Norwegians together, and made the Danish Privy Council appoint Christian I of Oldenburg as king.
Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev, the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, and the Englishman Joseph Jacobs.
Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev, the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, and the Englishman Joseph Jacobs.
The other inhabitants of the peninsula, according to ninth century records, were the Norwegians on the west coast of Norway, the Danes in what is now southern and western Sweden and southeastern Norway, the Svear in the region around Mälaren as well as a large portion of the present day eastern seacoast of Sweden and the Geats in Västergötland and Östergötland.
The Norwegians, concentrated on the outer islands and outer sections of the fjords, were connected to the greater European trade routes ; did marginal farming in the Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark counties ; and fished for trade products from the south.
The Norwegians were closely connected to the greater European trade routes, along which the plague traveled ; consequently, they were infected and died at a far higher rate than Sami in the interior.
Norwegians, Swedes, Finns and Japanese skating leaders protested to the USOC, condemning the manner of competition and expressing the wish that mass-start races were never to be held again at the Olympics.
Though his ultra-conservative views were unpopular, particularly from 1823 onwards, his dynasty never faced serious danger, as the Swedes and the Norwegians alike were proud of a monarch with a good European reputation.
Among those influenced were the Russian Alexander Afanasyev ( first published in 1866 ), the Norwegians Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe ( first published in 1845 ), the Romanian Petre Ispirescu ( first published in 1874 ), the English Joseph Jacobs ( first published in 1890 ), and Jeremiah Curtin, an American who collected Irish tales ( first published in 1890 ).
Later in December 1939, Raeder befriended Vidkun Quisling, whose claims that most Norwegians were National Socialists and would welcome a German invasion he used to support the planned attack.
Twenty-five Norwegians, including Quisling, were executed for treason and / or war crimes, and 12 Germans were executed for war crimes.
It is the hereditary delicacy of Swedes and Norwegians who serve it around the holidays, in memory of their ancestors, who ate it because they were poor.
The battle resulted in defeat for the brothers at the hands of those Norwegians who were loyal to Cnut, with Olaf being killed and Harald wounded.
Subsequently the Norwegians were severely tormented by years of war.
After a horrific battle, both Hardrada and Tostig along with most of the Norwegians were killed.
In the later stages of the battle, the Norwegians were reinforced by troops who had been left behind to guard the ships at Ricall, led by Eystein Orri, Hardrada's daughter's fiancé.
The losses the Norwegians had suffered were so horrific that only 24 ships from the fleet of over 300 were needed to carry the survivors away.
Harald of Norway and Tostig were killed, and the Norwegians suffered such horrific losses that only 24 of the original 300 ships were required to carry away the survivors.
The new union flags were well received by the Norwegians, who had demanded their own military ensign since the union was formed.
The Norwegians and the Flemish mercenaries hired by Tostig were largely without armour and carried only personal weapons.

Norwegians and their
Within a few days a ship arrived and evacuated the four Norwegians and their would-be reinforcements after demolishing the weather station to prevent it from falling into German hands.
According to one website, the paper clip was chosen " after they learned ( that ) Norwegians wore them on their clothes to show support for Jews during World War II ".
Canute thanked the Norwegians for their patience and then went from assembly to assembly ( Danish: landsting ) outlawing any sailor, captain or soldier who refused to pay a fine which amounted to more than a years harvest for most farmers.
In addition, Norwegians are taxed for their stated net worth, which some have argued discourages savings.
Seized by the spirit of revolution following the American and French Revolutions, as well as bridling as a result of the forced separation from Denmark and subordination to Sweden subsequent to the Napoleonic wars, Norwegians signed their first constitution in 1814.
The haste with which the Danes resumed their attack on Norse Dublin before consolidating their control of Saxon England indicates that the entire Danish invasion was not primarily aimed at the conquest of Saxon England, but to secure a North Sea base of operations to use as a springboard in the conflict with the Norwegians, who controlled an extensive trade network in the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, and Ireland, which exported goods as the Danes did, from the British Isles south-east through Kievan Rus as far as Constantinople and Baghdad, following the Dniepr from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
The German diplomat called on the Norwegians to cease their resistance and stated Hitler's demand that the King appoint Nazi sympathizer Vidkun Quisling, who had declared himself prime minister hours earlier in Oslo, as head of what would be a German puppet government.
In that same broadcast, the government announced that they would resist the German attack as long as possible, and expressed their confidence that Norwegians would lend their support to the cause.
During Norway's five years under German control, many Norwegians surreptitiously wore clothing or jewelry made from coins bearing Haakon's " H7 " monogram as symbols of resistance to the German occupation and of solidarity with their exiled king and government, just as many people in Denmark wore his brother's monogram on a pin.
Failing to convince the Whittakers that his group are Norwegians ( all of the Russians are conspicuously dressed in sinister all-black clothing ), Rozanov draws a gun and promises no harm if the family provides information about military on the island ( none ) and police force ( small ), and gives them keys to their car.
He thanked the Norwegians for their patience and sent them home.
It was only after 1990 that many of the Kola Norwegians again dared to emphasize their background.
Putting the strategic situation and his own abdication to good use, he persuaded the Swedish crown prince Carl Johan ( the former Marshal Bernadotte of France ) to let the Norwegians keep their constitution.
In 1898, the Prime Minister ( Boström ) threatened to resign, and the King to abdicate, after the Norwegians began using their own flag.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, when thousands of Norwegians sought to take advantage of the more stable economic climate of the United States by emigrating, many of those from Arendal took their economic traditions with them.
Fifteen people lost their lives during the air attack ( 2 British soldiers and 13 Norwegians ).
Norwegian public policy in the 1930s and post-war years homogenized the three groups, ethnic Norwegians, Sami, and Kven, considerably, to the point that most residents speak Norwegian at home, regardless of their ethnic heritage.
During the resistance to the German occupation during World War II, after pins or badges bearing national symbols or the initials of exiled King Haakon VII were banned, Norwegians began to wear paper clips in their lapels as a symbol of resistance to the occupiers and local Nazi authorities.
Many Norwegians own their own skates, but if, by chance, you have none with, you can hire skates at the site.
To other Norwegians, the band is instantly recognizable both because of their unique, unpredictable style, and because of vocalist Ottesen's distinctive Jæren dialect, shared by four of the other band members.
The Norwegians have especially taken the fishing village into their hearts, and the Norwegian population is quite large in the winter time.

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