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	Norway. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Norway is a constitutional monarchy; executive power, while nominally held by the monarch, is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister.
		His grandson, Haakon IV, was put on the throne by the Birkebeiner in 1217; under him and under Magnus VI (reigned 1263–80) medieval Norway reached its greatest flowering and enjoyed peace and prosperity.
		Norway was one of the original members of the United Nations (the Norwegian Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary-General), and it became a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949.
	www.bartleby.com /65/no/Norway.html (2041 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Magnus IV the Blind of Norway
		MAGNUS THE BLIND, Norwegian MAGNUS DEN BLINDE, joint ruler of Norway (1130-35), with Harald IV, whose abortive attempt (1137-39) to wrest sovereignty from Inge I Haroldsson and Sigurd II, sons of Harald IV, ended the first epoch in the period of Norwegian civil wars (1130-1240).
		The son of the Norwegian king Sigurd I Magnusson, Magnus succeeded to the throne jointly with Harald IV in 1130.
		Magnus married Kristin of Denmark Knutsdottir, daughter of Knud Eriksson Lavard and Ingeborg Mstislavsdatter, in 1132.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/87.htm (230 words)

	NORWAY - LoveToKnow Article on NORWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The snow-line in Norway is estimated at 3080 ft. in Seiland, 5150 ft. on Dovre Fjeld, and from 4100 to 4900 ft. in Jotunheim.
		Population.The resident population of Norway in 1900 was 2,221,477.
		Norway is naturally divided into three parts, and each of these remained more or less separate for centuries, even having separate laws until the second half of the I3th century.
	51.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NO/NORWAY.htm (20439 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Norway
		Norway, comprising the smaller division of the Scandinavian peninsula, is bounded on the east by Lapland and Sweden, and on the west by the Atlantic.
		As regards territorial development in the Middle Ages, Norway had a number of tributary provinces--in the north, Finmark, inhabited by heathen Lapps; various groups of islands south-west of Norway as: the Farve Islands, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, to which were added later Iceland and Greenland.
		Ecclesiastically, Norway was at first under the direction of the Archbishop of Lund (1103); later (1152) under the Archbishop of Trondhjem, who had jurisdiction over the Bishops of Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo, Hamar, Farvê, Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Skalholt and Holar (Holum) in Iceland, and Gardar (Garde) in Greenland.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11117b.htm (4747 words)

	Magnus IV of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Magnus the Blind was the son of King (Click link for more info and facts about Sigurd Jorsalfar) Sigurd Jorsalfar of Norway and Borghild Olavsdotter.
		Magnus had few men, and the city fell easily to (Click link for more info and facts about Harald's) Harald's army the 7 January 1135 and Magnus was captured.
		Magnus went to Eastern Norway, where he had most popular support, but was defeated at Minne by (Click link for more info and facts about King Inge) King Inge.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/magnus_iv_of_norway1.htm (476 words)

	Olaf IV of Norway
		Olaf IV Haakonsson, (1370 - August 23, 1387), King of Norway and Denmark, son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark.
		Haakon was son of King Magnus II of Sweden and Margaret daughter of King Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark.
		Olaf inherited the Danish throne through his mother and reigned as king of Denmark (1376-1387) as Oluf III and the Norwegian throne from his father and reigned in Norway (1380-1387) as Olav IV.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ol/Olaf_IV_of_Norway.html (123 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Norwegian monarchs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403 Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 – October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland.
		Christian IV (1588â€“1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588), attaining his majority...
		King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway (January 28, 1768 â€“ December 3, 1839), reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Norwegian-monarchs (6173 words)

	Norway
		Norway is first and foremost a maritime nation, and most of its population lives along the coast or on the hundreds of coastal islands, where the weather is moderated by the Gulf Stream.
		Norway is split in three parts by Olof Skötkonung, King of Svealand, his step-father Svend Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and the exiled Jarl Eirik.
		Margarethe is appointed Regent and unites Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in the Union of Kalmar.
	www.angelfire.com /me/Merethe/norwayinfo1.html (4525 words)

	Norway
		Claimed to be son of Magnus III Barefoot; appeared in Norway (1128); at death of Sigurd I (1130), chosen by one faction as king opposed to Magnus IV; civil war (1134-35); captured and blinded Magnus (1135); slain by pretender Sigurd Slembi.
		She was born in Søborg, Denmark, the youngest issue of King Waldemar IV Atterdag, and as a child she was married (1363) to King Håkon VI of Norway.
		Daughter of King Erik II of Norway and granddaughter of Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret; affianced to Prince Edward, son of Edward I of England (1287); died in Orkneys en route to England.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/norway.htm (2417 words)

	The Norwegian Flag
		Norway only became a free kingdom in 1905, and the Norwegian flag as we know it today dates back to 1821.
		Norway only got its very own flag after the constitution was written in 1814.
		This device was unpopular in Norway, The Storting took unilateral action to remove the Union Canton in 1898, and the king assented on October 11 1899.
	www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Flagg.html (1548 words)

	Magnus IV -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		byname Magnus The Blind, Norwegian Magnus Den Blinde joint ruler of Norway (1130–35), with Harald IV, whose abortive attempt (1137–39) to wrest sovereignty from Inge I Haroldsson and Sigurd II, sons of Harald IV, ended the first epoch in the period of Norwegian civil wars (1130–1240).
		king of Norway (1130–36), a ruthless sovereign whose feud with his fellow king Magnus IV the Blind over the Norwegian throne marked the beginning of a period of civil wars (1130–1240) during which the right to rule was constantly in dispute.
		Pope Gregory VII's 11th-century removal of Henry IV from the throne of Germany, one of the episodes of the Investiture Controversy.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9050059?tocId=9050059 (750 words)

	Norway Heads
		She had been given succession-rights in 1301 and had her son, Magnus VII, elected king in succession of her father, Håkon V and ruled together with the council of state.
		At the age of ten, in 1363, Margrethe was married to King Håkon VI of Norway, son of Magnus II of Sweden and Norway.
		She later married the Swede, Magnus Magnusson, and they engaged in a inheritance-dispute with heir of her late husband's sister, Agnes Havtorsdatter, Sigurd Jonsson, who was declared the rightful heir in 1425.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Norway_Heads.htm (1262 words)

	Magnus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Magnus (vampire), a character from Anne Rice's Novel The Vampire Lestat.
		Roberto Raviola, an Italian comic book artist whose pseudonym was Magnus.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnus (89 words)

	INDUSTRIES - Online Information article about INDUSTRIES
		common, but this system, which demanded that a considerable extent of land should be readily accessible, was not feasible in the greater part of Norway, and except in one or two flatter districts each farm was owned, or at least worked, by a single family.
		Its rise in Norway is perhaps due to the fact that the nature of the country, as well as the individualistic system of settlement, See also:
		By 866 his power was so well established in S. Norway Harald Haar- that he contemplated the conquest of the whole land.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /I27_INV/INDUSTRIES.html (4778 words)

	The Titles of the European Rulers
		In 1344 an agreement was reached to sever the union of Norway and Sweden, King Magnus' eldest son Erik to become King of Sweden, and his second son Hakon to become King of Norway in the future.
		Magnus VII continued to be named King of Sweden and Norway for the rest of his life.
		Charles Knutsson Bonde (+1470), King of Norway and Sweden, abdicated from the Throne of Norway, and Christian I (+1481), King of Denmark, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, became King of Norway (1450).
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/norway.html (2545 words)

	GERMANIA: Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Vikings, Orkney, etc.
		I've tried to combine and reconcile the lists to an extent, but I have no way of knowing at the moment which dates are preferable.
		Norway may have begun as a colony of Sweden, represented by the legendary founder, Olaf Tretelgia.
		The Islands had become part of the dowery of Margaret of Oldenburg, daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, in her marriage to James.
	www.friesian.com /germania.htm (6301 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orkneys
		In 1271 Magnus IV of Norway ceded to King Alexander III of Scotland all Scottish islands "with the exception of the Orkneys", in return for a yearly tribute, a condition which was renewed in later documents.
		There are also traces of the church of St. Magnus at Egilsay and of the round apsidal church on Orphir.
		It was begun in 1137 by St. Ragnvald (canonized 1192), prince (jarl) and crusader, and represents the artistic ideas of generations.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11316c.htm (1327 words)

	AllRefer.com - Haakon IV (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Haakon IV (Haakon Haakonsson), 1204–63, king of Norway (1217–63), illegitimate son of Haakon III and grandson of Sverre.
		Secretly reared by the Birkebeiner faction (see Sverre), he was chosen king (1217) on the death of Haakon III's successor, King Inge.
		Haakon, then recognized by Pope Innocent IV, was solemnly crowned in 1247 at Bergen by a papal legate.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Haakon4.html (267 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Håkon VI Magnusson of Norway
		The younger son of Magnus VII Eriksson, king of Norway and Sweden, Haakon was named his father's successor in Norway in 1343 and became king there in 1355, five years after the nation had been devastated by the Black Death, probably bubonic plague.
		Haakon again assisted Magnus against the rebellious Swedish nobles in 1364, but the two kings were defeated, and Haakon retreated while his father was taken prisoner.
		Håkon married Margaret Valdemarsdottir of Denmark, daughter of Valdemar IV Atterdag and Heilwig Ericsdottir, on 9 Apr 1363.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/179.htm (370 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Magnus IV
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		Magnus IV (1115?-1139), king of Norway, called the Blind.
		He was the son of Sigurd I, known as the Crusader, and grandson of Magnus III.
	encarta.msn.com /Magnus_IV.html (182 words)

	Harald IV of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		About 1127 he went to Norway and declared he was a son of King III of Norway">Magnus III Barefoot[?], who had visited Ireland just before his death in 1103, and consequently a half-brother of the reigning king, Sigurd[?].
		Then war broke out between himself and Magnus, and after several battles the latter was captured in 1134, his eyes were put out, and he was thrown into prison.
		Four of Harald’s sons, III of Norway">Sigurd[?], Ingi[?], Eystein[?] and Magnus[?], were subsequently kings of Norway.
	www.city-search.org /ha/harald-iv-of-norway.html (472 words)

	Timeline Norway
		The King of Norway was killed and Harold’s forces destroyed the Vikings who returned to Norway in 24 of their 300 ships.
		Yeltsin signed an accord with King Harold V of Norway for the dismantling and disposal of 90 nuclear submarines decaying in the Barents Sea.
		Russia expected Norway to provide $30 million for the project, which was expected to cost billions and take over a decade.
	timelines.ws /countries/NORWAY.HTML (4775 words)

	Harald IV -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		byname Harald Gille, or Gilchrist king of Norway (1130–36), a ruthless sovereign whose feud with his fellow king Magnus IV the Blind over the Norwegian throne marked the beginning of a period of civil wars (1130–1240) during which the right to rule was constantly in dispute.
		king of Norway (1136–61), who maintained his claim to the throne against the illegitimate sons of his father, the Norwegian king Harald IV Gille (reigned 1130–36), and represented the interests of the higher nobles and clergy in the second part of the Norwegian civil wars.
		Following the rule of Magnus III's sons, the increasing power of the church and the monarch contributed to a century of civil war.
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	152-153, Description of the islands around Scotland - Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For this Shetland is an island, with other small ones, encompassed under the rule of the Scots, stiff with cold and exposed on all sides to storms, to whose inhabitants, as in Iceland, dried and crushed fish serves as meal.
		Finally because it is opposite Bergen on the coast of Norway, in which place Mela put Thule; in his text ‘coast of Belgium’ is corruptly read for ‘Bergen’.
		For Bergen, a city of Norway, lies opposite Shetland, and Pliny names this area Bergs; I do not doubt that this is that small region in which Bergen flourishes, just as no-one will deny that Pliny’s ‘Nerigon’ is Norway.
	www.nls.uk /digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/992.html (1286 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines
		Haco of Norway and his troops landed at the mouth of the Clyde after taking a battering from storms.
		Alexander, the King of the Scots exchanged his daughter in marriage to Eric, the King of Norway for the Hebrides.
		The Herbrides and Isle of Man are given to the Scots by the Magnus IV of Norway.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hstt50.htm (2537 words)

	Denmark Heads
		Regent for Erik IV after her husband, Erik V was killed.
		By her marriage to Valdemar IV Atterdag (1340-75), her father gave her 1/4 of Jutland as dowry which he had in security for lones to the Danish kings and other royals who had engaged in a long civil war.
		The long suffering relationship between Christian IV and Kirsten Munk was finally severed in 1629 when the King began a love affair with Vibeke Kruse.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /denmark_heads.htm (1562 words)

	Page12.html
		Christine's mother always teased her husband by telling their children that her mother's family was more important than her husband's family cluded her father's side].
		History of the Kings of Norway, Heimskringla, by Snorri Sturluson, Translated by Lee M. Hollander
		The learned Thjoth; Olf of Hvinir was a skkald at the court of King Harald Fairhair he composed a lay about King Rognvald the Highly Honored which is called Ynglingatal (Enumerations of the Ynglings Kings).
	www.remmick.org /Hubert.Vikings/Page12.html (674 words)

	Reigns of the Kings of Norway
		Denmark and Norway had a standing agreement that if the king of either country died without an heir, the throne would pass to the king of the other country.
		In 1042, Magnus also became king of Denmark when Harthacnut, king of Denmark, died without an heir.
		8 June 1815, Act of the Congress of Vienna: Sweden retains Norway, which is given a separate constitution.
	www.sizes.com /time/CHRNNorway_kings.htm (124 words)

	Norway
		The style Norges rike (State of Norway) for the polity is a common expression, but becomes statutory only on 1 Feb 1942 with its appearance on the State Seal.
		It is cogently argued by the author of an authoritative study of the period that "by February 1 1942 Norway did not cease to be a Kingdom, however, since the Constitution of 1814 was still valid.
		These polities predate the unification of Kingdom of Norway (traditional date 872) and continue, either in dissidence or subordinate to either Norway or a "foreign" power (Denmark, Sweden).
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Norway.htm (3323 words)

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