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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.
		Olaf II was driven out of Norway by King Canute of England and Denmark, in league with discontented Norwegian nobles; however, his son, Magnus I, was restored (1035) to the Norwegian throne.
		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)

	AllRefer.com - Magnus VI (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus VI (Magnus the Law Mender), 1238–80, king of Norway (1263–80), son of Haakon IV.
		One of his enactments fixed the law of succession to the throne; another, by its creation of a new royal council and of new ranks of nobility, laid the foundation of a new governing class.
		In 1277, Magnus and the church reached an agreement on the limits of church and state power.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Magnus6.html (308 words)

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	NORWAY - LoveToKnow Article on NORWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	Norway
		Son of Magnus VI Lawmender; succeeded elder brother Erik II Magnusson; attempted to curb power of nobles and clergy; pursued policy hostile to England while allowing Hanseatic merchants to gain great power; fought wars with Denmark and Sweden; revised law of succession to allow succession of Magnus VII Eriksson, son of daughter Ingeborg.
		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.
		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)

	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)

	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.
		Following his premature death in 1387 his mother Margaren, was by the Kalmar Union in 1389, able to unite, in personal union, the three Scandinavian kingdoms under one crown.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ol/Olaf_IV_of_Norway.html (123 words)

	Magnus II of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus II king of (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway from 1066 until 1069.
		Before his departure he made Magnus, his son, regent, and caused him to be crowned King of Norway.
		Magnus was to rule the northern half of the country and Olav the southern.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Magnus_II_of_Norway1.htm (291 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 11290
		Magnus VI Haakonsson, King of Norway was the son of Haakon IV Haakonsson, King of Norway and Margareta Skulesdotter.
		Haakon VI Magnusson, King of Norway and Sweden was the son of Magnus VII (II), King of Norway and Sweden and Blanche de Namur.
		Oluf II Haakonsson, King of Denmark and Norway was the son of Haakon VI Magnusson, King of Norway and Sweden and Margaret Valdemarsdottir, Queen of Denmark and Norway.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11290.htm (1069 words)

	1266 Treaty of Perth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Treaty of Perth ended military conflict between Norway under Magnus the Law-mender and Scotland under Alexander III over the sovereignty of the Western Isles, the Isle of Mann and Caithness.
		The treaty was agreed three years after the 1263 naval Battle of Largs and, in, (page 90, Pimlico 1992, ISBN 0-7126-9893-0), Michael Lynch has compared the treaty's importance with that of the.
		In the treaty Norway recognised Scottish sovereignty over the disputed territories in return for a lump sum of 4000 marks and an annuity of 100 marks.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Treaty_of_Perth (266 words)

	History of the Isle of Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From the middle of the 12th century till 1217 the suzerainty, owing to the fact that Norway had become a prey to civil dissensions, had remained of a very shadowy character.
		Finally, in 1261, Alexander III of Scotland sent envoys to Norway to negotiate for the cession of the isles, but their efforts led to no result.
		Two years later Magnus died and in 1266 King Magnus VI of Norway ceded the islands, including Man, to Scotland in the Treaty of Perth in consideration of the sum of 4000 marks (known as "merks" in Scotland) and an annuity of 100 marks.
	northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/History_of_the_Isle_of_Man (2445 words)

	Magnus VI of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Law-mender"), king of Norway from 1263 until 1280.
		A man of peace, he brought an end to the Scottish war by ceding (1266) the Hebrides and the Isle of Man to Alexander III of Scotland for a large sum as specified in the Treaty of Perth.
		He was succeeded by his sons, Eirik II Magnusson (reigned 1280-1299) who was the father of Margaret Maid of Norway, and Haakon V Magnusson (reigned 1299-1319).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnus_Lagab%C3%B8te (242 words)

	1280 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Magnus I of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry-member in lieu of ordinary tax payments.
		King Edward I of England forms the Court of King's Bench to hear petitions for justice instead of the king hearing them himself.
		The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is completed; it began in 1279.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1280 (257 words)

	Norwegian history (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As King Magnus refused, the uncle, allied with a claimant to the Danish kingdom.
		Magnus VI introduces a general code of laws which remains in use for more than four centuries, replacing local legal systems with a unified code for the entire kingdom.
		Norway declares independence at Eidsvoll, but after a short war against Sweden Norway agrees to a personal union with Sweden.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq63.html (1256 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Magnus VI Håkonsson Lagabøte of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus fikk kongenavn i 1257 og ble kronet i 1261.
		Kong Magnus' tiltak for å opprettholde freden i riket skulle imidlertid vise seg for svake til å temme de innebygde maktpolitiske spenningene i det svenske riket.
		Magnus married Ingeborg Eriksdatter, daughter of Erik IV Plogpenning of Denmark and Jutta of Saxony, on 11 Sep 1261 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1370.htm (4286 words)

	Battle of Largs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fighting the Scots were the Manx fleet and that of Haakon IV of Norway, who was wounded in the battle and died in the Orkneys shortly thereafter.
		The outcome of the battle is today recognised as a victory for the Scots, as it began the chain of events that soon ensured their dominance over the Western Isles.
		This sovereignity was only formally confirmed in 1266: Haakon's successor, Magnus VI of Norway, signed the isles over to the Scots in the Treaty of Perth, following Haakon's death in late 1263 on Orkney, succumbing to illness.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Largs (362 words)

	1260s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In other developments, both Iceland and Greenland accepted the overlordship of Norway, but Scotland was able to repulse a Norse invasion and broker a favorable peace settlement.
		1266 - The war between Scotland and Norway ends as King Alexander III of Scotland and King Magnus VI of Norway agree to the Treaty of Perth, which cedes the Western Isles and Isle of Man to Scotland in exchange for a large monetary payment.
		1261 - The population of Greenland accepts the overlordship of the King of Norway.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1260s (2876 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Magnus the Good
		When King Magnus Olafson heard of Hardaknut's death, he immediately sent people south to Denmark, with a message to the men who had bound themselves by oath to the peace and agreement which was made between King Magnus and Hardaknut, and reminded them of their pledge.
		King Magnus proceeded northward to Norway with his fleet, and wintered there; but when the spring set in (A.D. 1048) he gathered a large force, with which he sailed south to Demnark, having heard the news from Vindland that the Vindland people in Jomsborg had withdrawn from their submission to him.
		King Magnus sailed with his fleet from the south after Svein to Seeland; but as soon as the king came there Svein fled up the country with his men, and Magnus followed them, and pursued the fugitives, killing all that were laid hold of.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/magnus.html (9370 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Håkon VI Magnusson of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HAAKON MAGNUSSON THE YOUNGER, Norwegian HÅKON MAGNUSSON DEN YNGRE, king of Norway (1355-80) whose marriage to Margaret, daughter of the Danish king Valdemar IV, in 1363 paved the way for the eventual union (1397) of the three major Scandinavian nations--Denmark, Norway, and Sweden--the Kalmar Union.
		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.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/179.htm (370 words)

	Norway 3
		Magnus III "Bear-Foot", King of Norway (1095-1103), *ca 1073, +k.a.Connaugt, Ireland 24.8.1103; m.ca 1101 Margareta of Sweden (+before 1130); all his kids were illegitimate:
		Olav Ugjave, a contender for the throne in 1170, +1173
		Magnus VI, King of Norway (1257/63-80), 1238, +9.5.1280; m.1261 Ingeborg of Sweden (1244 +1287)
	genealogy.euweb.cz /scand/norway3.html (481 words)

	Magnus VI on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(Magnus the Law Mender), 1238-80, king of Norway (1263-80), son of Haakon IV.
		He was succeeded by his sons, Eric II (reigned 1280-99), who was the father of Margaret Maid of Norway, and Haakon V (reigned 1299-1319).
		"Your captain is brave and vows reformation": Jack Cade, the Hacket rising, and Shakespeare's vision of popular rebellion in 2 Henry VI.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Magnus6.asp (512 words)

	EARLS OF MARCH - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS OF MARCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		of Norway ceded the Isle of Man. and the Hebrides to Scotland.
		In 1576 the earldom of Lennox became extinct on the death without male issue of Charles (father of Lady Arabella Stuart), 5th earl of Lennox; and it was then revived in favor of Robert Stuart, a grand-uncle of King James VI., second son.
		The earldom of Lennox (soon afterwards raised to a dukedom) was taken from Robert and conferred upon Esm; and Robert was compensated by being created earl of March and baron of Dunbar (1582).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARCH_EARLS_OF.htm (2947 words)

	Orkney Saga I (Formerly Sails in St. Magnus I): Fifteen keels laid in Norway for Jerusalem-farers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sails in St. Magnus I is the first instalment of a projected cycle of 14 pieces that together will form a narrative of "the most famous recorded voyage that Orkney men ever made", namely the journey to and from Jerusalem during the Crusade of 1151.
		In June 1993, as part of Orkney's St. Magnus Festival, there was a display of sail-like banners in the nave of St. Magnus Cathedral to commemorate 'the most famous recorded voyage that Orkney men ever made' the crusade to Jerusalem in 1151.
		The Orkney Sagas cycle was inspired by an exhibition at the 1993 St. Magnus Festival in Orkney, in which 14 huge canvasses commissioned from contemporary artists were hung in the nave of St. Magnus Cathedral in commemoration of the crusade to Jerusalem in 1151, 'the most famous recorded voyage that the Orkneymen ever made'.
	www.maxopus.com /works/sails01.htm (1892 words)

	Haakon VI of Norway: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Haakon VI of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1340-1380), King of Norway, son of King Magnus Ericsson of Sweden and Norway and Blanche of Namur[?].
		In 1370 they had the son Olav who would succeede his grandfather to the Danish throne in 1376.
		In 1380 King Haakon, the son of King Magnus of Sweden, died and was succeded by his own son King Olav of Denmark.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ha/Haakon-VI-of-Norway.html (132 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)

	My Lines - Person Page 296 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She married Robert VI "le Veil", 3rd Earl of Carrick, son of Robert V "the Competitor", 5th Lord of Annandale and Isabel de Clare, in 1271; Her 2nd (widow).
		Magnus VI, King of Norway was born circa 1226.
		She was the daughter of Robert VI "le Veil", 3rd Earl of Carrick and Margaret, Countess of Carrick.
	virts.rootsweb.com /~cousin/html/p296.htm (5316 words)

	Magnus VI of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus VI of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		"Law-mender"), king of (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway from 1263 until 1280.
		Son of (Click link for more info and facts about Haakon Haakonsson) Haakon Haakonsson.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Magnus_VI_of_Norway1.htm (178 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Magnus VI
		Magnus VI, called Lawmender (1238-1280), King of Norway (1263-1280), who replaced the various provincial laws with a common national code.
		1373), King of Sweden (1319-1363) and, as Magnus VII Eriksson, King of Norway (1319-1343).
		The death of Håkon V in 1319, without male heirs, gave the throne to King Magnus II of Sweden, the three-year-old son of Håkon’s daughter.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Magnus_VI.html (94 words)

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