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  Magnus II of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316 – December 1, 1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric Magnusson of Sweden and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway.
Magnus had succeeded to the Norwegian throne when at age four he was elected king of Sweden in 1320.
In 1363 Magnus was deposed from the Swedish throne being replaced by the Duke of Mecklenburg's son.
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 Norway - Simple English Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Norway's other major cities are Bergen with 230,000 people and Trondheim with 150,000; both have been the Norwegian capital in earlier years.
Norway was the weaker part of the union with Denmark, which lasted until 1814 when Norway tried to come free.
Norway is rich in natural resources such as oil, water power, fish, agriculture, forests and minerals.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norway   (626 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 articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnus   (86 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Blanka of Namur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Marriage: Magnus VII of Norway Eriksson in 1335
Blanka married Magnus VII of Norway Eriksson, son of Erik Magnusson and Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter, in 1335.
(Magnus VII of Norway Eriksson was born in 1316 and died on 1 Dec 1374 in Sweden.) The cause of his death was drowning.
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 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.
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 AllRefer.com - Magnus VII (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Magnus VII (Magnus Ericsson), b.1316, d.1373 or 1374, king of Norway (1319–43) and Sweden (1319–63).
He succeeded his grandfather, Haakon V, in Norway; at the same time he was elected king by the Swedish nobles to succeed his exiled uncle, King Birger of Sweden.
Haakon married Waldemar's daughter Margaret I, thus preparing the union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
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 World Homes Network - Norway
During the Viking period (8th-11th centuries), Vikings from Norway raided and later settled in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and the Hebrides, and on the west coast of Scotland, and the east coast of Ireland.
Norway was made a province of Denmark (1536), forced to accept Christian III as king (ruled 1535-59), and compelled to adopt the Lutheran faith.
Norway suffered considerably in the constant wars between Sweden and Denmark (the former having seceded from the union in the early 16th century), losing the provinces of Hä rjedalen and Jämtland in 1645 and Bohuslän in 1658.
www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/norway.htm   (3277 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.
Marriage ties link Norway with both Sweden and Denmark, and Queen Margarete, the wife of Haakon VI, succeeded in gaining control of the country as their son the king was only five years old.
www.angelfire.com /me/Merethe/norwayinfo1.html   (4525 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Margaret I (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Margaret I 1353–1412, queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, daughter of Waldemar IV of Denmark.
She was married (1363) to King Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus VII of Norway and Sweden.
Norway and Sweden resented her appointment of Danes to office.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Marg1.html   (359 words)

  
 Norwegian history (the s.c.nordic FAQ)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As King Magnus refused, the uncle, allied with a claimant to the Danish kingdom.
King Magnus was defeated and the union between Denmark and Norway was split.
Margarethe is appointed Regent and unites Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in the Union of Kalmar.
www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq63.html#top   (1256 words)

  
 Kingdoms of Scandinavia - Norway
As with Denmark and Sweden, the rulers of Norway emerged from legendary origins.
Denmark loses Norway, which then comes under the rule of Sweden from the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
On 12th-13th August a plebiscite is held in which 368,392 male voters agree to formally end the union with Sweden.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/ScandinaviaNorway.htm   (315 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Magnus VII of Norway Eriksson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Magnus, however, regained the crown in 1359, only to be deposed again in 1363 by the nobles after he had surrendered the southern section of Sweden to Denmark.
Magnus was imprisoned for some time but escaped in 1371 to Norway, where he lived until his death.
Magnus was forced to cede to Erik about half of his Swedish kingdom, and he began to make concessions to the nobility.
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 NorHouse: The Nordic Countries - Norway
Politically, Norway had a reputation for advanced ideas and in the first nine years after 1905 the modern principles of political responsibility, state-ownership and social equality began to flourish.
Norway's rivers, mountains and fjords also contributed to international awareness as salmon fishers, mountaineers and sailors, mostly wealthy nobility from England, discovered their unspoiled nature.
Norway loyalties remained firmly with the west; in 1949 Norway joined NATO at the same time as Denmark and was later a recipient of Marshall Aid.
www.norhouse.com /country.asp?art_id=CO-003   (1974 words)

  
 UFD - Information dossiers on the structures of the education systems in Europe; Norway 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As a result of a referendum in 1905, newly-independent Norway chose to become a kingdom instead of a republic and the Prince Carl of Denmark was invited to become king of Norway.
Norway has a state church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, to which approximately 90% of the population belong.
Norway covers 324,000 square kilometers (not including the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen), has a distance from the southern to the northern point of about 1,752 kilometer and a coastline of about 2,650 km.
odin.dep.no /ufd/engelsk/publ/veiledninger/014005-990621/index-hov001-b-n-a.html   (2419 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Håkon VI Magnusson of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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)

  
 Magnus II of Sweden - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316–1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway.
King Magnus took advantage of his neigbour's distress, redeeming the pawn for the eastern Danish provinces for a huge amount of silver, and thus became ruler also of Terra Scania.
In 1363 Magnus was deposed from the Swedish throne seeking refuge with his younger son in Norway, where he drowned in 1377.
www.unipedia.info /Magnus_II_of_Sweden.html   (264 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)

  
 Sweden
Duke of Mecklenburg as Albert III (1384-1412); nephew of Magnus Eriksson, whom he was elected to succeed (1363) as king of Sweden; power restricted by Council of Nobles (1371); defeated and captured by army of Margaret (1389); retired to Mecklenburg.
King of Norway as Magnus VII (1319-55) and of Sweden as Magnus II (1319-63).
Oscar II (1829-1907), king of Sweden (1872-1907) and of Norway (1872-1905), third son of King Oscar I, and brother of King Charles XV, born in Stockholm.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/sweden.htm   (4127 words)

  
 Film Society of Lincoln Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 2005 Norway celebrates its 100th anniversary as an independent nation; in 1905 the Swedish-Norwegian Union was dissolved, and Prince Charles of Denmark was installed as King Haakon VII of Norway.
Norway has a rich tradition of socially engaged cinema, in which a wide variety of issues and problems would be treated with remarkable candor.
As Norway began to reap the profits of its oil industry, a few filmmakers began to devise projects that were of far greater technical and commercial ambition than had been seen before.
filmlinc.org /wrt/showing/norway.htm   (5061 words)

  
 The Monarchy (Norway - the official site in the UK)
Norway was part of a union with Denmark from 1381 to 1814 and then with Sweden from 1814 until 1905, when it once more became independent under Haakon VII of Norway.
Prince Haakon Magnus was christened in the Palace Chapel on 20 September 1973, and his godparents included the three Scandinavian monarchs: King Olav V of Norway, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
The Princess is named Märtha after her father’s mother, Crown Princess Märtha of Norway, and Louise after her great-great-grandmother, Queen Louise of Denmark, the daughter of Carl XV of Sweden and mother of Haakon VII of Norway.
www.norway.org.uk /facts/monarchy/monarchy.htm   (1053 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Magnus II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Magnus II, called Magnus Eriksson (1316-73?), king of Sweden (1319-63) and, as Magnus VII Eriksson, king of Norway (1319-43).
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.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Magnus_II.html   (172 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 74   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Magnus I the Pious of, Duke of Brunswick Brunswick, b.
Magnus IV the Blind of Norway, King of Norway Sigurdsson, b.
Magnus VII of Norway, King of Norway Eriksson, b.
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedFx74.html   (469 words)

  
 Nordic FAQ - 6 of 7 - NORWAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In the east Norway shares an extensive border with Sweden and for a shorter one with Finland and Russia in the north.
Norway emerged as an industrial nation from the beginning of this century, partly due to local elites investing money in shipbuilding, woolspinning, timber and pulp production, and partly because of foreign companies building up on electrochemical industry based upon cheap hydro-electric power.
Norways newly won independence from Denmark in 1814 inspired authors to regard themselves as the creators of a national literature and national identity.
www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part6_NORWAY   (5869 words)

  
 Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part VII
King Canute took as hostages from all lendermen and great bondes in Norway either their sons, brothers, or other near connections, or the men who were dearest to them and appeared to him most suitable; by which he, as before observed, secured their fidelity to him.
The same autumn some merchants came to Norway, who told the tidings that were going through the country of Earl Hakon being missing; and all men knew that he neither came to Norway nor to England that autumn, so that Norway that winter was without a head.
The first part of his journey, down to the sea-coast, King Olaf and his men made on the ice; but as spring approached, and the ice broke up, they rigged their vessels, and when they were ready and got a wind they set out to sea, and had a good voyage.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson7.html   (10894 words)

  
 Early Kings of Norway - Chapter XII.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This son bears the name of Magnus _Barfod_ (Barefoot, or Bareleg); and if you ask why so, the answer is: He was used to appear in the streets of Nidaros (Trondhjem) now and then in complete Scotch Highland dress.
The remnants of his force, without further molestation, found their ships on the Coast of Ulster; and sailed home,--without conquest of Ireland; nay perhaps, leaving royal Murdog disposed to be relieved of his procession with the pair of shoes.
Magnus was positive; and, early next morning, Gylle had to be on the ground; and the race, naturally under heavy bet, actually went off.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/EarlyKingsofNorway/chap12.html   (1398 words)

  
 Magnus - TheBestLinks.com - Automobile, TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, Magnus I of Sweden, Magnus I of Norway, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Magnus - TheBestLinks.com - Automobile, TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, Magnus I of Sweden, Magnus I of Norway,...
Magnus, Automobile, TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, Magnus I of Sweden, Magnus...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Genealogy of the Royal Family of Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The official title of the sovereign of Norway is: King/Queen of Norway with the style Majesty.
The official title of the heir to the throne is: Crown Prince(ss) of Norway with the style Royal Highness.
The children of the sovereign and the children of the heir to the throne bear the title Prince(ss) of Norway with the style Royal Highness.
www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/gennorway.html   (378 words)

  
 Time1c   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
1370 - Olaf II Haakonsson of Demark (Olaf IV of Norway), King of Denmark and Norway, born.
1382 - Eric VII of Denmark and Norway (Eric XIII of Sweden), King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, born.
1459 - Eric VII of Denmark and Norway (Eric XIII of Sweden), King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, died.
www.byzantios.net /modar/Time1c.htm   (7328 words)

  
 The Periphery of Francia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When the winner, Henry VII emerged, it was to enjoy the power of the unified state.
Henry (VII) was a (legimated) member of the House of Lancaster on his mother's side.
Scandinavia forms a natural unit in the Periphery of Francia, not the least because Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, whose early history is scrambled together, were also eventually united, by the Union of Kalmar, in 1397.
england.dtn.ru /librar/kings.htm   (4694 words)

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