121
MAGNUS THE GOOD AND HAROLD HARDRULER 132
SVERRE, THE COOK'S SON, AND THE BIRCHLEGS 145
THE FRIENDS AND FOES OF A BOY PRINCE 160
KING VALDEMAR I. AND BISHOP ABSOLON 169
THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF VALDEMAR II 176
BIRGER JARL AND THE CONQUEST OF FINLAND 186
THE FIRST WAR BETWEEN SWEDEN AND RUSSIA 196
THE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT OF KING BIRGER 202
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE CALMAR UNION 211
HOW SIR TORD FOUGHT FOR CHARLES OF SWEDEN 217
STEN STURE'S GREAT VICTORY OVER THE DANES 226
HOW THE DITMARSHERS KEPT THEIR FREEDOM 236
THE BLOOD-BATH OF STOCKHOLM 241
THE ADVENTURES OF GUSTAVUS VASA 252
THE FALL OF CHRISTIAN II. THE TYRANT 271
THE WEST GOTHLAND INSURRECTION 283
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF KING ERIK 296
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ON THE FIELD OF LEIPSIC 310
CHARLES X. AND THE INVASION OF DENMARK 319
CHARLES XII. THE FIREBRAND OF SWEDEN 326
THE ENGLISH INVADERS AND THE DANISH FLEET 343
A FRENCH SOLDIER BECOMES KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY 349
THE DISMEMBERMENT OF DENMARK 358
BREAKING THE BOND BETWEEN NORWAY AND SWEDEN 362
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SCANDINAVIAN.
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THE OLD BRIDGE AT OEREBRO, ONE OF THE MOST
ANCIENT TOWNS OF SWEDEN. _Frontispiece._
HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, NORWAY 35
HOME OF PEASANTS, NORWAY 50
BUSY FARMERS IN A HILLSIDE FIELD ABOVE ARE, SWEDEN 80
A NORDFJORD BRIDE AND GROOM WITH GUESTS AND
PARENTS. BRIGSDAL, NORWAY 95
NORWEGIAN PEASANTS 115
NORWEGIAN FARM BUILDINGS 135
LINKOPING FROM TANNEFORS 165
VILLAGE LIFE AND HOMES IN SWEDEN 190
MORNING GREETINGS OF NEIGHBORS, SWEDEN 210
GRIPSHOLM CASTLE, MARI 220
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