History of Norway

Based on exhaustive research History of Norway is a clear informative and entertaining description of Norways history from the earliest cultures of the Stone Age to todays oil and gas economy. Along the way there are fascinating stories of Vikings the Sami kings and queens farmers and fishermen merchants and miners the Black Death the Hanseatic merchants the Reformation independence emigration from Norway to America polar explorers the Nazi invasion and the Norwegian resistance in World War II and much more!John Yileks History of Norway presents a clear fast-moving and sharply focused story of Norway from its beginnings to the present day. --Odell M. Bjerkness Professor Emeritus Concordia College Moorhead author of several books about Norway