History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1, credited to Knut Gjerset, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of History of the Norwegian People, Vol. 1 by Knut Gjerset. Read in English by Ærik Bjørnsson A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. The author, Knut Gjerset, was born in Western Norway in 1865 and immigrated to Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the US with his parents in 1871 and his brother Oluf later got elected to public office there. He received a B.A. in Literature from the University of Minnesota, and also studied at John's Hopkins University from 1895-1896, and the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a PhD, from 1896-1898. This first volume deals with the Norwegian History from the earliest times, to the early 14th century and covers topics such as: Prehistoric Norway and iron and Bronze age cultures in the area, the Viking era, The Christianization of Norway and some related information on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland/Orkney Islands, etc., Early kings of Norway, Norway in the Crusades, and foreign policy reformations at the beginning of the Late Middle Ages. - Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1
• Author credits: Knut Gjerset
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 75
• Listed recording duration: 16:32:55

Catalogue topics

• Norway
• Norwegian History

Opening tracks: first 24 of 75

1. 00 - Preface — 2:57
2. 01 - The Country and Its Resources — 14:30
3. 02 - Scandinavia in Prehistoric Times, The Stone Age — 4:27
4. 03 - The Bronze Age — 3:23
5. 04 - The Iron Age — 11:13
6. 05 - The Migrations — 16:14
7. 06 - The People — 7:50
8. 07 - The Dawn of Historic Norway — 7:51
9. 08 - The Early Viking Expeditions — 2:47
10. 09 - The Vikings in Ireland and in the Islands — 2:43
11. 10 - The Vikings in France and Spain — 8:49
12. 11 - The Vikings in England — 9:56
13. 12 - Alfred the Great and the Vikings — 5:30
14. 13 - Names Applied to the Vikings — 2:22
15. 14 - Struggle Between Norsemen and Danes in Ireland — 3:33
16. 15 - The Viking Expeditions Eastward. Founding of the Russian Kingdom. The Varangians in Constantinople — 8:57
17. 16 - Life and Culture in the Viking Age — 12:38
18. 17 - Causes of the Viking Expeditions — 2:30
19. 18 - Towns and Commerce — 11:15
20. 19 - Dress, Houses, Food, and Drink — 15:36
21. 20 - Religion and Literature — 30:05
22. 21 - Early Social Conditions in Norway — 18:55
23. 22 - The Origin of the Yngling Dynasty — 2:45
24. 23 - Harald Haarfagre. Unification of Norway — 18:11

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