Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-21
NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
Two Countries Whose Ties Are Near
the Breaking Point.

the Breaking Point.
The demand Of Norway and Of tho
Norwegians for political autonomy and
the reluctance or refusal Of Sweden and
the Swedes to grant it are matters OF
growing interest The Norwegian con-
stitution dates back to 1914. and the
Norwegians say they withheld certain
rights which the Swedes aver were sur
rendered to the common monarchy
along with the right of the king Of
Sweden to declare war, make peace, con-
tract alliances, send and receive embas-
sailors and manage the foreign affairs
of the two Kingdoms The exact polit-
ical relations between Norway and Swe-
den were not very clearly defined, and
as d result OF this indefiniteness and
the ambiguity Of the laws concerning
them there has recently been q great
deal of friction. The most recent cause
Of controversy arose from the alleged at
tempt of the king of Sweden to reduce
the strength of the Norwegian army
while maintaining large Swedish ar
my for use in the event of trouble.
The area of Sweden is 172, 600 square
miles. The area of Norway is 1874, 600
suuare miles, or considerably less. The
population of Sweden is nearly $780,
900. The population of Norway is
100000 The population per square
mile of Sweden is %; of Norway, IL.
In total population OF 5000, 600 in
Sweden the excess of females is 100, 600.
1t is just as large in Norway in total
population of only 1000, 600. Sweden
has one large city, Stockholm, with
population of nearly 800, 600 The lar
gest city in Norway is Christiania.
which is only half as large The excess
of births over deaths in Sweden is co.
900 year; in Norway it is $4,000
The total emigration from Sweden in
a year is $4,000, mostly male; from
Norway it averages 10, 600.
Practically all the emigration from
Norway and Sweden is to the United
States There is some immigration into
Sweden; into Norway none at all The
population of both countries is mainly
rural, but more largely so in Sweden
than in Norway. There are six times as
many Swedes in Norway as there are
Norwegians in Sweden. There were
1000 Americans in Sweden by the last
census, but no Americans to speak of in
Norway. Financially Sweden is much
the stronger country of the two, and
the Swedish army is generally regarded
as more formidable than the Norwegian
army, which numbers 80, 600. The
Swedish army numbers about 40, 600 on
a peace footing.
The total debt of Sweden is goo, 00O,-
600 crowns, or about $40, 600, 900. The
total debt of Norway is 100, 600, 600
crowns or nearly S40,000,00O. The
revenues of Sweden are from customs
and excise chiefly, from an income tax
and from the sale of stamps. The income
Of Norway is from customs chiefly.
The postoffice receipts are relatively
greater in Norway than in Sweden,
and the internal revenue taxes are much
larger in Sweden than in Norway. The
Swedish army costs about 20 per cent
of the total national outlay. The Nor
wegian army costs about one-seventh.
Norway spends more relatively for its
navy than Sweden, all the civil list OF
Sweden is, Of course, very much Larger
than that of Norway. Seventy-three per
cent Of the forest lands of Norway are
pine forests Sweden by the last census
had 80, 900 miners, in the iron and coal
mines chiefly. Sweden's chief exports
are to England. The chief imports to
Sweden are from Germany. The United
States does very little business with
Sweden. The chief exports of Norway
are TO Great Britain, and the chief i'm
ports are from that country. There are
$500 miles of railroads in Norway, and
a smaller mileage in Sweden. There are
$4,000 miles Of telegraph lines in Nor
way and $500 only in Sweden.-New
York Sun.