Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-29

die of the Morse nation, 1t is first men
tened in history, before there was a
united Norway, in connection with Har-
old, the Fair Haired, who conquered all
the petty kings Of the Morse counties
and united them into a single state I'M
der his own crown in the latter part
Of the Ninth century. But it did not
attain first Importance in the kingdom
until Haakon, The Good. was crowned
there la $50, amid the joyful acclama-
tions Of the people who had successfully
rebelIed against the cruel tyranny of
Erik RIood-axe and his despotic wife
Queer Gunhild. Since then all the
kings Gf Norway, of whatever national
ity they might be, have had to travel
TO tais far away city for the ceremony
of inyestiture.
The King Haakon Of today owes his
name 10 the first good king and the
little crown prince becomes the name
sake Of his first legitimate successor,
the great Olof Tryggvesson, who was
crowned in 995.
While Christiania Fjord and all the
rivers in the southern part of Norway
become solidly frozen during the win
ter, the river Md rarely freezes over and
the beautiful Trondhjem Fjord never.
The climate is like that of middle Ger.
many in winter and much like that of
the coast of Oregon in summer. Hence
the luxurious vegetation and the result
ant prosperity of the people.
Christianity in Norway.
King Haakon the Good favored Chris
tianity strongly, but he only succeeded in
opening the way for his more vigorous
successor Olaf Tryggvesson, who intro
duced the fire and sword into the hight
with Il great measure of success. But
even he failed to completely eradicate
paganism, and it was only after his sue
cessor, by his wife, and more particular
l. laf tn tha
ready imagination of the Norsemen that
Christianity really became the estab-
| lished religion Of the country. his great
missionary was King Olaf HarOldsOn,
who was afterward canonized as st. Olaf
and over whose sacred remains the great
cathedral i'll Trondhjem arose. st. Olaf
was killed at the religious battle of Silk
lestad in 1890. Eventually the cathed-
raj and some fifteen or twenty other
churches were built upon the strength of
the faith he had created, and even III
Protestant Norway today his name Is
revered above all others.
In 1851 Trondhjem was erected into
an archbishopric. At this time the great
Archbishop Epstein, the third of Trond-
hiem. Cuarreled with the king and fled
to England. He returned full of religious
zeal and during the next few years he
built the present transept of the cathe-
dral. His successor finished the magnif-
lcpnt clOlr ana the OCIuSO1dl dpSe lndI
covered the relics of st. Olaf and from
that time the building grew through all
sorts of exuberant imaginings in such a
manner as to create a monument OF alb
solute beauty. 1t has been repeatedly
damaged by fire and the clemens, but is
now in the hands of devoutly careful re
storcrs. 1t is matter of great regret to
the Norwegians that the other restora-
tons were not completed in time for to-
DAVIS ceremonies. Indeed it will be dec
AIDES before the restoration is completed.
Find No Royal Palace.
There is no royal palace in TrOndhjem
land during the coronation festivities the
roval family will use the residence of the
Stiftsamtmand, the governor of the prov
ince. This stands in the center of the
city near the great market place. The
town in ordinary times is really little
more than q fishing village. although it
does contain $4,000 inha bitants. The
chief industry of the place is salmon fish
/ ing and salmon is the principal article Of
food in the province. Although the sal
mon is probably the finest in the world
the least particular traveller is liable to
| lose his appetite for it since he gets it
for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper
! and between meals if he should happen
to be hungry. The town where it hugs
the shore of the ford is most pictur-
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