Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-22
GROWING OF THE FIRST
EUROPEAN KING IN


made 1t necessary to wear overcoats
and winter clothing. The cathedral
filled early. The crowd uncovered
when the bishops entered The bish-
ops were followed by a number OF
priests, rObed in white. who formed
a semi circle about the altar. and
with bowed heads offered prayers for
the king and queen.
Accompanying the special American
embassy were Mr.. and Mrs William
J. Bryan. The people watched this
part with great interest.
The visiting princes and princesses
were cheered as they drove along the
lane, troops lining the cathedral ap-
proaches. The king and queen rode
TO the cathedral in a closed state
coach. Both wore ermine robes. The
king saluted in reply 10 the saluta-
tions of the people.
Handkerchiefs and flags were waved
b. the crowd but there was only oc-
casional cheering When the royal
party entered the cathedral all pres
ent rose. At the conclusion of the
crowning of the king. salutes were
fired from the land batteries and all
ships in the harbor, and the bells in
all the churches were Fung.
Cradle Of Morse Nation.
Trondhjem. the ancient capital OF
the kings OF Norway, may be cad Led
the cradle of the Morse nation. Ii is
I first mentioned in history, before
there was a united Norway, in con-
nection with Harold, the Fair Haired,
who conquered all the petty kings OF
{ the Morse countries, and united them
into a single state under 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
in 935, amid the joyful acclamations
of the people, who had successfully
rebelled against the cruel tyranny of
Of Erick Blood-aXe and his despotic
wife, Queen Gunhild. Since then all
the kings of Norway, of whatever ma
tionality they might be, have to travel
to this far away city for sthe cere-
mopy of investiture. The King
HaaRon of today owes his name to the
first good king of an united and in
dependent Norway, and the little
crown prince becomes the namesake
of the first legitimate successor of the
great Olaf Thyggvesson who was
crowned in 995. Up TO that time
/ Trondhjem was less a national cap
ital than the mere stronghold of an
important province, but in 996 Olaf
/ Tryggvesson laid the foundation OF
the present city, which he then called
Nidaros. It is the northernmost town
of any Importance in Europe. being
situated in the same latitude as the
south coast of Iceland, but IL has a
strongly temperate climate While
Chrlstiana Fjord and all the rivers in
the southern part of Norway become
solidly frozen during the winter, the
River Md rarely freezes over, and the
beautiful Trondhjem Fjord never
The climate is like that of middle
Germany in winter and much like that
of the coast of Oregon in summer
Hence the luxurious vegetation anC
the resultant prosperity of the peo-
pie.
Haakon a Christian.
King Haakon the Good, is dintin
guished as being the first Christian
sovereign of Europe. He was sent by
his father to England in his child
hood, and there he became a convert
to the faith and was baptized. UpoI
his return to Norway and his acces.
sion to his fathers throne. he did moi
dare to Immediately attack the an.
cient Asa faith, which had so many
fanatical adherents among his closest
friends, so he temporized for some
sixteen years or more until he haC
won such unbounded popularity as
seemed to warrant his taking steps
toward the realization of the wisf
nearest his heart-the ChrisianizatioI
of his people. He began we'll but hc
I did not possess the cruelty of yea
that was necessary for the accom-
plishment of such task in tnat age
so he only succeeded in opening thG
way for his more vigorous successor
Olaf Tryggvesson, who introduced
the fire and sword into the fight with
great measure of success. But ever
he foiled to completely eradicate pag.
anism from the national heart, and II
was only after his successor, by hi!
wife, and more particularly by his
death, had appealed to the ready i'm
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