The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-01
Recent Occurrences Of interest,"
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark. '.
THE BIG MUSEUM AT STOCKHOLM
Mario Sermet, the French journal
list, Compares 1t With Those of
Paris, in Words of
Admiration.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

In lie Petit Parisian," Mario Ser
net the French journalist, has writ.
ten a most excellent description Of the
"Nordiska Museum" and "Skansen" in
Stockholm. The writer aims to show
that while Paris has many historic
museums, she has none in which the
exhibitions give such a thorough chro.
biological review of the country's prog.
ress as the big museum in the Swedish
capital. In Paris, says the writer, you
will only see things at the museums
which at one time or other have be
1onged to one of the kings or emperors
but do not show how the burghers OF
the peasants lived in times past. In
Sweden, matters are entirely different
Already in Lund you will find an ex.
cellent museum, which will give yoo
a very fair idea of the country's de.
velopment in the past, but when you
reach Stockholm you will find every.
thing complete at the "Nordiska Mu.
seum,'' which, beyond a doubt, is one
Of the most complete, if indeed it is
| not the completest museum of it's kind
| in the whole world. When the write1
comes to Skansen he gets even more
enthusiastic and exclaims: "When
shall our Paris get such an outdoor
museum as this? Why here you can
| see everything of interest appertainine
to Swedish folk life, their dances,
their picturesque costumes, their fid.
dlers, their fisher .huts and mountain
| cottages, their Dalecarlian girls, the
wonderful geological exhibit making
| it, in fine, one of the unique exhibits
Of the world. Paris has art, but ali,
it has no Skansen.
| August Strindberg's new drama, en-.
titled ''The Last Knight" is, according
to critics, one of the noted play
wright's very best, and from literary
standpoint, one Of his most important
works. The play is divided into five
acts and the scene is laid during the
struggles with Denmark in 1920.
The three leading figures in the play
are Sten Sture, King Gustavus Vasa
and Sten Sture's queen, Kristina CYL.
lenstierna. At the beginning of the
play, King Gustaf is only eighteen
years old, and he, of course, is one
Of the heroes of the drama. Queen
Kristina has been most POLITICALLY pic
tured by the author, and all the char
acter sketches are depicted in a strong
and charmingly vivid manner. The
Dramatic theater in Stockholm has
purchased the play and will render it
some time before Christmas or before
the first Of the year.
The st. Petersburg paper, "Retsch,' -
recently published an item to the eff.
feet that a secret military congress,
in which Germany and Sweden both
participated, was held not long ago.
In commenting on this item, the Ber-
liner Localanzeiger says: According
to what we have heard from a fully
reliable source, the report that mill
tary conference had been held be-
tween representatives of the Swedish
and German governments during the
recent visit of the German emperor to
Stockholm, is absolutely false. Swe-
den has never declared it as her inten-
ton to close any deal with any coun-
try that We know of, nor has Germany
to our knowledge any such intentions
either. The hole thing is rank
falsehood and should never have been
pubished."
| Lotten Dorsch, one of Sweden's well
known actresses, died a few days ago
at her apartments in Stockholm. aged
ffty-nine years. She made great sue
Kristina," and she was at one time
considered to be the leading "AIar-
garite'' of Sweden in Goethees
Faust" She was engaged for many
years at the dramatic section of the
Royal Opera, and also appeared for
a longer period at the Dramatic
theater. She was forceful inter
prefer of her parts and was very pop
ular in her home city as we'll as in
Copenhagen and Christiania. where
she also appeared on many occasions.
Owing to poor times, Stockholm is
not increasing in population at a very
rapid rate. Jan. I, the population was
337, AGO, and at the end of. July last.
it was 337,9S4, thus showing only q
weak increase. Economic conditions
are far from ideal in the Swedish capt.
tai at present. House rents last
spring and during the early summer
became so ridiculously high that peo-
pie moved away from the city by the
hundreds and have moved into the
smaller towns, where living condi-
lions are trife easier and where at
least rents are not so exorbitant.
The exports of Sweden to Great
Britain in 1907 We're about S55,OOO,OOO
and the imports were about S33 ,OOO,-
600. The Swedish exports to Great
Britain increased ten per cent during
the five years preceding 1907. Lumber
and wood pulp were Sweden's chief
articles of export.
The king of Saxony has recently
made a short pleasure trip through
Sweden, travelling incognito under the