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Norway: The Royal Palace The great ball room at the Palace Henrik Ibsen, the dramatic poet, in his home at Christiania The old Church of Gol, a quaint twelfth century church reconstructed in the royal park at Osoarshal The Oscarshal royal gardens and Christiania from the chateau The old fortress of Frederikssten at Frederikshald Village church and homes of Kongsberg beside the bridge-spanned rapids of the Laagen Victoria Hotel, adorned with reindeer antlers Country girls in haying time—out-look over Bolkesjo and Folsjo to the Himingen Mountains Waiting for passengers on the road near Bolkesjo—peak of Mt. Gausta over height at left More Articles About Norway |
( Originally Published 1907 ) Henrik Ibsen, the dramatic poet, in his home at Christiania The best strength of the physical frame is gone, for age and illness have wrought havoc there; but that lion-like head bears magnificent testimony to the clear mental vision, the superb audacity and the artistic master-strength that have made its owner's name celebrated all around the world.* Ibsen died May 23, 1906. In order to show the nation's appreciation of his genius, Parliament voted that his burial should be conducted by state officials at the expense of the government. In a pretty peninsular suburb of the town there is a particularly quaint, picturesque old building that every visitor to Christiania takes pains to see. Let us not omit from our own tour that relic of romantic days. Our map does not extend quite far enough westward to show the exact spot, but it is not far from 12 near the left-hand margin. |