Hey, they take their history seriesly.
Well, I see that Norway is celebrating its 100th anniversary of its liberation from Sweden this year, in June to be specific.
I read a short brief "history" of the event (of 1905), and man, there must have been really bad blood between the two.
What I cannot figure out--of course, I have not yet looked it up--is that Norway used to belong to Denmark, but then after Waterloo in 1815, was given to Sweden. I wonder why that happened, unless Denmark had found Norway to be a quagmire. (Joke, tomjohn77)
The other thing that confuses me is that the first king of Norway was named Haakon VII--hey, hold on a second; what happened to the preceding six Haakons?