he encourages the Reformers for
a time, 219; his adviser, Mother
Sigbrit, ib.; he puts Torbe Oxe
to death, 220; the fatal glove, ib.;
his defeat by rebels, 221; his cap-
tivity with a dwarf, and death
seventeen years after, ib.
Christian III., King of Denmark,
his feud when Count, 223; he is
proclaimed king, 224; puts down
the Romish Church, b.; estab-
lishes the Lutheran faith, ib.;
persecutes the Calvinists, 225; his
death, ib.; progress of the country
during his reign, ib.
Christian IV., King of Denmark,

his minority, 249; his accom-
plishments, 250; his love for the
sea, ib.; his visit to England, ib.;
the report of King James's cour-
tiers, ib.; war with Sweden and
Germany, 25, 253, 254; his
great merits, 252; he revises the
Jaws, ib.; his gal antry, 255; his
death, ib.; his queens, ib.; how
the Danes revere his memory,
256; his wars with Sweden, 270,
273, 287

Christianity, its rise and progress ân
Scandinavia, 31, 46, 49, 51, 82,
143, 148, 155

Christina, daughter of Gustaf Adolf,

her minority, 254, 278, 285
Christopher, son of Valdemar II.,
his father gives him Laaland and
Falster, 122; he is chosen King
of Denmark, 125; his disputes
with his primate, 126; he is ex-
communicated, b.; his sudden
death, 127

Christopher of Bavaria, elected
King of Denmark, 188; succeeds
to the crowns of Norway and
Sweden, 188, 189, 193; his agree-
ment with Karl Knudsson, 189;
his queen, ib.; his troubles with
his people, 190; his easy temper,
ib.; Jutland revolts, ib.; the ways

Queen Thyra.

See

Danes in early times, 17; of Jut-
land and the Isles, 21; their
rovings in King Gorm's time,
40; the booty they got from
Charles the Fat, 40, 41; they
besiege Paris, 41, 42; King
Arnulf defeats them at Louvaine,
43; how they were intermingled
with the Swedes, 65; the way
they chose their kings, 97, 104,
125
Danneberg Castle, royal captives in,
117, 118

Dannebrog, or national standard,
115

Dannevirke, or Danish outworks,
47; burnt, 49

Danzig, an impostor claims the

crown of Norway and is executed
at, 175

89;

David, Irish monk, 148
Denmark, position of, 22; origin of
its name, 23, 24; names of its
provinces, 23; in A.D. 871, 30;
Christianity in, 31, 46, 49, 51;
visited by Anscarius, 34; the first
King of all Denmark, 36; in
early times, 45; its first Queen,
ib.; Knud and his sons, 51;
joined with Norway for five years,
56, 57; the Estridsens,
descent of the royal family, 93;
its laws, 97, 120; the Valdemars,
103; civil war in A.D. 1147, 104;
the peasants are poor and power-
less, ib.; prosperity of the coun-
try under the Valdemars, 109,
113; its history from A.D. 1202
to A. D. 1259, 113; first appear-
ance of the national standard,
115; a century of troubles, 122;
the burgher classes send repre-
sentatives to the Danehof, 125;
differences between Church and
State, 126; from A.D. 1259 to
A.D. 1387, 128; decline of the
royal power, 130; under an in-
terdict, 126, 133; the credit of
the country revives, 136; without
a king for four years, 140; union
with Sweden and Norway, 168,
180; from A.D. 1412 to A.D.
1448, 183; and Sweden, from
A.D. 1450, 198; crown bartered
for favours, 203; its history
from A.D. 1500, 212; the
Swedish crown lost, 215, 231;
the Reformers in, 219, 222,
224; the Count's Feud, 223;
from A. D. 1559 to A.D. 1648,
244; its dec ine, 254; wars
with Sweden, 239, 244, 251, 254,
287

Didrik Slaghoek, Regent of Sweden,

229

Ditmarshes, inhabitants of the, 205;

their courage, ib. ; their rebellions,
119, 206, 207, 244, 245
Dönsk tunga, or Danish tongue, 59
Dorothea of Brandenburg, marries
King Christopher, 189; re-mar-
ries King Christian, 192
Dyveke, or the Dove, her death,

220

E.

Ebbo, Archbishop of Rheims, his
mission to Jutland, 32

Edmund Gammal, King of Sweden,
84, 144

Egede, Hans, his mission to Green-
land, 85

Egede, Paul, Greenland missionary,
85

Egnen, battle of, 276

Ejnar, son of Jarl Rögnvald, 69
Ejsten, King of Norway, his reign,
152; his death, 153

Elizabeth, Countess of Holstein,
seeks aid from Queen Margaret,
181

Elizabeth, Princess of Holstein-Got-
torp, seized by Valdemar Atter-
dag, 138, 139, 164; Magnus
Smek offers to marry her, 139
Elizabeth, Queen of England, her
suitor Erik, 237

Emma, Queen, her conspiracy, 52;
her conduct during her son's reign,

55
Englebrecht Englebrechtsson heads
a rebellion against Erik, 186; his
conduct to the bishops, ib.; he is
murdered, 187

Enköping, battle of, 165
Erik Blod-öxe, his harsh rule, 77;
he is dethroned and driven out of
the country, 78; his sons invade
Norway, 79

Erik, Duke of Slesvig, defeats the
Royal troops, 129

Erik Ejegod, King of Denmark, 98;

his beauty and great skill in arts

and exercises, ib.; his pilgrimages,
99; he and his queen die on the
way to Jerusalem, ib.; the grief
of the Danes at his death, ib.
Erik Emun, revenges his brother's

his

murder, 101; he is raised to the
throne of Denmark, 103; he
causes his brother with his ten
sons to be murdered, 104
Erik Eriksson Læspe, last of the
Bondar kings, 148, 149;
death, 150
Erik Glipping, King of Denmark,
his minority, 129; he is im-
prisoned by Duke Erik of Slesvig,
ib.; he pays a fine to Erlandsen,
ib.; his evil habits, 130; he is
slain in a barn, ib.

Erik Graafell, son of Erik Blod-öxe,
79

Erik Johansson Vasa, his execution,
216, 228

Erik Knudsson, King of Sweden,

his marriage, 149; he is the first
king crowned by the clergy, ib. ;
his death, ib.

Erik Menved, King of Denmark,

his minority, 130; how he was
brought up, 131; his useless wars,
ib.; he misrules his kingdom and
quarrels with the clergy, 132; the
loss of his infant children, 133;
his death, ib.

Erik of Pomerania, his adoption by
Queen Margaret, 176; he is ap-
pointed her successor, 168, 174,
176; he is crowned joint King at
Calmar, 179; his incapacity, 180;
he executes Abraham Brodersen,
181; his war with Holstein, 181,
184, 185, 186; he rules alone,
183; his incapacity is confirmed,
184; his appeal to the Emperor
Sigismund, 185; his pilgrimage,
ib.; he is taken prisoner, ib.; his
English queen, ib.; he loses his
three kingdoms, 186, 187, 188;
his death, 188

Erik Plov-peng, King of Denmark,
his quarrels with his brothers,
who refuse to do him homage,
122, 123; he makes war against
the pagans, 123; why he was
called " 'Plov-peng," ib.; he is
murdered, ib.; how his body was
discovered, 124

Erik Præste-hader, King of Nor-
way, his troubled reign, 172;
death of his daughter Margrete,
ib.

Erik Raudi discovers Greenland, 84;
his son brings monks to Green-
land, 85; he declines to return
with his son, 86

Erik Sejrsol, King of the Svea, 82
Erik, son of Gustaf, is proclaimed

King of Sweden, 237; his woo-
ings, 237-239; his violent tem-
per, 238; he quarrels with his
brother Johan, ib.; the Seven
Years' War, 239, 245, 246; his
cruelty to the Stures, 240; his
fits of insanity, 240, 241; his
submission to Karren Mannsdat-
ter, 240; he marries her, 241;
his deposition, ib.; his miseries
and death by poison, 242; his
love for his wife, 243; his sons,
ib.

Erik, son of Magnus Ladu-laas, his
quarrels with King Birger, 160;
he is imprisoned and starved to
death, 161, 162

Erik, son of Magnus Smek, rebels
against his father, 164; his sudden
death, ib.

Erik, son of Valdemar of Sweden,
159

Erik the Lamb, King of Denmark,

who spent his time with the

monks, 104

Erik the Saint, is chosen King of
Sweden, 146; the three things he
laid to heart, ib.; his laws in
favour of women, ib. ; his crusade
against the Finns, 147; he is

slain by the Danes, ib.; his re-
mains honoured as relics, ib.
Erik's course, or royal progress, 157
Erlandsen, Jacob, primate of Den-
mark, 126; he is imprisoned by
King Christopher, ib.; his re-
lease, 129; a fine paid to him, ib.
Eskil, Archbishop of Lund, 108
Esthonia, religious wars in, 114,
115, 123

Estrid, sister to Knud, 53; she
marries Robert, Duke of Nor-
mandy, 54

Estridsen race of kings, 89
Europe, ancient ideas of Northern,
1, 8

Ey-Gotaland, or Insular Goths' land,
19, 22, 59
Eyrbyggja Saga, 74

F.

Falköping, battle of, 167

Farö Islands discovered by the Nor-
wegians, 67

Femern, Island of, its inhabitants
defeat King Erik, 184
Finland united to Sweden, 147;
crusade in, 150; War of Clubs,
265

Floki Rafn, a Norwegian, discovers
Iceland, 73

Fodevig, battle of, 101

Folkungar race of Swedish kings,
149, 156

Frälse and Ofrälse classes in Sweden,
159

France ravaged by the Northmen,
41, 42

Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor of
Germany, and Knud VI., 109;
he stirs up strife in Denmark, 110,

III

Frederick I., King of Denmark, his
ambition when Prince, 203; his
bad advice, 204; his war with
the Ditmarshers, 206, 207; he is

chosen king, 220; defeats King
Christian, 221; his conduct and
reign, 221, 222; his death, and
the feud which followed, 223
Frederick II., King of Denmark,
his campaign against the Dit-
marshers, 244, 245; his corona-
tion, 245; the Seven Years' War,
245, 246; his intolerance, 247;
the great men of his reign, 248;
his death, 249; his daughter
Anne, ib.

Freia, Finnish goddess, 11
Frey-Yngve, King of Sweden, 60;
the last of the gods, 61
Frode, King of the Danes, his
golden bracelets, 24; his vic-
tories, 25

G.

Galt, Admiral Peter, allows the
Swedes to escape, 255

Gardar, a Swede, discovers Iceland,
73

Garderike. See Russia.

Geert, Count of Holstein, expels
King Christopher II., 134; his
influence in Denmark, ib.; he is
slain by Niels Ebbesön, 135; his
son avenges him, ib.
Gerhard, Count of Holstein. See
Count Geert.

Gerhard VI., Count of Holstein, his
death, 181

Gods of the Scandinavians, II. See
Odin and Thor.

Godwine, Earl, murders Ætheling
Alfred, 56; gives a ship to Har-
thaknud, ib.

Göran Persson, favourite of King
Erik, tortured and put to death,
240, 241

Gorm the Old, first King of all
Denmark, his birth and descent,
36; how he was brought up, 37;
his kingdom of Lejre, ib. ; a chief

C C

priest of Odin, 37, 38; how he
extended his rule, 38; his rovings,
40, 41; he besieges Paris, 41, 42;
Queen Thyra rules in his absence,
45; nicknamed the "Church's
worm," 46; his war with, and
defeat by, Henry the Fowler of
Germany, ib.; he tolerates Chris-
tianity, ib.; how he was told
of his son's death, 47; he dies
of grief, 48; his grave mound,
ib.

Gospel first preached in the north,
32

Göta Hofrätt, Swedish court of law,
285

Göra-land, or land of the Goths, 63
Gotfred's Wall, 47

Goth's land, Chersonesus Cimbrica
of the Romans, 19

Goths in Scandinavia, 10; their
language, 13; their letters, 14
Gothus, Archbishop, his character,
258
Grand, Johan, Primate of Denmark,
132; he is arrested and im-
prisoned, ib.; his escape to Rome,
ib.

Greenland discovered by Erik Raudi,

84; settled by Norwegians and
Icelanders, ib.; monks baptize all
the people, 85; sad fate of the
colony, ib.; Hans Egede labours
and dies there, ib.; its Danish
settlements, 86

Gudleif, an Icelander, is taken pri-

soner in Vinland, 87; he returns
with gifts, 88

Guld-Harald, how he slew Harald
Graafell, 48; his murder, 49
Gule-laws of Thorleif the Wise,
77

Gustaf, son of Erik, 243

Gustaf Eriksson, known as Vasa,
King of Sweden, his birth, family,
and early school life, 228; how
he escaped the Danes, ib. ; the
peasants ill-treat him, but after-

wards repent, 228, 229; the be-
ginning of his army, 229; his
first flag, ib.; he defeats the
Danes, 230; fate of his mother
and sisters, 230, 231; his letter
to the Christian princes, 231; he
is proclaimed king, ib.; his coro-
nation, 232; state of Stockholm,
ib.; his want of money, ib. ; he
puts down the Romish Church
and seizes its property, 232, 233,
235; he favours the Reformers,
b.; his threat to leave Sweden,
and its effect, 234; he establishes
the power of the crown, 235; his
restless activity, ib.; his family
troubles, 237; he divides his
kingdom, ib.; his death and
burial-place, ib.

Gustaf II., Adolf, his birth, educa-
tion, learning, and early practice
of government, 272, 273; he is
invested with sword and shield,
273; and the Calmar war, 273.
274; he is chosen king, 274:
his war with Russia, 274, 275;
peace, 275; his careful govern-
ment of the kingdom, and the
reforms he effected, 275, 276:
his war with Poland, 276; his
narrow escapes, ib.; he helps his
Protestant allies in Germany, 277,
278, 279; he takes leave of the
Diet, and confides his daughter
to the Council, 278; the battle of
Breitenfeld, 279; the battle of
Lützen, 280, 281; his death,
282, 283; victory of the Swedes.
283; his body recovered, . ;
and embalmed, 284; his heart
enclosed in a casket and kept
by his queen, ib.; monument,
ib.; his appearance, ib.; his
friends, 285

Gustaf Trolle, Archbishop, his
treachery, 210, 215; he demands
reparation for having lost his see,
216