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COMMERCE AND SHIPPING
I. GENERAL SYNOPSIS.
The geographical position and physical condition of Norway
and the natural disposition of the Norwegian people, have
always caused their intercourse with other nations, through
commerce and shipping, to be of the greatest importance to the country,
both as regards the economic and industrial life of the people and
the whole national and cultural development.
Our country has by nature been poorly endowed in some
respects, but in others richly. It is only a relatively small part of
the surface of the country that is fitted for agriculture, and not
many districts produce enough for the maintenance of their
inhabitants. The importation of cereals, therefore, has always been a
necessity. On the other hand, the Norwegian people possess
great sources of wealth in the sea-fisheries and in the extensive
forests of the country. The long coast-line, with its many
well-protected [[** sjk bindestrek]] harbours, renders shipping a livelihood especially adapted
for our country; and the Norwegians have at all times excelled
in their inclination and ability for this occupation. The
Norwegians have also the reputation of possessing some capacity for
commerce, and our foreign trade, even a thousand years ago, was
already relatively of considerable importance. Our commerce and
shipping, however, after having for several centuries, to a great
extent, been carried on by the Norwegians themselves, fell
gradually, ever since the fourteenth century, more and more, although
never entirely, into the hands of foreigners, until, in the course
of the last three or four centuries, and especially after the
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