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242 NOTES
Yggdrasil. The tree Yggdrasil is a symbol of the present world.
Dragons, warships with carved dragons as figure-heads.
Poland’s night. For Gustavus Adolphus the Polish War, which he
waged before he took part actively in the Thirty Years’ War in Ger-
many, was also undertaken for the defense of Protestantism.
Saga, here= History.
Page 90.
Lecror THaasEN. Johan Edvard Thaasen (born in 1825; died Feb-
ruary 17, 1865) was a classical philologist and a man of broad culture,
well versed in Old Norse and in modern French and German litera-
ture. From 18 52 he was teacher in the Cathedral School in Christiania,
and from 1860 lecturer in Greek at the University, where he treated
chiefly the Greek poets and archaeology. He came from a poor family
and passed his early life under hard conditions. During the last few years
he was sickly, and he died of consumption. In 1858 he was president
of the Students’ Union, and spokesman for the Norwegians at the Stu-
dent Meeting in Copenhagen in 1862.
Page 91.
DurinG a JouRNEY IN SWEDEN. Written in the summer of 1866.
Bjornson’s speeches then made a sensation by reason of the warmth of
his feeling for Sweden. Ellen Key has written with approval of his
characterization of the Swedes here, which agrees with that of Schick
in his History of Swedish Literature, i, 325, 326.
Page 94.
SONG FOR THE STUDENTS’ GLEE CLUB. Written in 1863 for the journey
of the Club to Bergen (see page 23 7).
Hald, Fredrikshald, see page 229.
Arendal. This city is an important shipping center.
Sverre, see page 229.
Page 96.
Mrs. LouisE Brun. Louise Gulbrandsen was born in Bergen, Decem-
ber 16, 1831, and died in Christiania, January 21, 1866. In childhood
she knew the narrowness and darkness of poverty. Made her first ap-
pearance as an actress at the opening performance of Ole Bull’s theater
in Bergen, January 2, 1850, when she also recited the Prologue. An
attractive personality, a voice clear and flexible both in speech and song,
and unusual mentality made her the most talented actress of her time
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