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POPULATION
The present section treats of the population of Norway,
considered from a statistical point of view. The subject is
divided into the following five heads:
| | I. | The size of the population. |
| II. | The geographical distribution of the population. |
| III. | The composition of the population. |
| IV. | The growth of the population. |
| V. | The movement of the population. |
The population of our country presents to the investigator
several peculiarities, most of which, however, are common to our
kinsmen, the Swedes and the Danes, of whom the first especially
are very closely allied to us in several ways. This similarity finds
its explanation, not only in the relationship, but also in the
outward circumstances in which the population lives, — the climate,
conditions of trade, etc., which, especially in the two nations
inhabiting the Scandinavian peninsula, are in many respects identical.
I. SIZE OF THE POPULATION.
Particulars as to the population of Norway in olden times
are few and uncertain. Towards the middle of the 14th century,
the land is supposed to have had 300,000 inhabitants; but during
the years 1349 and 1350, this number underwent a sudden and
great reduction. In the autumn of 1349, the infection of a
ravaging pestilence was brought over to Norway in an English trading
vessel; the disease gained a footing, and carried away in a short
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