Cousin-hunting in Scandinavia

by Mary Wilhelmine Williams

Perhaps the most valuable treasure in the museum is the collection of the original lead-pencil drawings made by the Danish illustrator, Wilhelm Petersen, for Andersen’s fairy tales. Many of these pictures were old friends of mine, friends which I had not seen for many long years—soft, delicate drawings of round-faced children in quaint dress; tall, graceful lovers and their ladies; and old people with strong and gentle faces. It was a rare pleasure to renew their acquaintance in such an intimate way. And, for old times’ sake, before leaving Odense I bought a volume of Andersen’s wonder stories, illustrated by Petersen, taking care that “The Ugly Duckling” was included in the collection.

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It is again morning. Since five o’clock when I left Odense, I have journeyed westward over Fünen, have been ferried across the Little Belt which separates Fünen from the peninsula of Jutland, and have started upon my southward way toward Antwerp and home. Now we are about to cross the southern boundary of Denmark and to enter the lost province of Schleswig. Therefore, it must be good-by to Denmark and to the whole pleasant Scandinavian land. It is a fond good-by, and were not love for my own dear Western country hurrying me on, it would be a most regretful one. No kind friends stand at the border to wave farewell, with “Hils hjemme” and “Komme igen”; but the Jutish landscape which smiles upon my right hand and my left does that. And I shall not forget the invitation and shall remember to deliver the greeting.

INDEX

• Aal, [189-190].
• Aalesund, [182].
• Abel, Niels Henrik, [191].
• Absalon, Archbishop, [19-20], [231].
• Akershuus fortress, [201].
• Albert, King, [108].
• Alexandra, Queen, of England, [35].
• Allinge, [66].
• Amalienborgtorv, [45-46].
• Andersen, Hans Christian, his story of the “Princess and the Pea,” [16-17];
• quoted, [157-158], [219], [220-221];
• his House, [232-236].
• Animals, Society of Swedish Women for the Protection of, [138].
• Anker, Paul, [57].
• Art, Scandinavian, [38-41], [43-44], [59-60], [116-117], [194].
• Axel, Archbishop. See [Absalon Archbishop.]
• Bayeux Tapestry, copy of, [214].
• Beds, Danish, [16], [63-64].
• Bergen, [183-188].
• Bernadotte, Marshal. See [Carl XIV, Johan.]
• Birger Jarl, [104], [107], [109], [114].
• Birgitta, Saint, [121-122].
• Bissen, Herman, [40].
• Björnson, Björnstjerne, [162], [171], [200].
• Bornholmers, characteristics of, [78-80].
• Bornholm’s Museum, [58-60].
• Brahe, Tycho, [29-30].
• “Bredablik,” [112].
• Bredgade, [43-44].
• Bremer, Fredrika, [101], [127].
• Bronze Age in Denmark, [25-27].
• Bull, Ole, [187-188].
• Calmar, Union of, [36], [108], [109].
• Canute, King, [214].
• Carl Johans Gade, [190-192], [193].
• “Carolina Rediviva,” [125].
• Caroline Mathilde, [222-223].
• Carstensen, George, [211].
• Cattegat, [202].
• Cederström, Gustav, [108], [116-117].
• Charles X, [116];
• invades Denmark over the Great Belt, [13], [110];
• besieges Copenhagen, [13-14].
• Charles XII, [89], [110].
• Charles XIII, [89].
• Charles XIV, John, [110], [189].
• Christian I, [32].
• Christian II, Swedish revolt against, [36];
• massacre of Swedes by, [109];
• dominion over Sweden, [141].
• Christian IV, [29];
• builds Rosenborg Castle, [31];
• and Thirty Years’ War, [33], [213], [229].
• Christian VII, [223].
• Christian IX, [32], [215-216], [230].
• Christiania, [190-202].
• Christiania, University of, [192].
• Christiansö, [67].
• Christina, Queen, of Sweden, [116], [125].
• Christopher III, [145].
• Copenhagen, [13-14], [16-54], [203-212].
• Copenhagen, University of, [204-205].
• Dalgas, Enrico, [216].
• “Danish Kings’ Chronological Collection.” See [Rosenborg Castle.]
• Dutch, aid given to Denmark by, [14];
• settlement of Gothenborg by, [92].
• Education, Scandinavian:
• Danish school-buildings,[48-49];
• Danish educational system, [205-211];
• public and private schools in Sweden, [151-152];
• the work-cottages of Norrbotten, [135-136];
• education of the Lapps, [136].
• See[ also Universities.]
• Eleonore Christine, [67-68].
• Elsinore. See [Helsingör].
• Ender, Axel, [168], [170].
• Engelbrektsson, Engelbrekt, [145].
• English language, Scandinavian knowledge of, [18-19], [61-62], [206], [207-209].
• Eric XIII, [108], [109], [145], [229].
• Eric, Saint, [120-121].
• Evald, Johannes, [34].
• Falun, [147-150].
• Famine, in Sweden, [135], [145-146].
• Farms, Danish, [62-63], [72-73];
• Swedish, [91-92], [97];
• Norwegian, [174-176].
• Faroes, [80-81], [106], [193].
• Finland, Christianization of, [121];
• Swedish loss of to Russia, [147].
• Finn, legend concerning the giant [87-89].
• Finse, [189].
• Finsen, Niels, [193], [216].
• Folkungar Kings, [107].
• Food, Scandinavian, [48], [65-66], [89-90], [93-95], [153-154], [167].
• Fredensborg Castle, [218-219].
• Frederick II, [29], [213], [219].
• Frederick III, [13].
• Frederick IV, [229-230].
• Frederick VII, [230].
• Frederick VIII, [33].
• Frederika Bremer Association, [101].
• Frederiksborg Castle, [213-218].
• Frue Kirke, vor, [41-42].
• Fünen, [12], [236].
• “Gaard.” See[ Farms.]
• Gamla Uppsala, [128-132.]
• Gardens outside of Copenhagen, [49-53].
• Gefle, [132-134].
• Geijer, Eric Gustav, [124].
• Gokstad ship, [194-196].
• Gorm, King, [214].
• Göta Lejon Fort, [92].
• Göteborg. See [Gothenburg.]
• Gotha Canal, [93], [98.]
• Gothenburg, [91-96].
• Great Belt, [12-13].
• Greenland, [106].
• Grieg, Edvard, [212], [235].
• “Grufvan,” [149-150].
• Grundtvig, Bishop, [210].
• Gudsaaen, [162].
• Gustav III, [105].
• Gustav V, [100].
• Gustav Adolf, [92], [110], [116], [118-119].
• Gustav Vasa, [36], [109], [119], [124], [146], [156].
• Haakon IV, Haakonson, [184], [186].
• Haakon VII, [37], [164], [216].
• Haakon’s Hall, [184-186].
• Hamlet, [91].
• Hammershuus Castle, and the Swedes, [59];
• description of ruins, [66-68].
• “Hans Andersen’s House”, [232-236].
• Harold Bluetooth, [227-228].
• Hasle, [57].
• Helligdommen Klippen, [68-69].
• Helsingborg, [89-91], [224].
• Helsingör, [91], [219], [224].
• Hilleröd, [213].
• Holger Danske, [219-220], [221], [225].
• Ibsen, Henrik, statue of, [191];
• tomb of, [200].
• Iceland, [106], [130].
• Jacobsen, Carl, [39], [213-214], [216].
• Jerichau, Jens Adolf, [40-41].
• Jerichau-Baumann, Elizabeth, [40].
• “Kakkelovn.” See [Stoves, Danish.]
• Kärnan, 89-91, [224].
• Katherine, Saint, [122].
• Key, Ellen, [101-103], [117], [160].
• Kielland, Alexander, [235].
• Kilafors, [136-139].
• Kitchen middens, Danish, [22-24].
• Kofoed, Jens Pedersen, [57], [74].
• Kongens Nytorv, [43].
• Korsör, [11], [14].
• Krogh, Christian, [194].
• Kronan, [92].
• Kronborg Castle, [91], [219-224].
• Laaland, [12].
• Lagerlöf, Selma, [101], [117], [127-128], [148-149], [159].
• Lamb, Charles, [72], [181].
• Langeland, [11].
• Langelinie, [46].
• Lapps, [135-136].
• Larsson, Carl, [116], [148].
• Lawrence, Saint, and Lund Cathedral, [88-89].
• “Liberty Stones” of Bornholm, [57].
• Liljefors, Bruno, [116].
• Lind, Jenny, [212], [234].
• Linné, Carl, [123].
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, translation of, [34];
• influence of Tegnér upon, [83-84].
• Lund, [83-89].
• Lund Cathedral, [86-89].
• Lund, University of, [85-86].
• Malmö, [82-83].
• Man, Isle of, [130].
• Manners, Scandinavian, [179-182].
• Manual arts of Scandinavian peasants, efforts made to preserve, [118], [163], [193].
• Marble Church, [44-45].
• Marienlyst, [224-225].
• Margaret, Queen, [36], [107-108], [228-229].
• Mas-Olle, Helmer, [125].
• Maud, Queen, [164].
• Meraker Dal, [162].
• Molde, [167-171].
• Molde Fiord, [167-168].
• Munch, Edvard, [194].
• Museum of the North, Stockholm, [110], [118].
• Naes, [171], [172].
• National Museum, Danish, [20-29];
• Swedish, [115].
• Nexö, [69-70].
• Nilsson, Christine, [212].
• Nobel, Alfred, [128].
• Nobel Prize Fund. See [ Nobel, Alfred.]
• Norrbotten, Work-cottages of, [135-136].
• Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, [39-41].
• Nyerup, Rasmus, [20-21].
• Odense, [231-236].
• Oehlenschläger, Adam, [216-217].
• Olaf V, [107].
• Oldenburg House, [32].
• Oscar II, [117].
• Oseberg ship, [197-200].
• Österlars Church, [75].
• Östermarie Church, [74].
• Peace movement in Scandinavia, [100].
• Peter the Great, [30], [34].
• Petersen, Christian, [83].
• Petersen, Wilhelm, [235-236].
• Petri, Olavus, [114].
• Porcelain, Royal Copenhagen, [44], [58].
• Printenskjold, Johan, [57].
• “Prinzens Palais.” See [National Museum, Danish.]
• Railroads, Scandinavian, [14-15], [69-70], [160], [225-226].
• Rättvik, [151-158].
• Riddarholms Church, [109-110].
• Romsdal Fiord, [171-172].
• Romsdal Horn, [171].
• Rönne, [55-60].
• Rosenborg Castle, [31-37].
• Roskilde, [15], [227-231].
• Roskilde Cathedral, [15], [227-231].
• Roskilde treaty, terms of, [13], [57], [83];
• Bornholm’s revolt against, [57].
• Round Tower, the. See [ “Runde Taarn.”]
• “Runde Taarn,” [29-31].
• San Francisco Bay, kitchen midden on shores of, [23].
• Saxo Grammaticus, [216].
• Scandinavian Alps, [161].
• Seeland, [11], [15].
• Shakespeare, [12], [91], [221].
• Siegfried legend, runestone illustrating, [115-116].
• Siljan, Lake, [151], [153].
• “Silver Bible,” [126-127].
• Sinding, Stephen, [163], [191], [194].
• “Skansen,” [110-113].
• “Skyds,” journey by, [172-176].
• Slottskogen, [93].
• Snorre Sturlason, [216].
• Söderhamn, [140-141].
• Söholt, [176-177].
• Stavanger, [189].
• Stigsdotter, Barbro, [156-157].
• Stockholm, [103-120].
• Stockholm “blood bath”, [109].
• Stone Age, New, in Scandinavia, [21-22], [115].
• Stone Age, Old, in Scandinavia, [22-24].
• Stor Fiord, [177].
• Stork Fountain, [204].
• Storkyrkan, [114-115].
• Storlien, [160-161].
• Stoves, Danish, [17].
• Strindberg, August, [159-160].
• Svaneke, [70-71].
• Svend, King, [228].
• Swedenborg, Emanuel, [122-123].
• Tegnér, Ezias, [83-85], [217].
• Tegnér, Rudolf, [41].
• Temperance movement in Scandinavia, [104-106].
• Thirty Years’ War, Christian IV and, [33];
• Gustav Adolf and, [110], [119].
• Thomsen, Christian Jürgensen, [21].
• Thor, [27].
• Thorwaldsen, Bertel, [38-39].
• Thorwaldsen’s Museum, [38-39].
• Thrones, ancient Danish, [36].
• Thyra, Queen, [214].
• Tivoli, [211-212].
• Tobacco, use of in Scandinavia, [106-107].
• Tobiasen, Lars Hansen, [59-60].
• Trondhjem, [162-165].
• Trondhjem Cathedral, [162-163].
• Trondhjem Fiord, [162], [166].
• Tuberculosis, exhibit of Scandinavian Society for Fighting, [192-193].
• Ulfeldt, Corfitz, [67-68].
• Ulfilas’ Bible. See [“Silver Bible.”]
• Universities, [85-86], [124-127], [192], [204-205].
• Uppsala, [120-128].
• Uppsala Cathedral, [120-124].
• Uppsala, University of, [124-127].
• Vesternaes, [172].
• Viking, [196-197].
• Vikings, [27].
• Waldemar I (the Great), [19].
• Waldemar IV, [107].
• Wends, struggle of Archbishop Absalon with, [19].
• Wieselgren, Peter, [105].
• Woman suffrage in Scandinavia, [100-101], [142-143], [178].
• Worsaae, Jens Jacob Asmussen, [21], [23].
• Zorn, Anders, [116].