MAGNUS SMEK, HAAKON MAGNUSSON, AND OLAF THE YOUNG 461-466 Magnus Smek becomes king of Norway and Sweden, 461--Duchess Ingeborg's unpopularity, 461, 462--Discontent with Magnus, 462--Alliance with Valdemar Atterdag, 462, 463--Magnus deposed in Sweden, 463--Haakon's war with Albrecht of Mecklenberg, 464--The power of the Hansa in Norway, 464--Death of Magnus, 465--The Black Death, 465, 466--Olaf the Young, 466. XXXIII. NORWAY DURING THE KALMAR UNION 467-474 Margaret unites the three kingdoms, 467-469--The Kalmar Union, 469, 470--Reasons for its disastrous consequences, 470-472--Death of Margaret, 472--Erik of Pomerania's misrule and extortions, 472, 473--Christopher of Bavaria, 473, 474. XXXIV. THE UNION WITH DENMARK 475-488 The condition of Norway and Denmark during the union compared, 475, 476--Charles Knuttson elected king of Sweden, 478--Christian I.'s war with Charles Knutsson, 479, 480--Misrule in Norway, 480--The Scottish Isles pawned, 480, 481--King Hans, 481, 482--Christian II.'s accession, 482--His attempt to humble the nobility, 483--The carnage of Stockholm, 483, 484--His vain appeal to the bourgeoisie, 484, 485--Christian's flight, 485--Frederick I., 485, 486--Struggle about the succession, 486, 487--Christian III., 487, 488--Norway becomes a province of Denmark, 488. XXXV. NORWAY AS A PROVINCE OF DENMARK 489-515 The Reformation introduced, 489, 490--The power of the Hansa broken, 490-492--Frederick II., 492-494--Christian IV.'s interest in Norway, 494--The Kalmar War, 495--Participation in the Thirty Years' War, 495, 496--The Hannibal's feud, 496--Frederick III.'s disastrous war with Sweden, 498--Absolutism introduced, 499, 500--Christian V., 500, 501--Frederick IV.'s accession, 501--The Great Northern War, 502-504--Tordenskjold, 503, 504--Christian VI., 506-508--Frederick V, 508--Christian VII., 508-512--The armed neutrality, 509, 510--Frederick VI. mounts the throne, 512--War with Sweden, 512, 513--Christian August as viceroy, 512-514--The Treaty of Paris, 513--Protest of the Norsemen, 514--Separation from Denmark, 515. XXXVI. NORWAY RECOVERS HER INDEPENDENCE 516-538