What a maritime history! The uses of maritime history in summer festivals in southern Norway

This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Journal of Tourism History 2009 copyright Taylor & Francis. Article available at InformaWorld: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17551820902823259This paper focuses on the growth of cultural heritage tourism in southern Norway, with a particular focus on maritime history presented at summer festivals during recent years. I will be using newly collected empirical data gathered from two festivals: Kjæmpestaden (Giant Town) in Arendal and Kapernatten (Privateer Night) in Farsund. In 2006 and 2007, both festivals included grand outdoor plays based on the history of the Napoleonic Wars (1807–1814). Since Tordenskiolddagene (Tordenskiold Days) in Frederikshavn, Denmark, was the main inspiration for Giant Town in Arendal, I will in addition draw my conclusions on data collected from this maritime summer festival. The main hypothesis of this paper is that the growth in maritime heritage tourism during recent years may be interpreted as the local communities' response to (relative) economic deprivation, population decrease and industria

Hva var det med Lillesand? Argumenter for valg og vraking av stortingsrepresentanter 1862–1931

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«Fornøielig uden Skjenden, Hug og Slag» Abc- og lesebokforfatteren Hans Jacob Grøgaard – en pioner i sin tid

The ABC and schoolbook author Hans Jacob Grøgaard – a pioneer of his time In 2014, the parish pastor Hans Jacob Grøgaard (1764–1836), a trueborn son of the European Age of Enlightenment, was celebrated as one of the 112 members of the Eidsvoll Assembly that drew up the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. But he became even more famous as an educator. Grøgaard was the author of two well-known and widely used schoolbooks: an ABC, published in 1815, and a reader, published in 1816. The books were based on the daily life of children, emphasizing understanding more than verbal expression. In this article, his educational ideas are analyzed in a German–Danish–Norwegian as well as a regional context. The article emphasizes the influence that he may have gained during his academic years in Copenhagen 1781–84, and while he served as an auxiliary priest in Zealand 1796–97. In order to understand the regional context that Grøgaard worked within, the school system and the educational situation in Southern Norway around 1800 is also analyzed. Furthermore, the article discusses his ideas on how to improve the education of children, as well as how his schoolbooks were received and evaluated