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18 July 1873
Oscar II was crowned King of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. It was said of him that he was the most majestic of the union kings. As the new king he inherited a difficult role, since he followed his brother Charles XV, who had become... Read more ...
Oscar II was crowned King of Norway
Oscar II was crowned King of Norway in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. It was said of him that he was the most majestic of the union kings. As the new king he inherited a difficult role, since he followed his brother Charles XV, who had become immensely popular in both kingdoms.
Oscar's greatest defeat as king was the dissolution of the union in 1905. Many Swedes regarded Norway as conquered land and compensation for the loss of Finland in 1809. The differing views of the union led to many conflicts. In his memoirs Oscar II wrote that the dissolution had given his heart a deep and incurable wound. He soon grew weaker, and on 8 December 1907 he died at the age of 78.
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During the 1870s and 80s a widespread slaughter of the American bison decimated the herds to near extinction. The professional hunters used powerful single shot breech-loading rifles, most often in calibre .50, .45 or .44. The most legendary rifle used on the buffalo ranges was, perhaps next to the Springfield Model 1873 \'Trapdoor\' and the Remington rolling block, the legendary Sharps Model 1874.
Sharps Model 1874: Part 1 - Background History
About svartkrutt.net
About
Svartkrutt.net is owned and maintained me whose name is Øyvind Flatnes. I'm a Norwegian black powder shooter and I started this web site in February 2000. The ambition was to provide Norwegians with a black powder site in our native language, but since then most of the content is also translated to English. I'm also the author of a black powder book, which was published in March 2005. This book is currently available in Norwegian only.
On svartkrutt.net you can read my articles about various black powder related activities, participate on the international discussion board, chat or find interesting black powder or antique firearms on the market pages. The discussion forum has become a valuable archive of interesting articles. Sign up and participate!
About Øyvind Flatnes
Born: 1978 in Norway.Location: Bergen.
Education:
- 1994-1997: Skeisvang upper secondary school.
- 1997-1998: Infantry squad leader in the Royal Navy's coast artillery.
- 2000-2003: BA from the University of Bergen (UiB) with history and media science as subjects.
- 2003-2005: MA in history from UiB. Specialised in medieval military history.
Publications by Øyvind Flatnes
From left to right: The book "Vakre våpen - svart krutt", the MA thesis about the peasant levies in operational service and various articles for magazines such as Våpenjournalen, Muskedunderen, Krudtslam and Krutkorn.
Muskedunderen
From July 2003 to July 2007 I was the editor of Muskedunderen ("The Blunderbuss"), the publication of the Norwegian Black Powder Union. Below you see some of the covers I was responsible for.
