THE SCANDINAVIAN STATES. 



Under the name of Scandinavian States we may 

 comprise the countries of Sweden, Norway and 

 Denmark, which were settled by the same group of 

 German tribes, the so-called Norsemen; they origi- 

 nally spoke the same language, which only later 

 became more or less differentiated. The settlement 

 of the country by these tribes seems to have been 

 accomplished in the main by the end of the 8th cen- 

 tury; and the separation into the three several king- 

 doms in the ninth to twelfth centuries, during which 



In the English language the Report on Forestry in Sweden, by Gen. C C, 

 Andrews, U. S. Minister at Stockholm 1872, revised 1900, 35 pp., gives a state- 

 ment of present conditions with historal notes. 



A very good idea in detail of the wood trade of Sweden may be obtained from 

 The Wood Industries of Sweden, published by TIMBER TRADES JOURNAL 

 of London in 1896. 



La Suede, son Peuple et son industrie, by G. SuNDBARG, 1900, 2 vols., contains 

 several pertinent chapters. It is an official work, very complete, and was trans- 

 lated into English in 1904. 



The Economic History of the Swedish Forest, by Gunnar Schotte, 1905. 

 32 pp., in Swedish, published by the forestry association, gives a brief account of 

 conditions and data of the forestry movement. 



Norway. Official publication for the Paris Exposition, 1900, contains a chapter 

 on Forestry by K. A. Fauchald, pp. 322-350, with a map of forest distribution. 



Skogsvaesenets Historie ved Skogs direktoren, I Del, Historik, 1909, is an 

 official publication of the Norwegian Forest administration, giving a full account 

 of the development during the 50 years from 1857 to 1907, with notes of the earlier 

 history. 



Le Danemarc, Etat Actuel de sa civilization et de son organization sociale, 

 by J. Carlsen, H. Olric and C N. Starcke, 1900, 714 pp. 



Denmark, its history and topography, etc., by H. Weitemeyer,' 1891. 



Bidraz til det Danske Skovbrugs Historie, by O. Lutken, 1900, was not 

 accessible to the writer. 



Extensive notes are found through the German, Austrian and French forestry 

 journals. Especially an article in the Centralblatt fiir das gesammte Forstwesen, 

 1905 (briefed in Forestry Quarterly, vol. Ill, p. 292) and another (briefed in same 

 Quarterly, vol. IX, p. 45) gives extended accounts of forest conditions in Sweden. 



