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Norway. 
In common with the other European countries, Norway has 
also taken very great interest in marine stations. The impor¬ 
tance of her marine fisheries has led to extensive investigations 
in the fjords along the coast and Norwegian biologists are now 
taking a prominent part in the international investigations on 
the North sea. The station at Bergen which is a dependency 
of the Bergen Museum, was established a number of years ago 
and it has grown steadily in importance. At present it is the 
leading station in the country. Its summer courses attract 
many biologists not only from Norway but from many other 
countries as well. 
The two story building is a frame structure and is located 
near the head of a bay just outside one of the city parks. A 
public aquarium occupies the ground floor of the wing. The 
laboratories are located on the second floor and there are accom¬ 
modations for about twenty-five individuals, but it has some¬ 
times been necessary to provide for as many as thirty-five dur¬ 
ing the summer courses. The popularity of these courses is due 
in no small measure to the efforts of the director, Dr. B. Hel- 
land-Hansen. 
The Michael Sars, which is the Norwegian ship taking part 
in the North sea investigations, is also at the service of this 
laboratory part of the time and is then used for explorations 
along the coast, especially in the fjords. 
Some years ago also a marine station was established at Dro- 
bak, a short distance south of Christiania. It is closed in winter 
but is visited by many biologists in summer. 
Sweden. 
The great interest of Swedish naturalists in biological sta¬ 
tions is well attested by the three laboratories which now exist 
in that country. Two of them have been established only com¬ 
paratively recently, but the third, the marine station on the 
Kattegat at Kristineberg, is one of the oldest stations in Europe, 
as it was founded in 1877, and it has become widely known 
through the large amount of important work that has been car- 
