The Norwegians have always been a seafaring people, and Norwegian sailors and marines are found in large numbers in the commercial marine and navies of all Europe and America.

Our own people might die, or at least suffer seriously under the same circumstances, but the Norwegians are a hardy race.

It is but natural that the ancient Norwegians should become warlike and brave men, since their firm religious belief was that those who died of sickness or old age would sink down into the dark abode of Hel (Helheim), and that only the brave men who fell in battle would be invited to the feasts in Odin's Hall.

The Norwegians are a very plain peopleneither pretty nor handsome.