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Carsten Berg Høgenhoff except eb by Einar H Berg
Langnes re-enactment 1814, Askim, Norway
25th to 29th August 2004
Approx 300 participants from Norway, Sweden,
the Czech Republic, Malta, Russia, France, U.K. and Germany.
Read about the events in 1814 below
Det Søndenfieldske Frivillige Musqueteer Corps DSFMC,
Forsvarsmuseet, European Napoleonic Society ENS & Others
All images copyrighted
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC, Czechs as French & Austrians behind - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug Austrians
Battle Day 28th Aug French & Austrians
Battle Day 28th Aug - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug DSFMC etc - eb
Battle Day 28th Aug Tartar
Battle Day 28th Aug French Hussar - eb
ENS's Napoleon Medal - DSFMC's Terje Holm was honoured after the battle
Shoe Polish
Camp Life
Camp Life
Camp Life - Bjørn Sverre handles the "hardingfele"
David Banks, President of European Napoleonic Society ENS (left)
Camp Life
Camp Life
Camp Life
Camp Life
Camp Life
Singing at Night
The Camp from Batteriåsen / Battery Hill
Moon over Langnes
The Major'a Tent
Morning Day 3 - From Batteriåsen
DSFMC's Willy Skarphagen wishes us all a Good Morning!
Battle Day 29th Aug DSFMC - Magnus & Kjetil
Battle Day 29th Aug DSFMC. Behind: Batteriåsen / Battery Hill
Battle Day 29th Aug
Battle Day 29th Aug
Battle Day 29th Aug
After the Battle 29th Aug
After the Battle 29th Aug
Spoon (from Moscow)
French (from Moscow)
Swedish Dog
Musquette Inspection
The Beer Tent - farmers Svae in background
View from Batteriåsen / Battery Hill & The Author
Preparations
The first tents get up - 25th Aug
The Czechs have arrived, the Maltese followed - evening 25th Aug
26th August - Terje Holm interviewed by NRK & DSFMC
preparing for its song debut at the radio programme "Nitimen"
26th August - Petter interviewed by NRK
26th August - a school class listens carefully as DSFMC's Harald Johnsen
explains about the events in 1814. See below.
Above: Lieutenant Ramm is injured shortly after the death of lieutenant Hauch. Illustration by Andreas Bloch (1860-1917) from "Syv-aarskrigen for for 17. mai 1807-1814" by H. Angel (Aschehoug/W. Nygaard 1914). Below: Norwegian forces in red, Swedish in yellow/blue. Batteriåsen / Battery Hill at the red rectangle closest to the river name, Glomma.
The battle at Langnes
One result of the Treaty at Kiel of 14th
January 1814, was that
Denmark should give up its right to Norway in favour of Sweden.
Napoleon
was defeated at Leipzig in October 1813, and Denmark-Norway had been on
the French side. Sweden, which had on its own part just lost Finland to
Russia, was on the Allied side, and its wish for new land was
listened to.Although
there was no visible opposition against the more than 400 years old
Danish rule in Norway, the new
situation cleared room for national ideas. During the winter and spring
of 1814, the Danish prince Christian Frederik, originally the
Danish-Norwegian king's representative in Norway, took a leading role
in
the forming of the February 1814 "Notabelmøte", an assembly of
men of position. He gained support for his ideas of a Norwegian
constitution. 112 representatives met at Eidsvoll on 10th April 1814,
and the Constitution which is still in use today, was
declared on May 17th. The prince himself was elected king of
Norway, under the name of Kristian Fredrik.
Charles-Jean Bernadotte, French of origin, newly elected crown prince of Sweden and earlier one of Napoleon's generals, claimed Sweden's right to Norway. On 30th July 1814 the first Swedish soldiers crossed the Norwegian border. Several battles were fought, overall in Swedish favour, and on 9th August the forces clashed at Langnes at the river Glomma, close to the town of Askim. On the Norwegian side stood colonel Hegermann with two battalions of Opplandske Regiment, three divisions of Valdreske Rifles / Skarpskyttere and a battery of eight cannons, among those four on the Battery Hill. On the Swedish side, general Vegesack and lieutenant-colonel Cederström stood with soldiers from Vestgöta and Värmland's Regiments. In short, the Norwegians fought back four Swedish attacks, and as an isolated event one may declare Norwegian victory in this last, large battle between the two nations. However, on king Kristian Fredrik's orders, the Norwegians left their positions, and peace talks resulting in the so-called Convention at Moss followed on 14th August. A union with Sweden was a reality, ending only in 1905.
The main and lasting political result of the 1814 events was the fact that Norway could keep its new Constitution. Probably, the Swedish negotiators at Moss did not fully foresee the long term consequences of accepting Norway's demand, and there is a direct line between the events in 1814 and the final breaking up of the Norwegian-Swedish union in 1905. The Constitution pawed way for a relatively free Government and, more important, a Parliament with an even larger degree of freedom, and the two nations developed along their separate paths.
To the right: Norwegian flags since 1814; in the foreground the Danish flag with the Norwegian Lion; the Swedish flag with Danish (or Norwegian) colours; the so-called "herring sallad" with the new Norwegian flag in red, blue and white with Swedish & Norwegian colours in top corner; and at the very back, the clean Norwegian flag since 1905. From The Defence Museum at Akershus, Oslo. Photo by C B Høgenhoff.
Charles-Jean Bernadotte, French of origin, newly elected crown prince of Sweden and earlier one of Napoleon's generals, claimed Sweden's right to Norway. On 30th July 1814 the first Swedish soldiers crossed the Norwegian border. Several battles were fought, overall in Swedish favour, and on 9th August the forces clashed at Langnes at the river Glomma, close to the town of Askim. On the Norwegian side stood colonel Hegermann with two battalions of Opplandske Regiment, three divisions of Valdreske Rifles / Skarpskyttere and a battery of eight cannons, among those four on the Battery Hill. On the Swedish side, general Vegesack and lieutenant-colonel Cederström stood with soldiers from Vestgöta and Värmland's Regiments. In short, the Norwegians fought back four Swedish attacks, and as an isolated event one may declare Norwegian victory in this last, large battle between the two nations. However, on king Kristian Fredrik's orders, the Norwegians left their positions, and peace talks resulting in the so-called Convention at Moss followed on 14th August. A union with Sweden was a reality, ending only in 1905.
The main and lasting political result of the 1814 events was the fact that Norway could keep its new Constitution. Probably, the Swedish negotiators at Moss did not fully foresee the long term consequences of accepting Norway's demand, and there is a direct line between the events in 1814 and the final breaking up of the Norwegian-Swedish union in 1905. The Constitution pawed way for a relatively free Government and, more important, a Parliament with an even larger degree of freedom, and the two nations developed along their separate paths.
To the right: Norwegian flags since 1814; in the foreground the Danish flag with the Norwegian Lion; the Swedish flag with Danish (or Norwegian) colours; the so-called "herring sallad" with the new Norwegian flag in red, blue and white with Swedish & Norwegian colours in top corner; and at the very back, the clean Norwegian flag since 1905. From The Defence Museum at Akershus, Oslo. Photo by C B Høgenhoff.
Click
for the official Langnes Brochure
(pdf,
in Norwegian). Text & design Carsten Berg Høgenhoff.