Hollendertiden

Timber has always been a major export of the Norwegian economy and trade ships from the Low Countries have become an increasingly common sight along the Norwegian coastline. Unlike the Hanseatic traders who have dominated our economy for centuries the Dutch are content to trade without meddling in local businesses or breaking the laws of the land.\nWith an ever growing demand from the Dutch shipbuilders the timber industry in Norway could well grow to be the biggest in Europe. As a seafaring and shipbuilding people we can undoubtedly learn a lot from the Dutch entrepreneurs by aligning with them against the Germans.