Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Trade

Collection:: Economics Books

TRADE ORGANIZATION Though in olden times trade with Iceland was carried on equally by [celanders and Norwegians, vet, as time went on the number of Ice- landers engaging in the foreign trade gradually decreased, owing to lack of ships; and, when Iceland, shortly after the middle of the 13th century, became united with Norway, the Icelandic trade was wholly in the hands of the Norwegians. After the union with Norway- Denmark the kings began to make their influence felt by imposing various re- strictions on the Iceland trade, with a view to granting the port of Bergen in Norway a monopoly of it. But as these orders of the kings were not rigorously enforced, the greater part of the Icelandic import and export trade throughout the 14th and 15th centuries was in the hands of the English and the Hamburghers. In 1602 a complete monopoly was established in Iceland, a policy which was continued down to the end of the year 1787. During this period the trade was generally either granted as a monopoly fo commercial companies, or carried on by the govern- ment for the king's account. But on the 1th of January 1788 it was made free to all subjects of the Danish Crown, and finally, in 1855, to all nations. Since 1855 the number of permanent business houses in Iceland has increased enormously. This increase, though at first gradual, has during the last thirty years or so been very rapid, as may be gathered from the following figures, giving the number of permanent concerns: 1855 1870 ‘880 890 200 910 920 .207 58 62 78 137 208 122 303 332

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