I can understand a little Norwegian. It says that Vecellio was influenced by Olaus Magnus' "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus" (History of the Northern peoples), published in Rome, 1555, and then goes on to compare his woodcuts and text with Vecellio's. The burning sticks are torches to enable people to work in the long winter nights, not smoking materials. A Google search on Olaus Magnus reveals that he was a Swede who became a high-ranking Catholic cleric in Rome, and was a noted geographer, so he did know whereof he spoke.
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