Something I just came across and wanted to share. It comes from a book by John Walter titled "The Rifle Story, An Illustrated History from 1756 to the Present Day".

It reads:
The magazine of the US Krag rifle was adapted from the then-experimental Norwegian trials rifle instead of the original Danish M/89, with a side gate that swung down to serve as a loading platform instead of pivoting forward.

I hope that it doesn't look like I'm splitting hairs, but at least some of the American Krag can be attributed to a Norwegian rifle. And that flippity-do-da loading gate is the coolest thing on the rifle to me. Ain't it neat what one can find when digging a little deeper?