Scandinavian Literature

The literature of the North — Andersen’s tales, Ibsen’s dramas, and the sagas and storytellers of Scandinavia.

The cold clear light of the North

In this collection

• The Flax
• The Bottle-Neck
• The Bishop of Boerglum and his Warriors
• Great Claus and Little Claus
• The Old Street-Lamp
• The Mud-King's Daughter
• O. T
• The Marsh King's Daughter
• The Pen and Inkstand
• Soup on a Sausage-Peg
• The Darning-Needle
• The Brothers
• Uncle Reuben
• The Puppet Showman
• The Roses and the Sparrows
• Hunger
• In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
• The Snail and the Rose-Tree
• The Sacred Flame
• In the Temple
• The Fisherman's Ring
• The Empress's Money-Chest
• A Fallen King
• A Leaf from the Sky

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