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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings book cover

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Fascinating book about Viking history A very interesting book that helps dismantle the stereotypical Viking image. Traditionally, the Viking Age is considered to be from the year 793, when Vikings attacked the monastery in Lindisfarne,…

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Scandinavia Travel Guide - Rick Steves

Scandinavia Travel Guide – Rick Steves

My favorite travel guide for Scandinavia! Disclaimer: I have helped research this guide book. Experience a smorgasbord of Viking ships, brooding castles, and emerald fjords with Rick Steves! The book covers Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia.…

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The Almost Nearly Perfect People - Michael Booth book cover

The Almost Nearly Perfect People – Michael Booth

Get to know the Scandinavian culture. The Christian Science Monitor’s #1 Best Book of the Year. Get on the inside of Scandinavia. Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years,…

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A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway Book by Lorelou Desjardins

A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway – Lorelou Desjardins

Lorelou, a French woman in her mid-20s from Provence region gets a job in Oslo, Norway. She is not too inspired by this Arctic country. Are Norwegian people as cold as their weather? She is…

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Farthest North - Volume I & II - Fridtjof Nansen cover

Farthest North – Volume I & II – Fridtjof Nansen

With Fridtjof Nansen towards the North Pole A must read for anyone interested in Polar explorations. In this book you follow the famous Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen, and his crew of twelve, deliberately sailing their ship…

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Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft book cover

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft – Thor Heyerdahl

The story of the Kon-Tiki is one of my favorite “adventure” books, and is a classic that has been translated to more than 70 languages around the world. Through Thor’s own eyes you get to…

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The Age of the Vikings - Anders Winroth book cover

The Age of the Vikings – Anders Winroth

Anders Winroth is born in Sweden and a professor of medieval history at the University of Oslo and previously taught in the same field at Yale University. What I enjoy about this book is how…

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Heimskringla: The Lives of the Norse Kings - Snorre Sturlason

Heimskringla: The Lives of the Norse Kings – Snorre Sturlason

Of all the Old Norse King’s sagas, Heimskringla is the best known. It was written by the Icelandic poet and history writer Snorre Sturlason around the year 1230. In Heimskringla you find a collection of…

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The Wanderer's Hávamál book cover, author Jackson Crawford

The Wanderer’s Hávamál – Jackson Crawford

I’ve been following Jackson Crawford on YouTube for years, and I’m very impressed with his expertise in Norse language and myth. This book is a translation of Håvamål, a collection of Old Norse poems from…

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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North book cover

Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North

A fascinating book by Arab envoy Ibn Fadlan, who in 922 AD encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his travel reports he gives astonishing descriptions about…

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