J's Favorite Nordic Literature

I am a descendant of vikings and blacksmiths, a Norwegian speaker with Danish grandparents! So of course I seek out anything even tangentially Scandinavian in my reading! Here's a few of my favorites, from picture books to nonfiction, written by Scandinavians or about them.

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An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer (Fredrik Backman)

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

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Fredrik Backman

Britt-Marie Was Here (Fredrik Backman)

Britt-Marie Was Here

3

Fredrik Backman

The Children of Noisy Village

The Children of Noisy Village

4

Comet in Moominland

Comet in Moominland

5

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths (Ingri D'Aulaire)

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

6

Ingri D'Aulaire

D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls (Ingri D'Aulaire)

D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls

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Ingri D'Aulaire

A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)

A Doll's House

8

Henrik Ibsen

East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Peter Asbjornsen)

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

9

Peter Asbjornsen

Egil's Saga (Anonymous)

Egil's Saga

10

Anonymous

Emil and Detectives

Emil and Detectives

11

Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll

12

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (Steig Larsson)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

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Steig Larsson

The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)

The Girl Who Played With Fire

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Stieg Larsson

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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Stieg Larsson

The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)

The Greenlanders

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Jane Smiley

The Hammer of Thor (Rick Riordan)

The Hammer of Thor

17

Rick Riordan

Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)

Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales

18

Hans Christian Anderson

Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)

Hedda Gabler

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Henrik Ibsen

Hrafnkel's Saga (Uknown)

Hrafnkel's Saga

20

Uknown

The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist

21

Icefall (Matthew J. Kirby)

Icefall

22

Matthew J. Kirby

The Kalevala

The Kalevala

23

Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl

Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl

24

Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)

Kristin Lavransdatter

25

Sigrid Undset

Loki's Wolves (K. L. Armstrong & M. A. Marr)

Loki's Wolves

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K. L. Armstrong & M. A. Marr

Magnus Chase (Rick Riordan)

Magnus Chase

27

Rick Riordan

A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)

A Man Called Ove

28

Fredrik Backman

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

29

Moominland Midwinter (Tove Janson)

Moominland Midwinter

30

Tove Janson

Moominpappa's Memoirs (Tove Jansson)

Moominpappa's Memoirs

31

Tove Jansson

Moominpappa at Sea (Tove Jansson)

Moominpappa at Sea

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Tove Jansson

Moominsummer Madness (Tove Jansson)

Moominsummer Madness

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Tove Jansson

Moominvalley in November (Tove Jansson)

Moominvalley in November

34

Tove Jansson

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Frederik Backman)

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

35

Frederik Backman

Njal's Saga

Njal's Saga

36

Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman)

Norse Mythology

37

Neil Gaiman

Norwegian Folk Tales (Asbjørnsen and Moe)

Norwegian Folk Tales

38

Asbjørnsen and Moe

Odd and the Frost Giants (Neil Gaiman)

Odd and the Frost Giants

39

Neil Gaiman

Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)

Out Stealing Horses

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Per Petterson

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