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The Wanderer’s Hávamál – Jackson Crawford

A translation of Håvamål. Old Norse poems from the Viking age.

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way – Lars Mytting

An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture.

North Wild Kitchen: Home Cooking from the Heart of Norway – Nevada Berg

This is probably one of the most beautiful cookbooks from Norway. Nevada Berg gives an introduction to the essential parts of food culture in Norway with many delicious recipes.

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

An interesting book that helps dismantle the stereotypical Viking image.

Farthest North – Volume I & II – Fridtjof Nansen

Follow Fridtjof Nansen on his attempt to reach the North Pole

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

A classic and one of my favorite “adventure” books

The Age of the Vikings – Anders Winroth

Shedding new light on the complex society of these sea farers.

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

Envoy Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders in 922 AD.

First Crossing Of Greenland – Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen with his crew of five, across the inland ice of Greenland.

The Northwest Passage – Roald Amundsen

Follow Roald Amundsen as first to sail through the Northwest Passage

The Birds – Tarjei Vesaas

About a mentally disabled man, and his difficulties to understand the world.

Peer Gynt – Henrik Ibsen

Peer is the romantic hero with a big ego, being a citizen of the world and characterized as “typical Norwegian”.

Kristin Lavransdatter – Sigrid Undset

A historical masterpiece! This is an epic book set in fourteenth-century Norway.

Growth of the Soil – Knut Hamsun

My favorite by Knut Hamsun. Winner of Nobel’s price of litterature

The Almost Nearly Perfect People – Michael Booth

A witty, informative, and popular travelogue about the Scandinavian countries. Why are the Danes so happy? How are the Norwegians spending their oil money?

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

Norwegians are the happiest people in the world, but can anyone else be happy in Norway?

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way – Lars Mytting

An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture.

North Wild Kitchen: Home Cooking from the Heart of Norway – Nevada Berg

This is probably one of the most beautiful cookbooks from Norway. Nevada Berg gives an introduction to the essential parts of food culture in Norway with many delicious recipes.