Publisher's Synopsis
In Stories of Norway, the author of History of Norway returns to tell more fascinating stories about people and events from pre-Viking times through the Second World War in Norway. There are descriptions of an ancient runestone, skaldic verses, and other significant historical writings, as well as the lives of kings and princesses, farmers and fishermen, hunters and witches, merchants and privateers, emigrants, laborers, resistance men and women, and Sami in these true stories and legends from Norway's past.
