Category Archives: Böcker

While and will be
Wärend and Wirdarne. An attempt in Swedish Ethnology I

A work dealing with folklore in Värend in southern Småland. Hyltén-Cavallius deals with [...]

21
May
The God of the Fathers by Viktor Rydberg
The fathers' god saga. Told to the youth

Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895) wrote The Saga of the Fathers as a summary of his research into the [...]

12
Nov
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish polymaths 3
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish Ommogens III

The third and final volume of one of the few attempts to portray the Swedish [...]

20
Jun
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish polymaths 2
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish Ommogens II

The second volume of one of the few attempts to depict the many [...]

19
May
The Swedish farmer and his homestead

A contribution to the history of the Swedish Ommogens

19
May
New poems by Verner von Heidenstam
New poems

"The form is classically pure, simple and unadorned, often rhymeless and ostrophe-like, and expresses [...]

02
Mar
Eddan

The poetic Edda, containing the Nordic songs of the gods and heroes. Also called the Elder Edda and [...]

03
Feb
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish polymaths 1
The struggle for freedom of the Swedish Ommogens I

One of the few attempts to depict the many rebellions of the Swedish common people against the authorities.

27
Jan