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Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway (including Svalbard ), Sweden, and Scandinavia's associated autonomous territories ( Åland , Faroe Islands and Greenland ).
Literature of Nordic countries. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Nordic literary awards (2 C, 8 P) O.
Project Runeberg is a digital cultural archive initiative patterned after the English-language cultural initiative, Project Gutenberg; it was founded by Lars Aronsson and colleagues at Linköping University, especially within the university group Lysator (see below), with the aim of publishing free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries.
Besides these Icelandic sagas a few examples, sometimes fragmentary, of Norse poetry composed in Scotland survive. [2] Among the runic inscriptions at Maeshowe is a text identified as irregular verse. [3] Scandinavian cultural contacts in the Danelaw also left legacies in literature.
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This is a list of European literatures. The literatures of Europe are compiled in many languages ; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English , French , Spanish , Dutch , Polish , Portuguese , German , Italian , Modern Greek , Czech , Russian , Macedonian , the Scandinavian languages, Gaelic and Turkish .
This is a list of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees. The first prize was awarded in 1962. [1] [2] Year English title Original title Author
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. The arrival of Christianity around the year 1000 brought Norway into contact with ...