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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 ...
The Orkneyinga saga (also called the History of the Earls of Orkney) is a historical narrative of the history of the Orkney Islands, from their capture by the Norwegian king in the ninth century onwards until about 1200. [1] 20th-century poet George Mackay Brown was influenced by the saga, notably for his 1973 novel Magnus.
This is a list of Norwegian literature authors in the order of their year of birth. The century assignment is the period of their most significant works ...
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).
Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. [2] Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published in 1907.
Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian: Verdensbiblioteket) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Clubs [] since 2002. It is based on a list of the hundred best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. [1]
See also Norwegian literature. Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. + Norwegian writers (33 C, 131 P) B. Book publishing ...
20th-century Norwegian literature (2 C) 21st-century Norwegian literature (2 C) L. Literary museums in Norway (6 P)