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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 ).
Author Year English title Translator Year Gösta Berlings saga: Selma Lagerlöf: 1891: Gösta Berling's Saga: Lillie Tudeer: 1894 The Story of Gösta Berling: Pauline Bancroft Flach: 1898 The Story of Gosta Berling: Robert Bly: 1962 Paul Norlen: 2009 Jerusalem: Selma Lagerlöf: 1901: Jerusalem: Velma Swanston Howard: 1915 Herr Arnes penningar ...
Swedish literature (Swedish: Svensk litteratur) is the literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. [ 1 ] The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök runestone , carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD.
Scandinavian cultural contacts in the Danelaw also left legacies in literature. Höfuðlausn or the "Head's Ransom" is a skaldic poem attributed to Egill Skalla-Grímsson in praise of king Eirik Bloodaxe in the Kingdom of Northumbria.
Writers; List of Swedish people: A. Emmy Abrahamson (born 1976) Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979) Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) Luai Ahmed (born 1993) Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962)