Read MN 2023: Scandinavia
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- The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi Elin Anna Labba 2023 Fall
- The deep and personal story—told through history, poetry, and images—of the forced displacement of the Sámi people from their homeland in northern Norway and Sweden and its reverberations today
- The Palace of the Snow Queen Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi Barbara Sjoholm 2023 Fall
- An exploration of the winter wonders and entangled histories of Scandinavia’s northernmost landscapes—now back in print with a new afterword by the author
- Olav Audunssøn IV IV. Winter Sigrid Undset 2023 Fall
- The fourth and final volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of one man’s fateful life in medieval Norway
- Scandinavia since 1500 Second Edition Byron J. Nordstrom 2022 Fall
- An updated edition of the definitive history of Scandinavia over the past five centuries
- For the Love of Cod A Father and Son’s Search for Norwegian Happiness Eric Dregni 2023 Spring
- What makes Norwegians so damn happy—and does it translate?
- From Lapland to Sápmi Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture Barbara Sjoholm 2023 Spring
- A cultural history of Sápmi and the Nordic countries as told through objects and artifacts
- Olav Audunssøn III III. Crossroads Sigrid Undset 2022 Fall
- The third volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic story of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in the first English translation in nearly a century
- By the Fire Sami Folktales and Legends Emilie Demant Hatt 2022 Fall
- The first English publication of Sami folktales from Scandinavia collected and illustrated in the early twentieth century
- Troll Magic Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway Theodor Kittelsen 2022 Spring
- A collection of macabre and magical folklore from the “godfather” of the Norwegian troll
- Olav Audunssøn II II. Providence Sigrid Undset 2021 Fall
- The second volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in a new English translation, the first in nearly a century
- Letters from Tove Tove Jansson 2021 Fall
- A virtual memoir in letters by the beloved creator of the Moomins
- Nils Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2021 Spring
- A loving tale of a boy who dreams of becoming a cowboy while also embracing his Norwegian heritage
- Olav Audunssøn I. Vows Sigrid Undset 2020 Fall
- The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a century
- Swede Hollow A Novel Ola Larsmo 2020 Fall
- A riveting family saga immersed in the gritty, dark side of Swedish immigrant life in America in the early twentieth century
- The Journal of Otto Peltonen A Finnish Immigrant Story William Durbin 2020 Fall
- A portrait of the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota during the early twentieth century—now in paperback
- The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe 2019 Fall
- A new, definitive English translation of the celebrated story collection regarded as a landmark of Norwegian literature and culture
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota The Writer and His Friends at Home Dave Page 2017 Spring
- A look at the life of the Great American Novelist in St. Paul
- Leif the Lucky Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2014 Fall
- A delightful tale of the young Viking explorer Leif Erikson—the first European to set foot on America, 500 years before Columbus
- Blackwater Ben William Durbin 2014 Spring
- A young boy discovers harsh realities, secrets, and adventure at a northern Minnesota logging camp in 1898
- Ola Edgar Parin d’Aulaire and Ingri d’Aulaire 2013 Fall
- A classic that sparked the illustrious careers of two Caldecott-honored authors and illustrators
- A Slave’s Tale Erik Christian Haugaard 2013 Fall
- The dynamic sequel to Hakon of Rogen’s Saga
- Hakon of Rogen’s Saga Erik Christian Haugaard 2013 Fall
- A widely acclaimed work of historical fiction—back in print
- Happy Times in Norway Sigrid Undset 2013 Spring
- Preserving a glorious picture of Norway before the Nazi occupation—from the 1928 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Children of the Northlights Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2012 Fall
- A spellbinding evocation and celebration of Sami people and culture from two Caldecott-honored authors and illustrators
- In Cod We Trust Living the Norwegian Dream Eric Dregni 2011 Fall
- A vivid portrayal of modern Norway through the eyes of a fourth-generation Norwegian American from Minnesota
- The Fall of the King Johannes V. Jensen 2011 Fall
- The masterpiece of one of Scandinavia’s preeminent literary figures and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Styrbiorn the Strong E. R. Eddison 2011 Fall
- E. R. Eddison’s classic saga novel now in paperback—includes for the first time Eddison’s remarkable letter of introduction and his unabridged closing note
- Song of Sampo Lake William Durbin 2011 Spring
- A gripping depiction of frontier life on the Minnesota Iron Range
- The Darkest Evening William Durbin 2011 Spring
- An adventurous tale of one Finnish American family’s encounter with the “Red broom”
- The Opposite of Cold The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition Michael Nordskog 2010 Fall
- A full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes
- Tales from a Finnish Tupa James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco 2009 Fall
- An irresistibly charming and wonderfully illustrated collection of folktales—direct from a Finnish tupa, or cottage
- Swedish Folktales and Legends Lone Thygesen Blecher and George Blecher, Editors 2004 Fall
- A unique collection of Sweden’s most charming folktales