The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist…
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2:23 |
Read by Sonia |
Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note
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2:01 |
Read by Sonia |
The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda
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6:54 |
Read by Sonia |
The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda
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4:42 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda
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5:15 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda
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12:37 |
Read by Philip Watson |
The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda
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12:35 |
Read by Philip Watson |
Proverbs from the Eddas
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1:24 |
Read by Sonia |
Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28
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2:43 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note
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2:12 |
Read by April6090 |
The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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6:20 |
Read by Nemo |
The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla
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19:01 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)
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14:05 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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4:10 |
Read by cathar maiden |
Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)
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27:45 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76
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1:59 |
Read by Foon |
King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H.…
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11:33 |
Read by Wanda Wilkey |
How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H.…
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4:53 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla
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3:20 |
Read by Chris Fields |
Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827)…
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1:54 |
Read by cathar maiden |
Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note
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1:56 |
Read by Foon |
Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie
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17:01 |
Read by Jim Locke |
A home in the North, photograph p. 92
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2:35 |
Read by Foon |
The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100
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2:34 |
Read by Foon |
How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman
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11:46 |
Read by KevinS |
Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106
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2:26 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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4:37 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note
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2:35 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley
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2:14 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm
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2:19 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould
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7:41 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus
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4:14 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm
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7:47 |
Read by Phjodor |
Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)
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35:23 |
Read by April6090 |
Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note
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2:18 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.
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12:15 |
Read by Hopeforce1 |
Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.
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14:38 |
Read by Max Körlinge |
The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen
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12:58 |
Read by Max Körlinge |
Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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18:01 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg
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2:24 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius
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14:15 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François …
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28:23 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish paint…
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2:46 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson
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25:58 |
Read by Availle |
Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note
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2:42 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare
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14:37 |
Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), pai…
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1:55 |
Read by Sonia |
The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf…
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18:32 |
Read by Philip Watson |
How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus
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7:40 |
Read by Philip Watson |
The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus
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14:47 |
Read by Philip Watson |
The letter of King Canute (1027)
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4:50 |
Read by Sonia |
Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman
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9:23 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note
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1:02 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winte…
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9:38 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton
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2:57 |
Read by Nemo |
Molboer stories
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6:08 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note
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2:23 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arou…
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9:00 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald
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2:56 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)
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10:05 |
Read by PatrS |
The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of…
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16:05 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself
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12:17 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note
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2:31 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould
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4:19 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary
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15:18 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary
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13:27 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How the laws were made in Saga time
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2:11 |
Read by Sonia |
Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note
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2:31 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
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2:09 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''
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14:22 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Sa…
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15:57 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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5:26 |
Read by Nemo |
How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the S…
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9:21 |
Read by April6090 |
The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal
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12:59 |
Read by Kathrine Engan |
How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris
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11:19 |
Read by KevinS |
Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note
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2:25 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin
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9:21 |
Read by Availle |
Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles
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11:13 |
Read by April6090 |
Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor
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14:56 |
Read by Availle |
How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith
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2:43 |
Read by Sonia |
Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note
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2:36 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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10:45 |
Read by Jane Bennett |
How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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9:56 |
Read by Jane Bennett |
The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink
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10:24 |
Read by PatrS |
The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis
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22:24 |
Read by Jim Locke |
A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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10:43 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note
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1:33 |
Read by Availle |
Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede
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8:51 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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5:51 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine
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17:30 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine
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7:45 |
Read by Jim Locke |
What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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17:16 |
Read by Availle |
Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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14:58 |
Read by Availle |
The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note
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1:42 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin
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15:39 |
Read by April6090 |
Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik
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20:49 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen
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17:05 |
Read by April6090 |
The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896)…
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2:13 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen
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17:02 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note
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1:50 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten
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5:17 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott
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5:21 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen
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13:28 |
Read by April6090 |
The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary
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24:02 |
Read by Availle |
Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546
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2:38 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note
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1:34 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton
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21:00 |
Read by KevinS |
Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen
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4:49 |
Read by KevinS |
At the South Pole, photograph p. 574
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2:45 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly
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10:38 |
Read by KevinS |
Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott
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5:29 |
Read by Sonia |