World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

Eva March Tappan

111 chapters · 16 h 40 min · English

Read by Sonia, Devorah Allen, Tomas Peter, Philip Watson, Jim Locke, April6090 and others

Sagas · History

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1. 1The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece2 min
2. 2Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note2 min
3. 3The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda7 min
4. 4The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda5 min
5. 5Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda5 min
6. 6Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda13 min
7. 7The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda13 min
8. 8Proverbs from the Eddas1 min
9. 9Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 283 min
10. 10Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note2 min
11. 11The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow6 min
12. 12The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla19 min
13. 13Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)14 min
14. 14Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow4 min
15. 15Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)28 min
16. 16The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 762 min
17. 17King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen12 min
18. 18How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen5 min
19. 19How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla3 min
20. 20Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 882 min
21. 21Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note2 min
22. 22Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie17 min
23. 23A home in the North, photograph p. 923 min
24. 24The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 1003 min
25. 25How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman12 min
26. 26Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 1062 min
27. 27The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow5 min
28. 28Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note3 min
29. 29The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley2 min
30. 30How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm2 min
31. 31How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould8 min
32. 32How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus4 min
33. 33The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm8 min
34. 34Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)35 min
35. 35Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note2 min
36. 36The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr12 min
37. 37Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr15 min
38. 38The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen13 min
39. 39Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller18 min
40. 40The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg2 min
41. 41The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius14 min
42. 42How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire28 min
43. 43Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 2083 min
44. 44The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson26 min
45. 45Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note3 min
46. 46The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare15 min
47. 47The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 2342 min
48. 48The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark)19 min
49. 49How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus8 min
50. 50The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus15 min
51. 51The letter of King Canute (1027)5 min
52. 52Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman9 min
53. 53Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note1 min
54. 54King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter)10 min
55. 55The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton3 min
56. 56Molboer stories6 min
57. 57Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note2 min
58. 58The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire9 min
59. 59King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald3 min
60. 60Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)10 min
61. 61The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin16 min
62. 62Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself12 min
63. 63Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note3 min
64. 64How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould4 min
65. 65How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary15 min
66. 66Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary13 min
67. 67How the laws were made in Saga time2 min
68. 68Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note3 min
69. 69The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason2 min
70. 70Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''14 min
71. 71How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga16 min
72. 72Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow5 min
73. 73How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould9 min
74. 74The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal13 min
75. 75How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris11 min
76. 76Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note2 min
77. 77The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin9 min
78. 78Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles11 min
79. 79Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor15 min
80. 80How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith3 min
81. 81Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note3 min
82. 82How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes11 min
83. 83How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes10 min
84. 84The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink10 min
85. 85The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis22 min
86. 86A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes11 min
87. 87Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note2 min
88. 88Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede9 min
89. 89How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes6 min
90. 90The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine18 min
91. 91The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine8 min
92. 92What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes17 min
93. 93Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes15 min
94. 94The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note2 min
95. 95Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin16 min
96. 96Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik21 min
97. 97How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen17 min
98. 98The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 5182 min
99. 99Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen17 min
100. 100The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note2 min
101. 101The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten5 min
102. 102A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott5 min
103. 103The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen13 min
104. 104The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary24 min
105. 105Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 5463 min
106. 106The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note2 min
107. 107In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton21 min
108. 108Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen5 min
109. 109At the South Pole, photograph p. 5743 min
110. 110The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly11 min
111. 111Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott5 min