Scandinavian Folktales and Legends

A legend belongs to a genre of folk narrative that purports to relate true accounts of inexplicable episodes encountered by friends, famil...

Ringelihorn and Other Tales from Northern Norway is a collection of 20 folk- and fairy tales, first published in 2 volumes in 1925/ 6. T...

Every single folktale and legend published by Asbjørnsen & Moe in English for the first time. These are the most comprehensive edition...

Once upon a time in the 19th century, certain men began to travel the highways and byways of rural Norway, collecting the tales, legends, ...

My name is Simon Roy Hughes, and I translate and publish Scandinavian folktales and legends. Welcome to Scandinavian Folktales and Legends ,...