Tick off each book as you read it. 6 of these 50 Scandinavian classics are free to read online at pagineapp.com/classics/scandinavian, with author guides and links to the rest.
Norse myths & Icelandic sagas
☐1.The Prose Edda — Snorri Sturluson (1220)
☐2.Egil’s Saga — Anonymous (1240)
☐3.The Poetic Edda — Anonymous (1270)
☐4.The Saga of the Volsungs — Anonymous (1270)
☐5.Laxdæla Saga — Anonymous (1250)
☐6.Njál’s Saga — Anonymous (1280)
☐7.Grettir’s Saga — Anonymous (1320)
The 18th & 19th centuries
☐8.Jeppe of the Hill — Ludvig Holberg (1722)
☐9.The Kalevala — Elias Lönnrot (1835)
☐10.Andersen’s Fairy Tales — Hans Christian Andersen (1835) · free on Pagine
☐15.Peer Gynt — Henrik Ibsen (1867) · free on Pagine
☐16.Seven Brothers — Aleksis Kivi (1870)
☐17.A Doll’s House — Henrik Ibsen (1879) · free on Pagine
☐18.The Red Room — August Strindberg (1879)
☐19.Niels Lyhne — Jens Peter Jacobsen (1880)
☐20.Ghosts — Henrik Ibsen (1881)
☐21.An Enemy of the People — Henrik Ibsen (1882)
☐22.The Wild Duck — Henrik Ibsen (1884)
☐23.The Father — August Strindberg (1887)
☐24.Miss Julie — August Strindberg (1888)
☐25.Hunger — Knut Hamsun (1890) · free on Pagine
☐26.Hedda Gabler — Henrik Ibsen (1890) · free on Pagine
☐27.Gösta Berling’s Saga — Selma Lagerlöf (1891)
☐28.The Master Builder — Henrik Ibsen (1892)
☐29.Pan — Knut Hamsun (1894)
The early 20th century
☐30.Jerusalem — Selma Lagerlöf (1901)
☐31.A Dream Play — August Strindberg (1902)
☐32.The Wonderful Adventures of Nils — Selma Lagerlöf (1906) · free on Pagine
☐33.Growth of the Soil — Knut Hamsun (1917)
☐34.Kristin Lavransdatter — Sigrid Undset (1920)
☐35.Seven Gothic Tales — Isak Dinesen (1934)
☐36.Independent People — Halldór Laxness (1934)
☐37.Out of Africa — Isak Dinesen (1937)
Modern Nordic classics
☐38.Pippi Longstocking — Astrid Lindgren (1945)
☐39.Finn Family Moomintroll — Tove Jansson (1948)
☐40.Barabbas — Pär Lagerkvist (1950)
☐41.Babette’s Feast — Isak Dinesen (1950)
☐42.The Unknown Soldier — Väinö Linna (1954)
☐43.The Ice Palace — Tarjei Vesaas (1963)
☐44.Roseanna — Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (1965)
☐45.The Summer Book — Tove Jansson (1972)
☐46.The Brothers Lionheart — Astrid Lindgren (1973)
☐47.Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter — Astrid Lindgren (1981)
☐48.Sophie’s World — Jostein Gaarder (1991)
☐49.Smilla’s Sense of Snow — Peter Høeg (1992)
☐50.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson (2005)
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