To Download the related file click on the download button Peer Gynt – a dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen Retold by Ian Harkness (Act One, Scenes One and Two). Act One, Scene Three, is translated by John Northam. The rest of the remaining acts are translated by the Archers. The play is illustrated by Mikhail […]
Norwegian literature
The saga of King Sverre in Norwegian
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Drama methods – Teaching Henrik Ibsen in Norwegian
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Trolly Tales
Trolly Tales From Sogn Translated and retold by Ian Harkness To download the full document of Trolly Tales click on the download button.
Gjest Baardsens songs and poems in Dano-Norwegian
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From Sognefjord
Introduction Most Norwegians, as well as tourists visiting Norway, observe a picture of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885) every time they reach in their wallets for a 50 kroner banknote; but few reflect on the tradition which the author stands for. Together with Jørgen Moe, he is primarily responsible for giving Norway a rich folk-tale tradition. […]
Gjest Baardsens Achrostochon and other poems
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Introduction to Gjest Baardsen’s gallery
Some of the illustrations in this gallery have been drawn by the artists to illustrate the collections of poems “Gjest Baardsen’s ACHROSTICHON, a twenty-six verse autobiographical ballad and other poems” posted on this website, but also published in paper form. The illustrations were mainly done by the gifted Baltic artist Mikhail Khristoljubov and one or […]
Gjest Baardsen
In his own time, Gjest Baardsen was known as the “master thief,” the “king of escape,” or, in his own words, “Norway’s most famous and dangerous criminal.” Born in 1791, Baardsen was jailed for the first time in his early twenties for burglary and sentenced to two years in the workhouse. It took him fifteen […]