The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist…

2:23

Read by Sonia

Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note

2:01

Read by Sonia

The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda

6:54

Read by Sonia

The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda

4:42

Read by Devorah Allen

Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda

5:15

Read by Tomas Peter

Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda

12:37

Read by Philip Watson

The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda

12:35

Read by Philip Watson

Proverbs from the Eddas

1:24

Read by Sonia

Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28

2:43

Read by Jim Locke

Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note

2:12

Read by April6090

The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

6:20

Read by Nemo

The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla

19:01

Read by Jim Locke

Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)

14:05

Read by Devorah Allen

Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4:10

Read by cathar maiden

Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)

27:45

Read by Jim Locke

The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76

1:59

Read by Foon

King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H.…

11:33

Read by Wanda Wilkey

How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H.…

4:53

Read by Jim Locke

How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla

3:20

Read by Chris Fields

Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827)…

1:54

Read by cathar maiden

Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note

1:56

Read by Foon

Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie

17:01

Read by Jim Locke

A home in the North, photograph p. 92

2:35

Read by Foon

The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100

2:34

Read by Foon

How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

11:46

Read by KevinS

Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106

2:26

Read by Monika M. C.

The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4:37

Read by Alan Mapstone

Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note

2:35

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley

2:14

Read by Tomas Peter

How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm

2:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould

7:41

Read by Jim Locke

How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus

4:14

Read by cathar maiden

The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm

7:47

Read by Phjodor

Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)

35:23

Read by April6090

Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note

2:18

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

12:15

Read by Hopeforce1

Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

14:38

Read by Max Körlinge

The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen

12:58

Read by Max Körlinge

Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

18:01

Read by Jim Locke

The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg

2:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius

14:15

Read by Jim Locke

How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François …

28:23

Read by Jim Locke

Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish paint…

2:46

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson

25:58

Read by Availle

Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note

2:42

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare

14:37

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), pai…

1:55

Read by Sonia

The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf…

18:32

Read by Philip Watson

How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus

7:40

Read by Philip Watson

The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus

14:47

Read by Philip Watson

The letter of King Canute (1027)

4:50

Read by Sonia

Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman

9:23

Read by Colleen McMahon

Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note

1:02

Read by J. M. Smallheer

King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winte…

9:38

Read by Tomas Peter

The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton

2:57

Read by Nemo

Molboer stories

6:08

Read by Jim Locke

Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note

2:23

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arou…

9:00

Read by Colleen McMahon

King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald

2:56

Read by Alan Mapstone

Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)

10:05

Read by PatrS

The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of…

16:05

Read by Colleen McMahon

Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself

12:17

Read by Devorah Allen

Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note

2:31

Read by Alan Mapstone

How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould

4:19

Read by Tomas Peter

How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary

15:18

Read by Jim Locke

Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary

13:27

Read by Jim Locke

How the laws were made in Saga time

2:11

Read by Sonia

Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note

2:31

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

2:09

Read by Alan Mapstone

Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''

14:22

Read by Jim Locke

How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Sa…

15:57

Read by Jim Locke

Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

5:26

Read by Nemo

How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the S…

9:21

Read by April6090

The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal

12:59

Read by Kathrine Engan

How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris

11:19

Read by KevinS

Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note

2:25

Read by cathar maiden

The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin

9:21

Read by Availle

Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles

11:13

Read by April6090

Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor

14:56

Read by Availle

How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith

2:43

Read by Sonia

Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note

2:36

Read by Tomas Peter

How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

10:45

Read by Jane Bennett

How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

9:56

Read by Jane Bennett

The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink

10:24

Read by PatrS

The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis

22:24

Read by Jim Locke

A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

10:43

Read by Jim Locke

Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note

1:33

Read by Availle

Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede

8:51

Read by Jim Locke

How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

5:51

Read by Jim Locke

The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine

17:30

Read by Jim Locke

The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine

7:45

Read by Jim Locke

What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

17:16

Read by Availle

Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

14:58

Read by Availle

The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note

1:42

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin

15:39

Read by April6090

Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

20:49

Read by Kristine Bekere

How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen

17:05

Read by April6090

The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896)…

2:13

Read by Tomas Peter

Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen

17:02

Read by Kristine Bekere

The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note

1:50

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten

5:17

Read by Kristine Bekere

A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott

5:21

Read by Devorah Allen

The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen

13:28

Read by April6090

The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary

24:02

Read by Availle

Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546

2:38

Read by Alan Mapstone

The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note

1:34

Read by J. M. Smallheer

In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton

21:00

Read by KevinS

Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen

4:49

Read by KevinS

At the South Pole, photograph p. 574

2:45

Read by Alan Mapstone

The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly

10:38

Read by KevinS

Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott

5:29

Read by Sonia