Scandinavia category: 802 books

“Read this book if you have ever loved and lost. . . . It will inspire you.” -Monique Roffey, author of With the Kisses of His Mouth Fuzzy-haired, neurotic, cello-playing Catrina is devastated when her lover, Jack, leaves her to go surfing on the other side of the world. Trapped in a dead-end...

In Stockholm in January of 1945, an assembly of Swedish diplomats and businessmen initiated an organization that was to improve the country’s reputation abroad. The new, semi-governmental Swedish Institute was charged with explaining Sweden’s policy of neutrality during the war, with encouraging...

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It might be worth a bit of a congratulations that you are off to Norway.  So, congratulations!  Norway is renowned around the world as being one of the most beautiful lands of the world.  Making the choice to go to Norway must mean you have a sense of adventure, a love for the outdoors and a lust...

It might be worth a bit of a congratulation that you are off to Norway. So, congratulations! Norway is renowned around the world as being one of the most beautiful lands of the world. Making the choice to go to Norway must mean you have a sense of adventure, a love for the outdoors and a lust for...

Die Universitätsstadt Kopenhagen ist die größte Stadt Skandinaviens und wurde auf mehreren Inseln erbaut. Die größte dieser Insel heißt Seeland und ist gleichzeitig auch die größte Insel Dänemarks. Aufgrund mehrerer Stadtbrände und katastrophaler Kriegsereignisse sieht man in Kopenhagen...

(approx. 230 pages) Our illustrated travel guide features of the best information from an experienced traveler as well as other local resources. It's just what you need to help you to plan your trip in advance and to accompany you on-the-ground. Finding Internet...

Uppsala (Sweden) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....

The story of the Norse is a Viking adventure in history.  The Norse saga began with the first ancient tribes of Norsemen during the Early Nordic Stone Age. The beginning of the Nordic Ax Culture when primitive Norsemen created their first battle axes from stone. The evolution of an innovative...

Two centuries ago when the kingdoms of Northern Europe were struggling for supremacy on the Baltic and control of the narrow portal to the sea, there appeared a young prince, the marvel of his age, who made himself the arbiter of these kingdoms and of their rulers. The military successes of Charles...

Among the persons whose genius, heroism and force of character influenced events, and won commanding game, in the seventeenth century, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is justly regarded of the first. The War of Thirty Years, a long and terrible struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, largely influenced...

"IN the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 light rose out of darkness. Alfred, King of the English, was born in the royal 'vill' [villa regia] which is called Wanetinge [Wantage]." To later historians, as to the early chronicler who wrote these words, King Alfred has appeared as a phenomenon...

Op een hete zomerdag vertrekt misdaadjournalist Ellen Tamm vanuit Stockholm naar haar ouderlijk huis in Sörmland. Ze kan niet langer vluchten voor haar verleden en voor de traumatische persoonlijke herinneringen die naar boven kwamen toen ze werkte aan de zaak van het verdwenen meisje Lycke. Nu gaat...

Guide de conversation Français-Suédois et mini dictionnaire de 250 motsLa collection de guides de conversation "Tout ira bien!", publiée par T&P Books, est conçue pour les gens qui voyagent par affaire ou par plaisir. Les guides contiennent l'essentiel pour la communication de base. Il...