Jean Russell Larson grew up hearing wonderful folk tales from her Norwegian grandmother. Carrying on the tradition, Larson later shared the stories with her eight children. They referred to the ...

Before Thor hung out with the Hulk and Iron Man, he starred in a blockbuster series of Norwegian folk tales that nearly every child in Norway, from the Viking era onward, knows. But Thor is not just ...

”If Norway were to show the world a single work of art which would most truly express the Norwegian character, perhaps the best choice would be the folk tales.” –Pat Shaw, Norwegian translator. I had ...

They probably didn’t realize it at the time, but anyone who grew up watching the classic Warner Bros. or Tom and Jerry cartoons may have had their very first introduction to Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt ...

Once upon a time there was a princess who grew up in a land where her great-grandfather had been elected king. It was unheard of to elect a king, but back then, the newly independent country had no ...

Once upon a time there lived a poor tenant who had many children but no money to feed and clothe them. One Thursday evening, a white bear knocked on the door and asked for the man’s youngest daughter ...

There was once a poor girl with a bad disposition named Ingé, who often got away with cruel things because she was pretty. At her mother’s request she was taken to the house of some rich people who ...