Norwegian Historical Fiction

Bjørn Erliksen lives a peaceful life on Norway’s west coast and has never considered himself anything but a farmer. But when Nazi Germany invades, and his country’s ill-equipped military collapses in less than two months, it falls on him and other ordinary Norwegians to fight back.

Born on the Norwegian island that bears her name, Ingrid Barrøy’s world is circumscribed by storm-scoured rocks and the moods of the sea by which her family lives and dies. But her father dreams of building a quay that will end their isolation, and her mother longs for the island of her youth, and the country faces its own sea change: the advent of a modern world, and all its unpredictability and violence.  

Boxset Books 3 & 4 'The Resistance Girl Series' 'The Parisian Spy' thrusts you into the shadows of war-torn Paris during WWII, introducing Océane Bell, daughter of Agnès. As she aspires to focus on her medical career, destiny leads her into the maelstrom of war when she meets the charismatic French artist, Jean-Jacques Riveau. Engage in a treacherous gambit as she infiltrates the heart of darkness in the pursuit of love and courage. Then, meet Esther Weiss, a close friend of Lili and Océane, in 'The Norwegian Assassin.' Witness her transformation from a gentle girl into a vengeful ...

Inspired by the true story of the lone Viking who singlehandedly repelled an entire Saxon army: His life, loves, hopes, dreams, fears and the shocking conclusion to this uncommon act of love and valor. On September 25, 1066 the last great Viking battle for England was fought when fifteen thousand Saxons surprised a small contingent of invading Norsemen at Stamford Bridge. The Saxons had the advantage of overwhelming numbers and were well on their way to an easy victory, when... Before the two armies could engage, a lone Viking -- a berserker of emmense stature -- took to the bridge with his...

Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student...

Butangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village’s church. The once-traitorous priest Kai Schweigaard, now in his eighties, is wondering how his death, prophesied in a centuries-old tapestry, will come true. Schweigaard tries to understand the myths about the Night of the Scourge, which, according to old village beliefs, is the night when the known world will fall and the Earth will be scraped down to bare rock. Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis.

Raider Bride is headed to Tromøy, where Ragnhild hopes to gain Åsa's aid in taking Gausel. But the voyage takes them through perilous waters where enemies lie in wait, and Ragnhild carries a secret that could ruin everything. On Tromøy, an ancient evil wakes and a forgotten enemy gains strength, threatening to destroy all those Åsa loves.

What if your true name held the key to supernatural power—and four centuries of hidden truth? Lars Nilsen returns to his Norwegian hometown hollow and searching, only to witness his mysterious great-aunt sing an ancient folk song at a midsummer celebration. The moment she touches his hand, everything changes: a vision strikes him, she whispers in Hebrew, and with her dying breath, she reveals a secret that will shatter everything he thought he knew about his family. "Your true name is calling." Hidden in a wooden box beneath her floorboards, Lars discovers the impossible: his family isn't...

The Prophet of Kristiania Volume I: The Formation (1841–1858) Henrik Ibsen and the Hidden Bible Before Brand. Before Peer Gynt. Before A Doll’s House shook Europe. There was a boy in exile. The Prophet of Kristiania – Volume I: The Formation is a sweeping literary-historical novel that reimagines the early life of Henrik Ibsen as a spiritual and prophetic journey. Blending historical fiction, biblical symbolism, and psychological drama, this first volume traces Ibsen’s path from a fallen merchant’s son in Skien to a young dramatist discovering his artistic calling. At thirteen, ...

When Norwegian immigrant Amalie stepped off the train in South Dakota, she carried nothing but a wooden trunk and the desperate hope that marriage to a stranger would save her from a life of poverty. Four years later, she has everything she never dared dream of: 1000 acres of prosperous farmland, livestock, and security. But when her husband’s wandering eye settles on young Anna Bekk, Amalie faces a familiar threat: being discarded, unwanted, erased. She’s been a burden before. She won’t be one again. On the frontier, survival demands hard choices. And Amalie has always been practical.

An audiobook adaptation of Iben's classic, When We Dead Awaken. First published in 1899 it is a despairing and dream-like play rich in symbolism. This was also Ibsen's final play written at the time of his return to Norway after an extended absence a theme which is also reflected in the plot and it is interesting to speculate how much of Ibsen is contained in the lead character, the sculptor, Rubek, including Ibsen's own relationship with his masterpiece, A Doll's House.

When Astrid, pregnant and a human rights activist, discovers through a genetic test that she is not the biological daughter of her parents, she begins a heartbreaking search that will shake the foundations of her family. Her mother’s revelation connects her to one of the darkest chapters of Nazism: the Lebensborn program, where Norwegian women were selected to bear children for the Third Reich. Through deeply human and moving dialogues, LEBENSBORN unfolds a story of family secrets, guilt, redemption, and legacy.

The further adventures of Whit Freya, a Norwegian Forest Cat. Set in 900 AD Whit Freya encounters challenges that she would never have expected! Her Viking companions and her protector Borghild travelled from Norway to Scotland and England and have yet journeys to make and trials to overcome.

This story tells the gripping adventure of a Viking called Borghild, and a Norwegian forest cat called Whit Freya. They sail to Scotland, the Isle of Man, and then England.