Hero tales of the far North

A knight errant of the sea [Tordenakjold] - Hans Egede, the apostle to Greenland. - Gustav Vasa, the father of Sweden. - Absalon, warrior bishop of the North. - King Valdemar, and the story of the Dannebrog. - How the ghost of the heath was laid. - King Christian IV. - Gustav Adolf, the snow-king. -...

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Main Author: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: New York, The Macmillan Co. 1910
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2h71903z
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000334943
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Summary:A knight errant of the sea [Tordenakjold] - Hans Egede, the apostle to Greenland. - Gustav Vasa, the father of Sweden. - Absalon, warrior bishop of the North. - King Valdemar, and the story of the Dannebrog. - How the ghost of the heath was laid. - King Christian IV. - Gustav Adolf, the snow-king. - King and sailor, heroes of Copenhagen. - The trooper who won a war alone [Jens Kofoed] - Carl Linné, king of the flowers. - Niels Finsen, the wolfslayer. Mode of access: Internet.