Norway Books


The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (P.S.)The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (P.S.)
Best Price: $4.43
Starting out with a detailed recounting of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's iconic painting...
The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)
Best Price: $7.70
Stellar story that was painstakenly researched. This is the kind of book that inspires one to...
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian AmericaBold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
Best Price: $7.20
Bittersweet: that's the first word that comes to my mind after reading Helga Estby's story. I...
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and EnduranceWe Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
Best Price: $1.99
I first read this book when I was about eleven, over thirty years later I bought it again, and...
Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938
Best Price: $32.99
Great book!! another Bible for me for great design and detail for young designers .


Skis Against the Atom: The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of NorwaySkis Against the Atom: The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of Norway
Best Price: $13.95
excellent read, turned into a documentary. well worth a watch. very heroic exciting stuff, a...
In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian ImmigrantsIn Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants
Best Price: $11.10
Zempel's work in compiling and translating this book of letters is a tribute to the Norwegian...
Is It Painful to Think?: Conversations With Arne NaessIs It Painful to Think?: Conversations With Arne Naess
Best Price: $19.00
At the close of active life (well, near the close - Arne will turn 90 in Jan.2002!) Norwegian...
The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
Best Price: $18.84
Wonderful. Strong. Beautiful. It is a great book. You end up thinking that the five hundred...
Denmark and Norway 1940: Hitler's boldest operation (Campaign)Denmark and Norway 1940: Hitler's boldest operation (Campaign)
Best Price: $11.48
This is one of the most thorough accounts available of the 1940 northern campaigns. Although of...


Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner)Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner)
Best Price: $2.90
I really enjoyed this essay. I have always been interested in the freedom of the will problem...
Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Best Price: $22.04
Boix seeks to explain the emergence of various political systems; particularly the transitions...
Edvard Munch: Signs of Modern ArtEdvard Munch: Signs of Modern Art
Best Price: $41.89
When I first saw this book I was immediately won over. The plates are large, many if not most...
Norway to America: A History of the MigrationNorway to America: A History of the Migration
Best Price: $10.46
Fellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of NorwayFellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway
Best Price: $4.00
This is a very superficial account of a "hiking" trip that involves rental cars and...

Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country TownNorwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town
Best Price: $12.58
“[Here] we listen to stories of individual settlers and . . . watch and interact with...
The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora BorealisThe Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis
Best Price: $3.49
The Northern Lights is a roller coaster ride through the extraordinary life of Kristian...
History of NorwayHistory of NorwayHitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland, and the USSR 1940-1945Hitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland, and the USSR 1940-1945
Best Price: $14.94
a total picture of the cold and bitter fighting with pictures included. Comprhensive while...
A Hundred and One DaysA Hundred and One Days
Best Price: $0.01
Something of a modern-day Scheherezade, Norwegian journalist Seierstad continued reporting by...

Norway 1940 (World War II)Norway 1940 (World War II)
Best Price: $15.75
I commend the author for writing a book about the little known campaign in Scandanavia in 1940. ...
Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945
Best Price: $26.45
Professor Claasen and Joel Hayward, of "Stopped at Stalingrad" fame, both teach in New...
Norwegians in Minnesota (The People of Minnesota)Norwegians in Minnesota (The People of Minnesota)
Best Price: $8.08
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and IcelandA History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
This is a thorough, wide-ranging, scholarly work - a useful and insightful review that stretches...
The Bitter Years; The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 (First Edition)The Bitter Years; The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 (First Edition)
I couldn't put this book down once I started to read. The author has included the most...

Grass of The Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country (Borealis Books)Grass of The Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country (Borealis Books)
Best Price: $6.95
This is an engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders...
Norway 1940 to 1945: The Resistance MovementNorway 1940 to 1945: The Resistance Movement
This short volume by Olav Riste and Berit Nokleby is designed as an introduction for...
The Music Man from NorwayThe Music Man from Norway
Best Price: $14.95
The Music Man From Norway is an historical novel that follows the life of a musician from Norway...
Triumph of Light and Nature: Nordic Art 1740-1940Triumph of Light and Nature: Nordic Art 1740-1940
Best Price: $94.95
Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement (Images of America)Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement (Images of America)
Best Price: $12.26
I enjoyed reading this book very much. I used to spend some summers in Spring Grove with my...

The Norwegian Lady and the Wreck of the DictatorThe Norwegian Lady and the Wreck of the Dictator
On a recent vacation to Virginia Beach I was introduced to both this wonderful little book and...
from Fjord to Floathouse: one family's journey from the farmlands of Norway to the coast of British Columbiafrom Fjord to Floathouse: one family's journey from the farmlands of Norway to the coast of British Columbia
Best Price: $22.00
In 1898 Vancouver, the flip of a coin sends his partner to the Klondike gold rush and leaves...
Norwegian Resistance: 1940-1945Norwegian Resistance: 1940-1945
Tore Gjelsvik's account of the Norwegian Resistance to Nazi Occupation during the Second World...
The OSS Norwegian Special Operations Group in World War IIThe OSS Norwegian Special Operations Group in World War II
Best Price: $14.99
The Operational groups (OGs) are the unsung heros of the OSS and this story is about the...
Norwegian Agricultural HistoryNorwegian Agricultural History
Best Price: $26.21

The Mathematician Sophus LieThe Mathematician Sophus Lie
Best Price: $27.00
Stubhaug/Daly contribution is welcome indeed. Here is information for finding the other book...
No Man's Land: A History Of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery In 1596 To The Beginning Of The Scientific Exploration Of The CountryNo Man's Land: A History Of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery In 1596 To The Beginning Of The Scientific Exploration Of The Country
Best Price: $75.00
Reprint of the 1906 edition (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1906). Hardbound. Cloth....
Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman In Frontier Texas (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities)Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman In Frontier Texas (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities)
Best Price: $22.62
The Minds of the West: Ethnocultural Evolution in the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917The Minds of the West: Ethnocultural Evolution in the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917
Best Price: $21.63
Gjerde's premise is interesting--there were two groups of immigrants to the upper mid west in...
Eugenics And the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Demark, Sweden, Norway, and Findland (Uppsala Studies in History of Science)Eugenics And the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Demark, Sweden, Norway, and Findland (Uppsala Studies in History of Science)
Best Price: $14.50
With only a new Preface, this paperback is a reissue--not a new edition--of the 1996 hardcover...

Scandinavian architecture: Buildings and society in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, from the iron age until todayScandinavian architecture: Buildings and society in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, from the iron age until todayThe Svalbard Archipelago: American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar Territories, 1941-1950The Svalbard Archipelago: American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar Territories, 1941-1950
Best Price: $14.11
Norway's Spitsbergen Archipelago, known as Svalbard to the Norwegians, is of increasing interest...
Reckless Courage: The True Story Of A Norwegian Boy Under Nazi RuleReckless Courage: The True Story Of A Norwegian Boy Under Nazi Rule
Best Price: $14.75
Reckless Courage: The True Story of a Norwegian Boy Under Nazi Rule is a collection of true...
The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. With descriptions of the inner life of ... the primitive antiquities, etc.. Volume 1The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. With descriptions of the inner life of ... the primitive antiquities, etc.. Volume 1
Best Price: $30.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1882 edition by John Murray, London.
The Viking Serpent: Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway Their Serpent Worship and Sacred Pentagram GeometryThe Viking Serpent: Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway Their Serpent Worship and Sacred Pentagram Geometry
Best Price: $18.44
"The Viking Serpent" or "The Norwegian Pentagram" as it was called before...

Norway: A History from the Vikings to Our Own TimesNorway: A History from the Vikings to Our Own Times
Best Price: $295.04
This book is still (Feb 2007) the only recent English language book about the history of Norway...
Munch: Colour LibraryMunch: Colour Library
Best Price: $3.97
The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. With descriptions of the inner life of ... the primitive antiquities, etc.. Volume 2The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. With descriptions of the inner life of ... the primitive antiquities, etc.. Volume 2
Best Price: $32.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1882 edition by John Murray, London.
A History of Norwegian MusicA History of Norwegian Music
Since its original publication in Oslo in 1971 and through two revisions, Nil Grinde’s...
Astri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage StoriesAstri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories
Best Price: $57.81
Many times I have thought about digging up my Norwegian roots and trying to locate distant...

The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c.1100-c.1336 (Scottish Historical Review Monograph series)The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c.1100-c.1336 (Scottish Historical Review Monograph series)
Best Price: $26.95
The period of Scotland's History 1000-1400 is my favourite, but though a lot has been written...
A SEPARATE LITTLE WAR: The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945A SEPARATE LITTLE WAR: The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945
Best Price: $23.29
A video produced by the Royal Air Force Museum "The Mosquito" may be of interest to...
A History Of Norway: From The Earliest TimesA History Of Norway: From The Earliest Times
Best Price: $29.55
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest...
Ships of Wood and Men of Iron: A Norwegian-Canadian Saga of Exploration in the High ArcticShips of Wood and Men of Iron: A Norwegian-Canadian Saga of Exploration in the High Arctic
Ships Of Wood And Men Of Iron: A Norwegian-Canadian Saga Of Exploraiton In The High Arctic is...
A Stand Against Tyranny: Norway's Physicians and the NazisA Stand Against Tyranny: Norway's Physicians and the Nazis
Best Price: $22.95
Maynard Cohen's book is highly readable, well-written, extremely interesting, and follows the...

Remedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New LandRemedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land
Best Price: $14.13
This book is a fascinating, well written book not only about Norwegian folk medicine but also...
Heimskringla: Part one, the Olaf sagas (Everyman's library)Heimskringla: Part one, the Olaf sagas (Everyman's library)
Even tho this was a used book it was in perfect condition. If you are into sagas of life in the...
   
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