Recommendations for Norway Resources

The following are Diane's recommendations for Books and Web Sites about Norway.

Books:

• The three volumes of Kristin Lavransdatter written by Sigrid Undset are wonderful reading! Undset an incredible storyteller, as well as a scholar whose knowledge of Icelandic sagas, medieval romance, mystic literature, Chaucer and Shakespeare all resonate in her work. The recent translation by Tiina Nunnally is excellent and includes interesting introductions by several scholars. The paperback versions published by Penguin are The Wreath (ISBN 0141180412), The Wife ISBN 0141181281, and for The Cross (ISBN 0141182350).

• The Saga of Erik the Viking (ISBN 0140322612) is written by Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) and illustrated by Michael Foreman. These are great stories for young people written in the tradition of sagas. This book is advertised for children aged 9 through 12, but adults will like it also. It won the Children's Book Award from the Federation of Children's Book Groups.

• Finds of Rogaland: from Ice Age to Middle Ages (ISBN 82-7760-008-9) is not only a catalog of the collection at the Archeology Museum in Stavanger; it includes interesting and comprehensive essays about how the early people survived, their daily lives and beliefs. Amazon says the book is out of print, but it is available from the Archeology Museum in Stavanger.

• Norsk Folkemuseum (ISBN 82-900-36-50-7) is not merely a catalog, but includes essays that explain factors that have made Norway unique. It is available from the Norsk Folkemuseum.

Web Sites:

In addition to the sites mentioned on various pages, the following sites are useful or fun:

Norway Culture at http://www.norway.org/culture/

Norway Tourism at http://www.tourist.no/en/

About Oslo at http://www.oslopro.no/index_e.html

Norway Railways at http://www.nsb.no/persont/index_en.html

Language lessons from Sons of Norway at http://www.sofn.com/language/language.html

Nordic Myths for Children at http://www.hib.no/mediesenter/asgard/engelsk/eventyrene/evmain.htm

Uff-Da Joke of the Day at http://www.norwayexperience.com/uffda/vits_front.asp?action=primary

Here are the web sites recommended throughout these pages:

About Hamar:

• Hamardomen on the web at http://www.hedmarksmuseet.museum.no/engelsk/e_hamardomen.htm
• Why Enclose the Ruins? at http://www.riksantikvaren.no/nr27_eng.html
• Pictures of the Dome at http://195.225.3.20/~koltek/hamar.htm
• worthwhile sites near Hamar at http://www.ormseter.no/eng/index2.htm

About Individuals or Issues:

• Greenpeace Campaign for Oceans at http://www.greenpeace.org/~oceans/
• Greenpeace Norwegian Tour against Whaling
• "Blue Interior" by Harriat Backer at http://www.uwrf.edu/history/prints/women/backer.html
• "Summer Night" by Kitty Kielland at http://wit.no/Nordens_Barn/bildene/18201010597.html
• "The Sick Girl" by Christian Krohg at http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/k/k-7.htm#krohg
• Tom Rasmussen Productions for CD Huldra at http://www.trp.no/
• Paintings by Harald Sohlberg on web listed by Artchive at http://www.artchive.com/artchive/S/sohlberg.html
• Eilert Sundt at http://www.uio.no/~iroggen/sundt.html
  
• Sigrid Undset's brief autobiography at http://www.nobel.se/laureates/literature-1928-1-autobio.html
• brief biography of Sigrid Undset at http://odin.dep.no/ud/nornytt/uda-443.html
• Resources about Sigrid Undset at http://www.mnc.net/norway/Undset.htm
• World of the Vikings at http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/index.html
  

Museums on the Web:

• Archeology Museum in Stavanger at http://www.ark.museum.no
• Hedmarks Museum on the web at http://www.hedmarksmuseet.museum.no/engslishindex.htm
• Norwegian Petroleum Museum on the web at http://www.museumsnett.no/nom/English/index.html
• Norsk Folkemuseum at http://www.norskfolke.museum.no/index.html
• Edvard Munch Museum at http://www.museumsnett.no/munchmuseet/index.html
• The National Gallery at http://www.museumsnett.no/nasjonalgalleriet/index.html
• Stavanger Museum at http://www.stavanger-museum.no
• Vigeland Park at http://go.to/Vigeland/
• Viking Ship Museum at http://www.ukm.uio.no/vikingskipshuset/engelsk/engelsk.htm
• Smithsonian Institution Exhibit "Vikings: the North Atlantic Sage" at
  http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/

About Stavanger:

• Siddis: All About Stavanger at http://w1.2515.telia.com/~u251500183/siddis/siddis/index.htm
• Far North Guide to Stavanger at http://w1.2515.telia.com/~u251500385/stavanger.html
• Stavanger and Public Transport at http://red1.net/sbp/intro.html
• webcam of Stavanger Harbor at http://www.robin.no/kielland/naabilde.html
• site with Stavanger history at http://home.sol.no/~kmeyer/sg01.htm
  (note: this last site includes background music)