E-böcker / Noveller
Bearskin
Can you imaging having to wear a bearskin for seven years without taking it off? It may sound impossible but the soldier in our story was willing to try. After all he went into an ...
The Pink
The king and the queen finally got a son but he was not just an ordinary boy. He had special powers and all he wished for, he got. The cook in the castle got envious and he decided ...
The Three Feathers
There lived once a father who wanted to put his sons to the test. He asked them to bring him the most beautiful carpet, the most glamorous ring and the most magnificent woman. He b ...
Thumbling as Journeyman
Thumbling is a tailor’s little son whose adventures do not come to an end. He likes wandering around and he stumbles upon robbers, animals and other creatures. Thumbling is however ...
The Three Little Men in the Forest
Have you heard the saying "kindness pays back"? Here goes a story proving us the truth in these words. A poor girl lived with her sister and step-mother. The step-mother made the g ...
Salapoliisijuttu sekin ja muita kertomuksia
Kun nuori nainen menee naimisiin vasten isänsä tahtoa, hän ei arvaa, minkälainen elämä häntä odottaa. Hänen aviomiehensä on nimittäin syvästi loukkaantunut vaimon isän halveksunnas ...
Varjo
Eräällä oppineella miehellä on salaperäinen naapuri, jota kukaan ei tunne. Yhtenä iltana mies pohtii, voisiko hänen varjonsa käydä naapurissa ja kertoa hänelle, mitä naapurista löy ...
Elämän ja kuoleman pidot
Nuori maisteri palaa maailmalta kotiin. Hän saapuu juhlistamaan Hannu-sedän syntymäpäiviä, mutta hänen paluunsa tuntuu olevan suurempi spektaakkeli kuin sedän juhlat. Tämä saa mais ...
The Drummer
We are used to reading about princes saving their princesses from dangers. But this tale will surprise you. It is a story about a young drummer and a disembodied, bewitched princes ...
The Peasant and the Devil
If there was someone to trick the Devil himself, you would not expect it to be a hard-working peasant, right? Well Brothers Grimm surprise us yet again with a folktale about an unr ...
The True Sweetheart
Some are born with a golden spoon in the mouth. Others are forced to lead difficult and unfair life full of miser and desperation. This time the heroine in our story is not a princ ...
The White Bride and the Black One
The Lord once visited one evil woman’s home. She was so rude and impolite that the Lord made her and her daughter ugly. The woman’s stepdaughter was however so kindhearted and good ...
The Six Servants
Once lived an evil sorceress who had a beautiful daughter. Many princes tried to win the princess’s heart but the queen would not let them take her daughter that easily. The admire ...
The Shoes that Were Danced to Pieces
One king had twelve beautiful daughters who slept all together in one chamber. Each evening the king would lock their room and each morning he would find them with shoes danced to ...
The King of the Golden Mountain
A merchant traded his son for riches and wealth. It happened by mistake but the deal could not be reversed. The merchant decided to trick the dwarf who was going to take away his s ...
The Wishing-table, the Gold-ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
Can you imagine getting driven away from your home because of a lying goat? As impossible as it may sound, it happened to the three brothers in our story. Sadly only after the fath ...
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
Have you heard about the cat-and-mouse game? You realize there is a certain meaning behind it, right? Well then you would be surprised if we told you that the cat and the mouse in ...
Vinternatt
Vägen mellan Björkliden och Lönnvattnet flankeras av en bred och brusande älv. Under de kallaste vintermånaderna är älven täckt av en blanksvart yta som lurar ögat. Vattendraget se ...
I julstuga och sommarsal
Kari har rest långt bort från Finnmarkerna för att konfirmera sig, och livet i den nya staden skrämmer henne. Hon är långt hemifrån och när julen närmar sig vaknar hennes hemlängta ...
Källorna vid vägen
En försvunnen flicka och en desperat familj, ett barn som är som förtrollad av den stora orgeln och bestämmer sig för att musiken ska bli hans liv, sju syskon och ett dop och en da ...
Med ljus och lykta
Mannen flackade planlöst omkring i staden mitt i natten, sökandes efter sin hustru. Han visste inte var han skulle leta. Inte vem han skulle fråga. Vart skulle han ta vägen? Han ko ...
En adjunkt i Leksand
Adjunkten är nervös under sin resa mot Leksand. Han är Sveriges yngste präst, bara 23 år gammal, och omskriven i tidningen. Och nu skall han leda sin egen församling, i en helt ny ...
Fula fiskar
En felaktigt dömd mördare utför sin felfria hämndplan, en okänd bil förföljer en ensam kvinnlig resenär på en öde väg och en äktenskapssvindlare säkrar sin framtid genom att gifta ...
The Racers
One day, a competition was organised: the fastest would be awarded first price. The jury gave first prize to the hare and second prize was awarded to the snail. Long debates follow ...
The Bottle Neck
In the tallest and poorest house in a very narrow winding street, was an attic with a single window. Behind this window, was a bird in a cage; the state of the house and the cage w ...