Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with Nordic furniture, we envy their humane social welfare system and their healthy outdoor lifestyle, we glut ourselves on their crime fiction, even their strangely attractive melancholia seems to express a stoic, commonsensical acceptance of life's vicissitudes. But how valid is this outsider's view of Scandinavia, and how accurate is our picture of life in Scandinavia today? Scandinavians follows...

A grandmother tells about her life as a child in the Scandinavian winter with her grandmother.

When four old university friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they become lost. But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artifacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest.

"Seven linked vignettes unfold on a Scandinavian island inhabited--throughout various time periods--by Vikings, vampires, ghosts, and a curiously powerful plant"--Provided by publisher.

"Explore Europe's most prosperous corner: a smorgasbord of Viking ships, brooding castles, and emerald fjords [in this book]"--Amazon.com.

Immerse in three iconic Scandinavian landscapes: the hauntingly beautiful coast; the magical seasonal forests, and the volcanic and arctic extremes. Surprising wildlife stories of lynx and puffins, orca and wolves reveal the resilient spirit of Scandinavia. Myth and modernity co-exist: Odin and Thor, basejumpers and reindeer herders are all woven into this icy natural world.