Danish

The 16th century brought the Lutheran Reformation to Denmark and a new period in the nation's literature. Major authors of the time include the humanist Christiern Pedersen, who translated the New Testament into Danish, and Poul Helgesen who vigorously opposed the Reformation. The 16th century also saw Denmark's earliest plays, including the works of Hieronymus Justesen Ranch. The 17th century was an era of renewed interest in Scandinavian antiquities with scholars like Ole Worm at the forefront. Though religious dogmatism was on the rise the passionate hymns of Thomas Kingo transcended the ge ...more

The Wax Child
Waist Deep
Hide and Seek
On the Calculation of Volume III
No Song for the Dead (Department Q #11)
On the Calculation of Volume IV
Sød tøs
Eleven Percent
Om udregning af rumfang V
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)
Skyerne
Je m’appelle Agneta (Agneta, #1)
88% (11%, #2)
Djævlebogen (Scandinavian Star, #2)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
On the Calculation of Volume I
The Employees
Fear and Trembling
Out of Africa
The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles, #1)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Complete Fairy Tales
Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1)
The Copenhagen Trilogy (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3)
Gift (The Copenhagen Trilogy #3)
We, the Drowned
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Kongens fald
On the Calculation of Volume II
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenNavigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games by Victoria Ichizli-BartelsOut of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass by Isak DinesenGummi-Tarzan by Ole Lund KirkegaardHalfdans ABC by Halfdan Rasmussen
Best Danish Authors!
43 books — 17 voters

Becoming Leidah by Michelle GriersonCoral by Margot McMahonCarl and Karin Larsson by Michael SnodinThe Elves and the Otterskin by Elizabeth H. BoyerHappiness Is by Mette Odderskov
Scandinavian Roots
13 books — 13 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,215 books — 1,261 voters

The Shamer's Daughter by Lene KaaberbølErik Menneskesøn by Lars-Henrik OlsenThe Exception by Christian JungersenThe Serpent Gift by Lene KaaberbølThe Shamer's Signet by Lene Kaaberbøl
Best Danish Books
308 books — 53 voters
Den store Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFarvel til våpnene by Ernest HemingwayOg solen går sin gang by Ernest HemingwayKlokkene ringer for deg by Ernest HemingwayProsessen by Franz Kafka
Den Gule Serie
93 books — 2 voters


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― Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

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― Benny Andersen

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