Scandinavian Books

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 431 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,468,899 ratings — published 2005
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 337 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.26 — 991,587 ratings — published 2006
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 301 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.24 — 779,773 ratings — published 2007
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 220 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,230,399 ratings — published 2012
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The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 210 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.03 — 152,554 ratings — published 2007
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Hunger Hunger (Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.04 — 65,861 ratings — published 1890
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The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1) The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.76 — 89,712 ratings — published 2003
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The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
by (shelved 179 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.01 — 94,791 ratings — published 2007
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Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1) Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 175 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.55 — 132,142 ratings — published 1997
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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
by (shelved 171 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,858 ratings — published 2000
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Faceless Killers (Wallander, #1) Faceless Killers (Wallander, #1)
by (shelved 168 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.76 — 79,546 ratings — published 1991
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.82 — 305,517 ratings — published 2009
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Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla's Sense of Snow (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.73 — 52,624 ratings — published 1992
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Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4) Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
by (shelved 138 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.98 — 80,632 ratings — published 2002
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The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5) The Devil's Star (Harry Hole, #5)
by (shelved 135 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.06 — 76,591 ratings — published 2003
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.97 — 284,845 ratings — published 1991
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A Doll's House A Doll's House (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.77 — 165,854 ratings — published 1879
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The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8) The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)
by (shelved 128 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.10 — 64,466 ratings — published
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The Summer Book The Summer Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.00 — 57,122 ratings — published 1972
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The Preacher (Patrik Hedström, #2) The Preacher (Patrik Hedström, #2)
by (shelved 123 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.83 — 48,536 ratings — published 2004
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Beartown (Beartown, #1) Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 117 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.29 — 616,139 ratings — published 2016
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The Redeemer (Harry Hole, #6) The Redeemer (Harry Hole, #6)
by (shelved 116 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.09 — 50,340 ratings — published 2005
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Min kamp 1 (Min kamp, #1) Min kamp 1 (Min kamp, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.10 — 50,558 ratings — published 2009
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Out Stealing Horses Out Stealing Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.81 — 38,111 ratings — published 2003
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.15 — 210,126 ratings — published 1945
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Phantom (Harry Hole, #9) Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
by (shelved 108 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,970 ratings — published 2011
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.16 — 826,337 ratings — published 2019
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The Absent One (Department Q, #2) The Absent One (Department Q, #2)
by (shelved 107 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.89 — 49,032 ratings — published 2008
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The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, #1) The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, #1)
by (shelved 106 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.75 — 74,888 ratings — published 2009
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The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2) The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
by (shelved 106 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.72 — 30,807 ratings — published 1992
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Police (Harry Hole, #10) Police (Harry Hole, #10)
by (shelved 104 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.24 — 49,601 ratings — published 2013
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Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2) Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2)
by (shelved 104 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.73 — 66,090 ratings — published 1998
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The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)
by (shelved 102 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.81 — 169,884 ratings — published 2015
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Let the Right One In Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.04 — 121,673 ratings — published 2004
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Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3) Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
by (shelved 100 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.81 — 32,584 ratings — published 2000
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Stenhuggaren (Patrik Hedström, #3) Stenhuggaren (Patrik Hedström, #3)
by (shelved 97 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.93 — 38,331 ratings — published 2005
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Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1) Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.78 — 19,059 ratings — published 1965
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Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1) Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.62 — 23,186 ratings — published 2003
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Flaskepost fra P (Afdeling Q, #3) Flaskepost fra P (Afdeling Q, #3)
by (shelved 92 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.06 — 42,482 ratings — published 2009
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Headhunters Headhunters (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.79 — 40,072 ratings — published 2008
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The Ice Palace The Ice Palace (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.85 — 15,339 ratings — published 1963
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Olycksfågeln (Patrik Hedström, #4) Olycksfågeln (Patrik Hedström, #4)
by (shelved 80 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 3.82 — 29,491 ratings — published 2006
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Kristin Lavransdatter Kristin Lavransdatter (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.31 — 14,747 ratings — published 1920
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Journal 64 (Department Q, #4) Journal 64 (Department Q, #4)
by (shelved 78 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.07 — 30,246 ratings — published 2010
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Independent People Independent People (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.12 — 15,026 ratings — published 1934
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The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5) The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)
by (shelved 77 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,711 ratings — published 2007
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.32 — 36,538 ratings — published 1981
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The Brothers Lionheart The Brothers Lionheart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.35 — 42,370 ratings — published 1973
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Mysteries Mysteries (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,333 ratings — published 1892
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The Son The Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as scandinavian)
avg rating 4.08 — 49,408 ratings — published 2014
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Steen Langstrup
“It’s a case of mistaken identity. It’s one big mistake. You weren’t even in the country when it happened.”

Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup”
Steen Langstrup, Metro

“In the year 970, the Greek historian Leo Diaconus witnessed a band of far-traveling beserkers as they fought against an army of the Byzantine emperor, his employer. He says that they fought in a burning frenzy beside which ordinary battle rage paled in comparison. They roared, growled, bayed, and shrieked like animals, and in an especially eerie and uncanny way. They seemed utterly indifferent to their own well-being, as if lost to themselves. Their leader, who embodied all of these traits to an extreme degree, was thought by Leo to have literally gone insane. Leo and Byzantine forces were veterans of countless battles, so the reactions elicited by the Scandinavian's behavior in Leo and his companions strongly suggests that what they witnessed in that battle was something unique to the Scandinavians, and something which chilled Leo and the Byzantines to their core.”
Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion

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