Emilie Poulsson and her sister Laura gathered and translated these stories from Scandinavian and Finnish writers, among them Zacharias Topelius and Helena Nyblom, for boys and girls past the nursery stage. Sampo Lappelil, a little Lapp boy of the far north, the Princess Lindagull, a lad who meets the trolls and Knut Spelevink are among the characters.
A northern treasury of fairy tales and child-life stories, little known in English and well worth reading aloud. Download the free EPUB.