norway

In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.

Chronicles the Vikings' exploration and colonization of Greenland, Iceland, and North America, focusing on the discoveries of individual explorers.

An old man and his horse go up the mountain to gather wood, returning with an empty sleigh, but satisfied with their day's work of loading and unloading wood.

Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

A pancake runs away to avoid being eaten and survives until he misplaces his trust.

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

A World War II escape narrative, telling the story of how Jan Baalsrud, a member of a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos who were ambushed on their way to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance, managed to evade the Nazis and make his way to a small arctic village whose residents were determined to save him.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

The old widower squire is determined to marry the farmer's daughter who is equally determined he will not.

A collection of Norwegian folktales all featuring trolls: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Boy Who Became a Lion, a Falcon, and an Ant, Butterball, The Boy and the North Wind, The White Cat in the Dovre Mountain, The Sailors and the Troll, The Eating Competition, and The Troll with No Heart in His Body.