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Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.

Examines the significant figures and groups of Finland’s occult world, including their esoteric practices and the secret societies to which they were connected Investigates the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland as well as the history of Finnish parapsychology and...

The history of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war has been well documented in a number of books and documentaries. What has received far less coverage is an almost uncannily similar situation in Finland during the same time period. Starting in 1917, Finland was convulsed by a series of events that provided a direct parallel to those in Russia. The revolution, the civil war that followed, and the impact of the end of World War I all helped to define the modern state of Finland. This is the story of a forgotten conflict, its roots, and its impact on Finland and beyond.

De hemmelige danske efterretnings- og sikkerhedstjenester har en lang historie, der naturligt nok ikke har været tilgængelig for offentligheden. Her fortæller Bob Ramsing alligevel overraskende åbent om de hemmelige tjenesters historie og deres arbejde under den kolde krig, hvor der stadig var spioner på spil, og hvor den nye elektronik kom til at spille en større og større rolle for efterforskningen.

Da to betjente i sensommeren 2016 ville anholde en ung pusher på Christiania, fik det fatale konsekvenser, da manden trak en pistol og skød den ene betjent i hovedet og den anden i benet. Og det fik efterfølgende for alvor kampen mellem politiets specialgruppe Task Force Pusher Street (TFP) og pushermiljøet på Christiania til at blusse op.

70'erne var et årti, som mange husker, og de fleste har en mening om. Det var i de år, hvor såkaldt progressive initiativer som Roskilde Festival, Thylejren, Tvindskolerne og Christiania opstod. Den danske rødstrømpebevægelse fik for alvor vind i sejlene, og på Femø inviterede man til ø-lejr kun for kvinder. Den fri abort blev indført. Kvindebands som Hos Anna og Shit & Chanel blev hurtigt populære. Og for første gang nogensinde fik Danmark en kvinde som royalt overhoved.

1530’erne var turbulente og skelsættende for Danmark. I 1534 var den danske trone ubesat, og det medførte en lang række stridigheder mellem dem, der kappedes om tronen. Samtidig forøgedes spændingen mellem den herskende katolske kirke og lutheranerne, der ville reformere kirken. Anført af Skipper Clement gjorde bønderne oprør mod den grove undertrykkelse og urimelige ulighed. Der blev slået hårdt ned på oprøret, og de efterfølgende år blev kun værre for bønderne.

De oefterhärmliga Mattias Konnebäck, Erik Blix och imitatörerna Göran Gabrielsson och Rachel Molin har i radion under en följd av år häcklat den politiska eliten och utvalda välkända svenskar. Vi får oss till livs ett antal häpnadsväckande förklaringar, möjliga bortförklaringar och mycket kvicka kommentarer till dagligt liv i Sverige. Här hittar du det gångna årets händelser fast roligare. På denna ljudbok kan du lyssna till de bästa inslagen ur radioprogrammen under 2005 och 2006.

Stockholmiana! Följ med på en lärorik promenad genom Gamla stan och vidare till stadskärnans norra delar tillsammans med Stockholmskännaren och journalisten Martin Stugart. Varför är texten på Birger jarls staty felstavad? Och vad döljer sig bakom mysteriet med Stockholms minsta monument, Järnpojken? Genom roande anekdoter och spännande kuriosa, flätar Stugart samman trådarna där historia och nutid smälter samman till den stad vi känner och älskar idag.

Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in...

Today Finland is a prosperous and peaceful country considered part of the stable zone of Nordic countries. It has one of the world’s highest average wealth per person, is a significant player within the European Union and eurozone bloc, and regularly ranks at or near the top of the world’s education league tables. Yet, if we go back to the start of the 20th century, we see a very different story.

The Wolf Age takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing, and bribery abound as Tore Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life.

Relive the magic of captivating legends and folktales in this rich collection on Celtic Mythology. In 58 BCE, when Julius Caesar – the famous Roman general – wrote a commentary on the Gallic wars, he described the “Celt” speaking people who lived in the area then known as the Gaul. These people had their own culture, gods, and beliefs – called Celtic Mythology – which were very different from the Romans. The influence of this mythology, however, was not limited to a small territory.

On the morning of April 9, 1940, German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway, leaving Sweden as the only neutral country in Scandinavia. It was to this country, surrounded by Axis forces, that Captain H. M. Denham was posted as Naval Attaché, arriving after evading capture by the Nazi Wehrmacht in the summer. Over the course of the next five years Captain Denham used his position to covertly provide valuable intelligence to the British military. In Inside the Nazi Ring, Denham gives vivid accounts of his meetings with numerous important political and military figures.

In 871, three of England’s four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting.

Mens Første Verdenskrigs vestfront for mange er blevet lig med billedet af Første Verdenskrig, er krigens østfront gledet ud den fælles erindring. "Fra verdenskrig til borgerkrig" er den første bog på dansk om dette vigtige kapitel og indeholder den store fortælling om krigen på Østfronten - en fortælling, hvor også danske stemmer kommer til orde. For Danmark havde store økonomiske og politiske interesser i Rusland, og en stor gruppe af sønderjyder deltog i krigen på tysk side.

"Den sorte vikining - en saga" begynder i Rogaland i år 846 efter Kristus. Her fødtes en dag en helt speciel kongesøn. Han skulle blive "Den sorte viking" - regnet for en af de største vikinger og den mægtigste landnamsmand i Island. Denne mørklødede høvding stod i spidsen for en international fangstøkonomi hovedsagelig baseret på hvalrosfangst. Han havde hundredvis af slaver under sig. Kristne slaver fra Skotland og Irland. Men vi ved næsten ingenting om den sorte viking, Geirmund Helskind. Der findes ingen saga om ham, og eftertiden har forsøgt at glemme ham.

Asatru is a modern neo-pagan creed with roots in the pre-Christian religions of Scandinavia and northern Europe. Thanks to this audiobook, you will be taken by the hand and brought into a spectacular journey to discovering the Asatru world, starting from its most ancient origins, to how and why it survived over time, and how it is evolved today.

Do you love the fantasy genre and are interested in learning more about the reading of the runes? Would you like to have a more profound knowledge of Nordic mythology and its characters? Are you curious to discover more about European Nordic people's beliefs and traditions? In ancient times, among the majestic scenery of the Scandinavian lands, the feats of heroes and warriors forged the tradition of the Nordic peoples. The original myths and tales, initially transmitted only orally from generation to generation, were transcribed and brought today.

Scholars and laymen alike have long projected their fantasies onto the great expanse of the global North, whether it be as a frozen no-man's-land, an icy realm of marauding Vikings, or an unspoiled cradle of prehistoric human life. Bernd Brunner reconstructs the encounters of adventurers, colonists, and indigenous communities that led to the creation of a northern "cabinet of wonders" and imbued Scandinavia, Iceland, and the Arctic with a perennial mystique.