
Translator’s Preface
The Frithiof Saga - Chapter I Frithiof and Ingeborg
Chapter II The Death of Balder
Chapter III King Bele and Thorsten
Chapter IV Frithiof’s Inheritance
Chapter V Frithiof’s Wooing
Chapter VI King Ring
Chapter VII Frithiof at Chess
Chapter VIII Frithiof goes to Ingeborg
Chapter IX The Parting
In the rugged world of Viking‑age Norway, a timeless saga unfolds around a young warrior named Frithiof. He embodies the classic Norse hero—strong in battle, bold on the sea, and guided by a keen sense of honor. The story weaves his early adventures with the lingering breath of myth, hinting at the larger forces that shape his destiny.
Raised alongside the king’s daughter Ingeborg in the secluded garden of Hilding the Wise, Frithiof and Ingeborg share a bond forged through runic lessons, forest games, and daring sea voyages. As children blossom into youth, their friendship deepens into a passionate love that clashes with royal expectations, for the prince’s noble birth is a prerequisite for marriage. Their burgeoning conflict threatens to separate them, pushing Frithiof into dangerous quests and testing the limits of his honor.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (108K characters)
Series
Life Stories for Young People
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by D A Alexander, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2019-06-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1782–1846
A leading voice of Swedish Romanticism, he was celebrated in his lifetime for bringing energy, learning, and national feeling into poetry. Best known for Frithiof's Saga, he helped shape what later readers came to see as modern Swedish verse.
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