Scandinavia in the Age of Sail
BOOK SERIES & HISTORY BLOG
An historical romance book series set in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway, woven with war and a thread of Norse myth and folklore. Nine no-spice novels under construction.
A history blog on the sea trade in Scandinavia, the Great Northern War, and the works of Just Knud Qvigstad.
Original art created for this website by @kris_tinsart.
Karen Nyenhuis
Author
I learned to write decades ago at Wellesley College, where I wept over paper essays covered in red ink, studied French, and met women with myriad world views. Of Norwegian heritage, I have read widely on military and religious history prior to 1750, particularly in Scandinavia.
All writing on my blog and in my books is my own, with no AI generation or revision.
My history blog is a hobby and will always be ad-free. I add new information to old blog posts regularly rather than creating new posts on the same topics.
I’ve included a photo tour of a historical miniature collection on my blog as a free virtual museum. The pieces belong to a large extended family and are not for sale.
He stepped onto the wharf and breathed in the familiar salt air of the place he’d pledged his life to protect: a small harbor encircled by mountains and cluttered with ships.
-SUMMER IN BERGEN