by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 29, 2024 | Great Northern War
Image: Victory at Narva, 1905, by Gustaf Cederström, National Museum of Sweden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. This image, painted two hundred years after the battle, depicts what the surrender of Russian forces to Sweden might have looked like after...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 24, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Writing Craft
After watching another online writing conference and listening to yet another literary agent panel, my publishing dream almost died. Set in an unusual time and place, my story world won’t slide into an existing group of readers. My books are probably best...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 7, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Clicking on this post will lead you to the series “A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas,” either by clicking on the series title in the category sidebar on the right or on the related posts found underneath. There are twelve posts in the series. My mother...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Oct 29, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Norse Mythology, Sami History
The 1723 Naerøy Manuscript contains a rambling interpretation of this drawing of a Sami ceremonial drum attributed to Thomas von Westen. The god in the top half of the drum, to the right of Thor, holding a hoe with a claw at the end and having an arch with serrations...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Sep 3, 2024 | Early Scandinavia, Just Knud Qvigstad, Norse Mythology, Sami History
This is the drawing of the Sami ceremonial drum found in the Naerøy Manuscript, attributed to Thomas von Wessen, 1723. It is in the public domain, and there are other versions of it that render more detail. Johan Randulf, the author of the Naeroy manuscript, rambles a...
