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""A charming introduction to Scandinavian Lore."" -- Sam Smith, in The Journal (once 'of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry')""Plenty of axe-swinging violence. The narratives value the human virtues of cleverness and competition."" -- Matthew Rettino, The Vinciolo Journal""Resplendent with sweeping tales and shield-beating rhythm and meter."" -- Liz Ratajczak Ratel

A charming introduction to Scandinavian Lore. -- Sam Smith, in The Journal (once 'of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry') Plenty of axe-swinging violence. The narratives value the human virtues of cleverness and competition. -- Matthew Rettino, The Vinciolo Journal Resplendent with sweeping tales and shield-beating rhythm and meter. -- Liz Ratajczak Ratel

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Ian Cumpstey lived and worked in Sweden for around eight years. He has now returned to England, and lives in Cumbria. He is an associate member of the Swedish to English literary translators association. He has published three collections of translations of Scandinavian folk ballads: Lord Peter and Little Kerstin (2013), Warrior Lore (2014), and The Faraway North (2016); also a translation from the Swedish of The Saga of Didrik of Bern (2017); and also a selection of retellings of legends from Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum: Stories from Saxo (2019).

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