Historical Tales

From Stereograph Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.
OLD BRIDGE AT OEREBRO.

CONTENTS

• How King Rolf Won His Bride 9
• Ragnar Lodbrok and His Wives and Sons 19
• Harold Fair-Haired Founds the Kingdom of Norway 31
• Gorm the Old, Denmark's First King 42
• Erik Blood-Axe and Egil the Icelander 49
• The Sea-Kings and Their Daring Feats 60
• Haakon the Good and the Sons of Gunhild 69
• Earl Haakon and the Jomsvikings 78
• How Olaf, the Slave-Boy, Won the Throne 89
• Olaf Dethrones Odin and Dies a Hero 98
• Olaf the Saint and His Work for Christ 108
• Canute the Great, King of Six Nations 121
• Magnus the Good and Harold Hardruler 132
• Sverre, the Cook's Son, and the Birchlegs 145
• The Friends and Foes of a Boy Prince 160
• King Valdemar I. and Bishop Absolon 169
• The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Valdemar II 176
• Birger Jarl and the Conquest of Finland 186
• The First War Between Sweden and Russia 196
• The Crime and Punishment of King Birger 202
• Queen Margaret and the Calmar Union 211
• How Sir Tord Fought for Charles of Sweden 217
• Sten Sture's Great Victory Over the Danes 226
• How the Ditmarshers Kept Their Freedom 236
• The Blood-Bath of Stockholm