Way up in the Northernland, during the dark, long winter nights, the reading of Viktor Rydberg's Tomten has become an annual Scandinavian tradition. It was first published in Ny Illustrerad Tidning in 1881.
Scandinavian children have long heard the tales of Tomten wandering through the farm and into the house--how he comes for his regular visit, looking after the animals and watching over the inhabitants, occasionally stopping to ponder the deeper questions of life.
Every year, children young and old wait with hope and anticipation for that mysterious being...
Way up in the Northernland, during the dark, long winter nights, the reading of Viktor Rydberg's Tomten has become an annual Scandinavian ...
It was the belief of Europe during the Middle Ages, that our globe was the centre of the universe. The earth, itself fixed and immovable, was encompassed by ten heavens successively encircling one another, and all of these except the highest in constant rotation about their centre.
It was the belief of Europe during the Middle Ages, that our globe was the centre of the universe. The earth, itself fixed and immovable, was encompas...