The best novels of the Baltic and Scandinavian countries

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Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers (1894) by Knut Hamsun
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Requiem (1985) by Peer Hultberg
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Fru Marie Grubbe (1920) by Jens Peter Jacobsen
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Growth of the Soil (1921) by Knut Hamsun
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Doctor Glas (1905) by Hjalmar Söderberg
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Byen og verden (1992) by Peer Hultberg
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Kristin Lavransdatter (1920) by Sigrid Undset
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The Royal Physician's Visit (1999) by Per Olov Enquist
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Regnspiran (1958) by Sara Lidman
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The Red Room (1879) by August Strindberg
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The Angelic Avengers (1944) by Isak Dinesen
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The Family at Gilje (1883) by Jonas Lie
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The People of Hellemyren (1887) by Amalie Skram
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Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun
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Witches' Rings (1974) by Kerstin Ekman
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Melancholy (1995) by Jon Fosse
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Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe
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Barabbas (1944) by Pär Lagerkvist
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906) by Selma Lagerlöf
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The People of Juvik (1918) by Olav Duun
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De dødes rige (1982) by Henrik Pontoppidan
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Fimbul : roman (1994) by Kjartan Fløgstad
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The People of Hemso (1887) by August Strindberg
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The Dwarf (1944) by Pär Lagerkvist
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Independent People (1946) by Halldór Laxness
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The Half Brother (2003) by Lars Saabye Christensen
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Homo Falsus, eller Det perfekte mord : roman (1984) by Jan Kjærstad
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Guide to the Underworld (1980) by Gunnar Ekelöf
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Njal's Saga (1350) by Anonymous
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My Struggle: Book 1 (2009) by Karl Ove Knausgård
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The Fall of the King (1901) by Johannes V. Jensen
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Romanen om Olof (1986) by Eyvind Johnson
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World Light (1937) by Halldór Laxness
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Tjärdalen (1953) by Sara Lidman
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Tuli ja raud : romaan (2008) by Karl Ristikivi
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Faustus minun todellinen henkilöhistoriani, minusta sepitetyt legendat, minun runoni (1996) by Paavo Rintala
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Papin rouva (1893) by Juhani Aho
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The Maid Silja (1931) by F. E. Sillanpää
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Egil's Saga (1240) by Snorri Sturluson
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