Selected Troll Books
Updated: 31 May 2011
Troll Lore:
Danske folkesagn
Language: Danish
Author: Lebech, Mogens
Published: København 1965 (Foreningen Fremtiden)
Pages: 96 pp.
Comment: Illustrations by Johan Thomas Lundbye
Jättar och troll i Sverige
Language: Swedish
Authors: Topelius, Ann-Sofi and Christer
Published: Stockholm : Fabel, 1961
Pages: 30 pp.
ISBN:
Comment: Illustrations by Ehrén, Svenolov
For noen troll
Language: Norwegian
Authors: Sivertsen, Birger
Published: Andresen and Butenschön, 2000
Pages: 319 pp.
ISBN: 9788276940701
Comment: Thorough journey through Norwegian folklore, focusing on trolls, tusser, huldrar and nisser.
Islandske trolde
(Icelandic title: "Allt um trolls") (English title: "Icelandic Trolls")
Language: Danish, Icelandic, and English
Author: Pilkington, Brian
Published: Gad, 2000 (Danish edition)
Pages: 20 pp.
ISBN: 87-27-03702-8
Comment: Picturebook about the life of Icelandic trolls and with selected fairy tales.
Troldens hat og andre østjydske sagn om troldfolk
Language: Danish
Author: Jensen, Henrik Kjærgaard
Illustrator: Stine Nonnegaard-Pedersen
Published: Randersegnens Biblioteker, 2000.
Pages: 40 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06873-0
Comment: 14 local tales, based on the Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen's collections of Danish tales and myths
Troll och människa: Gammal svensk folktro
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Schön, Ebbe
Published: Natur och Kultur, 1999.
Pages: 142 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06873-0
Comment: Simply the best book on trolls in Scandinavian folklore - written by popular Swedish folklorist, but only available in Swedish so far...
Troll: det norske trollets forskrekkelige liv og historie.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Ingulstad, Frid
Published: Oslo : Gyldendal, 1993.
Pages: 94 pp.
ISBN: 82-05-21778-5
Troll
illustrations: Elisabeth Nyman
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Schön, Ebbe
Published: Stockholm:
Publisher: Natur och Kultur, 1997.
Pages: 43 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06727-0
Comment: A good introduction for children to trolls in Scandinavian folklore - written by popular Swedish folklorist and with beautiful illustrations, but only available in Swedish so far...
När man talar om trollen
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Tallerud, Berndt
Published: Stockholm
Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen, 1997.
Pages: ??
ISBN: ??
(see Troll Book Store)
Swedish Folk Tales /Ill. John Bauer
Language: English
Trollen : deras liv, land och legender / illustrations: Bo Lundwall.
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Swahn, Jan-Øjvind
Published: Stockholm : Bonnier, 1984.
Pages: 111 pp.
Series: (BonnierFakta)
ISBN: 91-34-50487-7
Norske troll
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Mathiesen, Reidun
Published: Oslo : Grøndahl Dreyer, c1994.
Pages: 53 pp. : ill;
ISBN: 82-504-2112-4 (ib.)
Tro og trolldom : folkeminner fra Porsanger / Richard Bergh.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Bergh, Richard
Published: Oslo : Universitetsforlaget, 1968.
Pages: 247 pp. : ill.
Series: (Norsk folkeminnelags skrifter ; 101)
ISBN: 82-00-05629-5
Trollpakk og andre vetter / Eva Valebrokk.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Valebrokk, Eva
Published: [Oslo] : Boksenteret, 1995.
Pages: 88 pp. : ill.
ISBN: 82-7683-043-9 (ib.)
Norske troll : den sanne historien / dokumentert ved en av dem og ført i pennen av Reidun Mathiesen /illustrations:Reidun Mathiesen
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Mathiesen, Reidun
Published: Oslo : Grøndahl Dreyer, c1994.
Pages: 53 pp. : ill.
ISBN: 82-504-2113-2 (ib.)
Huldra og annen trollskap : folketro før i tida / Eivind Heide.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Heide, Eivind
Published: Oslo : Aschehoug, 1971.
Pages: 173 pp.
Hulder og trollskap : folkeminne fraa Østerdalen IV / Sigurd Nergaard.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Nergaard, Sigurd
Published: Oslo, 1925.
Pages: 250 pp.
Series: (Norsk folkeminnelag ; 11)
Le troll et autres créatures surnaturelles : dans les contes populaires norvégiens / Virginie Amilien ; préface de Régis Boyer.
Language: French
Author/editor: Amilien, Virginie
Published: Paris : Berg international, 1996.
Pages: 297 pp.
Series: (Faits et représentations)
ISBN: 2-900269-93-8 (h.)
Updated: 31 May 2011
Troll Lore:
Danske folkesagn
Language: Danish
Author: Lebech, Mogens
Published: København 1965 (Foreningen Fremtiden)
Pages: 96 pp.
Comment: Illustrations by Johan Thomas Lundbye
Jättar och troll i Sverige
Language: Swedish
Authors: Topelius, Ann-Sofi and Christer
Published: Stockholm : Fabel, 1961
Pages: 30 pp.
ISBN:
Comment: Illustrations by Ehrén, Svenolov
For noen troll
Language: Norwegian
Authors: Sivertsen, Birger
Published: Andresen and Butenschön, 2000
Pages: 319 pp.
ISBN: 9788276940701
Comment: Thorough journey through Norwegian folklore, focusing on trolls, tusser, huldrar and nisser.
Islandske trolde
(Icelandic title: "Allt um trolls") (English title: "Icelandic Trolls")
Language: Danish, Icelandic, and English
Author: Pilkington, Brian
Published: Gad, 2000 (Danish edition)
Pages: 20 pp.
ISBN: 87-27-03702-8
Comment: Picturebook about the life of Icelandic trolls and with selected fairy tales.
Troldens hat og andre østjydske sagn om troldfolk
Language: Danish
Author: Jensen, Henrik Kjærgaard
Illustrator: Stine Nonnegaard-Pedersen
Published: Randersegnens Biblioteker, 2000.
Pages: 40 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06873-0
Comment: 14 local tales, based on the Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen's collections of Danish tales and myths
Troll och människa: Gammal svensk folktro
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Schön, Ebbe
Published: Natur och Kultur, 1999.
Pages: 142 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06873-0
Comment: Simply the best book on trolls in Scandinavian folklore - written by popular Swedish folklorist, but only available in Swedish so far...
Troll: det norske trollets forskrekkelige liv og historie.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Ingulstad, Frid
Published: Oslo : Gyldendal, 1993.
Pages: 94 pp.
ISBN: 82-05-21778-5
Troll
illustrations: Elisabeth Nyman
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Schön, Ebbe
Published: Stockholm:
Publisher: Natur och Kultur, 1997.
Pages: 43 pp.
ISBN: 91-27-06727-0
Comment: A good introduction for children to trolls in Scandinavian folklore - written by popular Swedish folklorist and with beautiful illustrations, but only available in Swedish so far...
När man talar om trollen
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Tallerud, Berndt
Published: Stockholm
Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen, 1997.
Pages: ??
ISBN: ??
(see Troll Book Store)
Swedish Folk Tales /Ill. John Bauer
Language: English
Trollen : deras liv, land och legender / illustrations: Bo Lundwall.
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Swahn, Jan-Øjvind
Published: Stockholm : Bonnier, 1984.
Pages: 111 pp.
Series: (BonnierFakta)
ISBN: 91-34-50487-7
Norske troll
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Mathiesen, Reidun
Published: Oslo : Grøndahl Dreyer, c1994.
Pages: 53 pp. : ill;
ISBN: 82-504-2112-4 (ib.)
Tro og trolldom : folkeminner fra Porsanger / Richard Bergh.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Bergh, Richard
Published: Oslo : Universitetsforlaget, 1968.
Pages: 247 pp. : ill.
Series: (Norsk folkeminnelags skrifter ; 101)
ISBN: 82-00-05629-5
Trollpakk og andre vetter / Eva Valebrokk.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Valebrokk, Eva
Published: [Oslo] : Boksenteret, 1995.
Pages: 88 pp. : ill.
ISBN: 82-7683-043-9 (ib.)
Norske troll : den sanne historien / dokumentert ved en av dem og ført i pennen av Reidun Mathiesen /illustrations:Reidun Mathiesen
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Mathiesen, Reidun
Published: Oslo : Grøndahl Dreyer, c1994.
Pages: 53 pp. : ill.
ISBN: 82-504-2113-2 (ib.)
Huldra og annen trollskap : folketro før i tida / Eivind Heide.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Heide, Eivind
Published: Oslo : Aschehoug, 1971.
Pages: 173 pp.
Hulder og trollskap : folkeminne fraa Østerdalen IV / Sigurd Nergaard.
Language: Norwegian
Author/editor: Nergaard, Sigurd
Published: Oslo, 1925.
Pages: 250 pp.
Series: (Norsk folkeminnelag ; 11)
Le troll et autres créatures surnaturelles : dans les contes populaires norvégiens / Virginie Amilien ; préface de Régis Boyer.
Language: French
Author/editor: Amilien, Virginie
Published: Paris : Berg international, 1996.
Pages: 297 pp.
Series: (Faits et représentations)
ISBN: 2-900269-93-8 (h.)
Interpreting Legend. Danish Storytellers and Their Repertoires
(Milman Parry Studies in Oral Tradition)
Author: Tangherlini, Timothy R.
Published: Garland Publishing, New York 1994
Comment: An academic study for university students and teachers. If you are interested in Evald Tang Kristensen, who collected many troll stories, this book is a good introduction.
Fiction (incl. children's fiction):
Adskilligt om trolde
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Stilling, Herman
Published: Kbh : Lindhardt og Ringhof, 1994.
Pages: 76 pp.
ISBN: 8759504862
Nisser og trolde
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Stilling, Herman
Published: Kbh : Gyldendal, 1997.
Pages: 102 pp.
ISBN: 8759504862
Lilla Trollboken
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1998
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163810239
(see Troll Book Store)
Trolls
Language: English
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: ???
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: ???
Trollboken
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1997
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163808005
Trollbröllop
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1997
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163808021
Trollhistorier
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1996
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163806304
Art:
Om konstnären John Bauer och hans värld
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Agrenius,Helen
Published: Jönköping : Jönköpings Läns Museum, 1996
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9185692298
Mumin
Language: English
Author/editor: Anneli Ilmonen, Elli Perkko
Published: Tammerfors stads huvudbibliotek 1987
Pages: 72
ISBN: 951-121144
Th. Kittelsen: Den Norske Faun
Language: Norsk
Author/editor: Odd Hølaas
Published: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1941 (repr. 1957 - later ????)
Pages: ???
Louis Moe og hans kunst
Language: Dansk
Author/editor: Björn Moe, Kai Flor
Published: H. Hagerups Forlag 1949
Pages: 93
General Folklore
Svensk Folktro A-Ö
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Ebbe Schõn
Published: Prisma Stockholm 1998
Pages: 240
ISBN: 91-518-2892-8
Fabeldyr og sagnfolk
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Bengt Holbek and Iørn Piø
Published: Gyldendal København 1979 (2nd edition)
Pages: 447
ISBN: 87-567-3236-8
(Milman Parry Studies in Oral Tradition)
Author: Tangherlini, Timothy R.
Published: Garland Publishing, New York 1994
Comment: An academic study for university students and teachers. If you are interested in Evald Tang Kristensen, who collected many troll stories, this book is a good introduction.
Fiction (incl. children's fiction):
Adskilligt om trolde
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Stilling, Herman
Published: Kbh : Lindhardt og Ringhof, 1994.
Pages: 76 pp.
ISBN: 8759504862
Nisser og trolde
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Stilling, Herman
Published: Kbh : Gyldendal, 1997.
Pages: 102 pp.
ISBN: 8759504862
Lilla Trollboken
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1998
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163810239
(see Troll Book Store)
Trolls
Language: English
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: ???
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: ???
Trollboken
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1997
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163808005
Trollbröllop
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1997
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163808021
Trollhistorier
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Lidberg,Rolf
Published: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag AB, 1996
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9163806304
Art:
Om konstnären John Bauer och hans värld
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Agrenius,Helen
Published: Jönköping : Jönköpings Läns Museum, 1996
Pages: ? pp.
ISBN: 9185692298
Mumin
Language: English
Author/editor: Anneli Ilmonen, Elli Perkko
Published: Tammerfors stads huvudbibliotek 1987
Pages: 72
ISBN: 951-121144
Th. Kittelsen: Den Norske Faun
Language: Norsk
Author/editor: Odd Hølaas
Published: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1941 (repr. 1957 - later ????)
Pages: ???
Louis Moe og hans kunst
Language: Dansk
Author/editor: Björn Moe, Kai Flor
Published: H. Hagerups Forlag 1949
Pages: 93
General Folklore
Svensk Folktro A-Ö
Language: Swedish
Author/editor: Ebbe Schõn
Published: Prisma Stockholm 1998
Pages: 240
ISBN: 91-518-2892-8
Fabeldyr og sagnfolk
Language: Danish
Author/editor: Bengt Holbek and Iørn Piø
Published: Gyldendal København 1979 (2nd edition)
Pages: 447
ISBN: 87-567-3236-8