Contents

A knight errant of the sea [Tordenskjold] -- Hans Egede, the apostle to Greenland -- Gustav Vasa, the father of Sweden -- Absalon, warrior bishop of the North -- King Valdemar, and the story of the Dannebrog -- How the ghost of the heath was laid -- King Christian IV -- Gustav Adolf, the snow-king -- King and sailor, heroes of Copenhagen -- The trooper who won a war alone [Jens Kofoed] -- Carl Linné, king of the flowers -- Niels Finsen, the wolfslayer.