A Handbook of Scandinavian Names

Invitingly readable! Setting these names in context, this dictionary also provides a concise, stimulating primer on Scandinavian mythology, history, and immigration, as well as highlighting subtle but highly significant differences among Scandinavian countries. -Kathleen Stokker, author of Norsk, Nordmenn og Norge

Invitingly readable! Setting these names in context, this dictionary also provides a concise, stimulating primer on Scandinavian mythology, history, and immigration, as well as highlighting subtle but highly significant differences among Scandinavian countries. --Kathleen Stokker, author of Norsk, Nordmenn og Norge

Invitingly readable! Setting these names in context, this dictionary also provides a concise, stimulating primer on Scandinavian mythology, history, and immigration, as well as highlighting subtle but highly significant differences among Scandinavian countries. Kathleen Stokker, author of Norsk, Nordmenn og Norge

Invitingly readable! Setting these names in context, this dictionary also provides a concise, stimulating primer on Scandinavian mythology, history, and immigration, as well as highlighting subtle but highly significant differences among Scandinavian countries. Kathleen Stokker, author of Norsk, Nordmenn og Norge

Nancy L. Coleman taught English, German, and Norwegian at a high school in Hamar, Norway, and is editor and translator of the English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English dictionary Password. Olav Veka is president of the Norwegian Name Association (Norsk namnelag) and the author of many reference works and textbooks on Norwegian language, literature, and names. He contributed the entries on Norwegian and Danish surnames to the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names.