Fritiofs Saga

Fritiof goes after a bear without spear or sword—and comes back scratched, carrying his prize, while Ingeborg watches. What kind of love could grow between a fearless young warrior and a king’s daughter?

In Esaias Tegnér’s early-19th-century epic, the Norse world begins in the green fields of Hilding’s farm, where Fritiof and Ingeborg grow up side by side, as oak and rose. Their childhood games become a deeper bond: he carves their initials into birch trees, and she weaves his face into a hero’s tapestry. But Ingeborg is King Bele’s daughter, and Fritiof is only the son of Torsten. When Hilding warns him to give up his love, Fritiof answers with a warrior’s defiance. Can courage and hope overcome the rank that stands between them?

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