Classics of Poetry

in the Baltic and Scandinavian language

Selected by piero scaruffi
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Classics of Baltic & Scandinavian Poetry

AntanasBaranauskas (Lithuania): "AnyksciuSilelis / The Grove of Anyksai" (1859)

Arne Garborg (Norway): "Haugtussa / Woman of the Underground People" (1895)

BettiAlver (Estonia): "Tolm ja Tuli / Polvere e Fuoco" (1936)

Birger Sjöberg (Sweden): "KriserOchKransar / Crises and Wreaths" (1926)

Birgitta Trotzig (Sweden): "Sammanhang" (1996)

Doris Kareva (Estonia): "Days of Grace" (1991)

Edith Södergran (Finland): "LandetSom Icke Aer / The Land That Is Not" (1923)

Edith Södergran (Finland): "Septemberlyran" (1918)

EgillSkallagrimsson (Iceland): "Sonatorrek / Lament for the Son" (9##)

Einar Benediktsson (Iceland): "Hvammar / Grass Hollows" (1930)

EinoLeino (Finland): "Halla / Frost" (1908)

Elias Loennrot (Finland): "Kalevala" (1849)

Elo Viiding (Estonia): "EsimeneTahe / First Wish" (2002)

EneMihkelson (Estonia): "VoimalusOunastLoobuda / A Chance to Refuse the Apple" (1990)

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Sweden): "Fridolins Visor / Fridolin's Song" (1898)

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Sweden): "Flora Och Pomona" (1906)

Erik Stagnelius (Sweden): "LiljoriSaron / Lilies of Saron" (1821)

Erik Lindegren (Sweden): "MannenUtanVag / The Man Without a Way" (1942)

Erika Burkart (Sweden): "Der dunkle Vogel" (1953)

Ernst Enno (Estonia): "Poems" (1934)

Esaias Tegnér (Sweden): "Frithiof's Saga" (1825)

Frank Jaeger (Denmark): "Idylia" (1967)

Frederik Paludan-Müller (Denmark): "Adam Homo" (1848)

Friedrich Kreutzwald (Estonia): "Kalevipoeg / Son of Kalev" (1861)

Georg Stiernhielm (Sweden): "Hercules" (1648)

GöranSonnevi (Sweden): "MozartsTredjeHjaerna / Mozart's Third Brain" (1996)

Gunnar Ekelöf (Sweden): "Sent Pa Jorden / Late on Earth" (1932)

Gunnar Ekelöf (Sweden): "EnMoelna-elegi / A Molna Elegy" (1960)

Gustaf Froeding (Sweden): "Nya Dikter" (1894)

Gustaf Munch-Petersen (Denmark): "Det Underste Land / The Lowest Country" (1933)

Gustaf Munch-Petersen (Denmark): "Simon Begynder / Simon Begins" (1933)

Gustav Suits (Estonia): "Tuulemaa / The Country of the Wind" (1913)

Harry Martinson (Sweden): "Aniara" (1956)

Holger Drachmann (Denmark): "SangeVedHavet / Songs by the Sea" (1877)

Inger Christensen (Denmark): "Det / It" (1969)

JaanKaplinski (Estonia): "The Same Sea in Us All" (1990)

Jan Erik Vold (Norway): "Ikke" (1993)

Johan LudvigRuneberg (Finland): "Kung Fjalar / King Fjalar" (1841)

JuhanViiding (Estonia): "Narvitrukk / Nerve Print" (1971)

Karl Vennberg (Sweden): "Halmfackla / Straw Torch" (1944)

Kristofer Uppdal (Norway): "Kulten" (1947)

Lars Forssell (Sweden): "Roester / Voices" (1964)

Lars Gustafsson (Sweden): "Ballongfararna / The Balloonists" (1962)

LudvigHolberg (Norway): "Nicolai KlimiiIterSubterraneum / The Subterranean Travel of Niels Klim" (1741)

Marie Under (Estonia): "Sinine Puri / Blue Sail" (1918)

Marie Under (Estonia): "HaalVarjust / Voice from the Shadows" (1927)

Marie Under (Estonia): "KiviSudamelt / Stone Off the Heart" (1935)

Marie Under (Estonia): "Room UhestIlusastPaevast / The Joys of a Beautiful Day" (1928)

MärtaTikkanen (Finland): "ArhundradetsKarlekssaga / The Love Story of the Century" (1978)

Olaf Bull (Norway): "Ignis Ardens" (1932)

Ole Sarvig (Denmark): "Den Sene Dag / The Late Day" (1962)

Paavo Haavikko (Finland): "Talvipalatsi / The Winter Palace" (1959)

PenttiSaarikoski (Finland): "Runot Ja HipponaksinRunot" (1959)

RabbeEnckell (Finland): "Nike Flyr I VindensKlaednad" (1947)

SigbjørnObstfelder (Norway): "Digte" (1893)

SigitasGeda (Lithuania): "SeptyniuVasaruGiesmes / The Songs of Seven Summers" (1991)

SigitasGeda (Lithuania): "BabilonoAtstatymas / Rebuilding of Babylon" (1994)

Sophus Claussen (Denmark): "Heroica" (1925)

Thor Vilhjálmsson (Iceland): "GramosinnGloir / The Grey Moss Glows" (1986)

ThorkildBjørnvig (Denmark): "Anubis" (1955)

ThorkildBjørnvig (Denmark): "FigurogIld / Figure and Fire" (1959)

ThorkildBjørnvig (Denmark): "Ravnen / The Raven" (1968)

Tom Kristensen (Denmark): "Den SidsteLygte / The Last Lantern" (1954)

Tomas Tranströmer (Sweden): "Sorgegondolen / The Mourning Gondola" (1996)

Tore Ørjasæter (Norway): "Elvesong / Song of the River" (1932)

Uku Masing (Estonia): "NeemedVihmadeLahte / Promontories Into the Gulf of Rains" (1935)

Unknown (Iceland): "Poetic Edda" (11##)

Uuno Kailas/Frans Uno Salonen (Finland): "Uni Ja Kuolema / Sleep and Death" (1931)

Verner von Heidenstam (Sweden): "Nya Dikter / New Poems" (1915)

Chronological

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