Sjömansbiblioteket

Thumbling is a tailor’s little son whose adventures do not come to an end. He likes wandering around and he stumbles upon robbers, animals and other creatures. Thumbling is however ...

Have you heard the saying "kindness pays back"? Here goes a story proving us the truth in these words. A poor girl lived with her sister and step-mother. The step-mother made the g ...

Omenapuun suojassa on kokoelma Runoja ja Novelleja, jotka Arto Koivumäki on kirjoittanut luovan kirjoittamisen kurssin tehtävinä. Tehtävissä on luotu vuoropuheluita ja henkilöhahmo ...

Kun nuori nainen menee naimisiin vasten isänsä tahtoa, hän ei arvaa, minkälainen elämä häntä odottaa. Hänen aviomiehensä on nimittäin syvästi loukkaantunut vaimon isän halveksunnas ...

Eräällä oppineella miehellä on salaperäinen naapuri, jota kukaan ei tunne. Yhtenä iltana mies pohtii, voisiko hänen varjonsa käydä naapurissa ja kertoa hänelle, mitä naapurista löy ...

Nuori maisteri palaa maailmalta kotiin. Hän saapuu juhlistamaan Hannu-sedän syntymäpäiviä, mutta hänen paluunsa tuntuu olevan suurempi spektaakkeli kuin sedän juhlat. Tämä saa mais ...

We are used to reading about princes saving their princesses from dangers. But this tale will surprise you. It is a story about a young drummer and a disembodied, bewitched princes ...

If there was someone to trick the Devil himself, you would not expect it to be a hard-working peasant, right? Well Brothers Grimm surprise us yet again with a folktale about an unr ...

Some are born with a golden spoon in the mouth. Others are forced to lead difficult and unfair life full of miser and desperation. This time the heroine in our story is not a princ ...

The Lord once visited one evil woman’s home. She was so rude and impolite that the Lord made her and her daughter ugly. The woman’s stepdaughter was however so kindhearted and good ...

Once lived an evil sorceress who had a beautiful daughter. Many princes tried to win the princess’s heart but the queen would not let them take her daughter that easily. The admire ...

One king had twelve beautiful daughters who slept all together in one chamber. Each evening the king would lock their room and each morning he would find them with shoes danced to ...

A merchant traded his son for riches and wealth. It happened by mistake but the deal could not be reversed. The merchant decided to trick the dwarf who was going to take away his s ...

Can you imagine getting driven away from your home because of a lying goat? As impossible as it may sound, it happened to the three brothers in our story. Sadly only after the fath ...

Have you heard about the cat-and-mouse game? You realize there is a certain meaning behind it, right? Well then you would be surprised if we told you that the cat and the mouse in ...

Vägen mellan Björkliden och Lönnvattnet flankeras av en bred och brusande älv. Under de kallaste vintermånaderna är älven täckt av en blanksvart yta som lurar ögat. Vattendraget se ...

Kari har rest långt bort från Finnmarkerna för att konfirmera sig, och livet i den nya staden skrämmer henne. Hon är långt hemifrån och när julen närmar sig vaknar hennes hemlängta ...

En försvunnen flicka och en desperat familj, ett barn som är som förtrollad av den stora orgeln och bestämmer sig för att musiken ska bli hans liv, sju syskon och ett dop och en da ...

Mannen flackade planlöst omkring i staden mitt i natten, sökandes efter sin hustru. Han visste inte var han skulle leta. Inte vem han skulle fråga. Vart skulle han ta vägen? Han ko ...

Adjunkten är nervös under sin resa mot Leksand. Han är Sveriges yngste präst, bara 23 år gammal, och omskriven i tidningen. Och nu skall han leda sin egen församling, i en helt ny ...

En felaktigt dömd mördare utför sin felfria hämndplan, en okänd bil förföljer en ensam kvinnlig resenär på en öde väg och en äktenskapssvindlare säkrar sin framtid genom att gifta ...

One day, a competition was organised: the fastest would be awarded first price. The jury gave first prize to the hare and second prize was awarded to the snail. Long debates follow ...

In the tallest and poorest house in a very narrow winding street, was an attic with a single window. Behind this window, was a bird in a cage; the state of the house and the cage w ...

All the local children knew the river Odense and they all knew about the bell that could be found there. A long time ago, the bell, being tired, had fallen from its beam and had la ...

In Gudenau, in the forest of Silkeborg, lived a farmer, Jeppe Jans, and his son, Ib. In winter, when there was nothing to do in the fields, Jeppe Jans made clogs and Ib tried to do ...