Bibliotek i Västmanland

The supreme day is the holiest day. It is when we are near death and we must face what we have done with our life. The noblest face it without fear, others tremble. However, when i ...

My grandfather, who became a great-grandfather with the birth of the son of my brother, Frederik, was a profoundly good man. He loved us greatly and loved telling us stories. But, ...

When I was a child, my godfather offered me a picture book for Christmas every year. He made the books himself and the best part was when he looked at the pictures with us and told ...

Even though Aunt Malle thinks that the young student who has come to teach Amalie’s brothers does not know how to deal with children, Amalie gets on very well with him and understa ...

Apart from the milkmaid’s donkey, no one paid much attention to the mighty thistle that lived just behind the hedge, outside of the seigniorial garden. Until the day that a beautif ...

At a place where there was once a mighty knight’s castle, today stands a small house, built for chickens and ducks. Poultry Meg was the only person who lived there, and only the ol ...

The wind and the rain are arguing: they both think it is their turn to tell a story. Even though the rain does not entirely agree, in the end the sunbeam takes over to tell the sto ...

The general’s family lived on the first floor of the house. The concierge and his wife lived in the cellar. They had a son, Georg, who was allowed to play with Emily, the general’s ...

Once upon a time there was a man who knew how to tell stories better than anyone – until the day he knew no more. Even though he spent the whole day looking for stories, he still h ...

The air is still cold outside, but already the rain and sun are tickling the snowdrop, who is still nice and warm in her bulb under the earth and snow. The snowdrop would like the ...

"From my father, I received the best part of my inheritance... a cheerful temper." And who was his father? The hearse driver! And his son is just as willing as his father and loves ...

One hundred years ago, a lord lived happily in his castle. Alcohol flowed freely and the festivities were endless. One day, while he was out hunting, he jostled a young goose herde ...

The new year had begun and January was already nearing its end, but it was still very cold. The sparrows found it strange, that the men had declared that it was the new year, as ev ...

The boy in our story wanted to go to Heaven. Not right away but still he would prefer Heaven to Hell. And when you think about it, who wouldn’t? He heard one priest saying that who ...

Once lived a poor old lady who was so lonely and sad that she wished she could join her family up in Heaven. Why did the Lord let her sons die so early, why did not he protect them ...

A waggoner’s carriage got stuck. He could not take it out on his own but suddenly Our Lady showed up. She was willing to help the poor man if he was willing to share some of his wi ...

Once lived a hermit who was so religious that he spent most of his time praying. However one day he saw a poor sinner who was about to be hung and unconsciously the hermit said to ...

Once lived two sisters. The one became rich but had no children. The other one was a poor widow with five small children. They were so hungry and so desperate that the poor mother ...

One prince wanted to get to Heaven after his death. But he did not know how. He met an old man who gave him some advises. But they sound a bit strange. The prince had to go in rags ...

A mother had two children. They lived in poverty but they were there for each other every day. The mother would send her youngest child to the forest to fetch wood. One day the poo ...

What if someone tempts you to do something you know is forbidden and then you get in trouble? Who is responsible? You or the person who has allured you? "The Crumbs on the Table" i ...

Can the king and queen’s child be a donkey? Why not? This donkey is however more special than any other donkeys. So special that it even gets engaged to a princess from another kin ...

A fisherman caught a golden fish. And you know what follows. The golden fish gave one wish to the fisherman in return for him letting her go. And so he did. He wished for a castle ...

A golden bird steals the king’s golden apples and he is determined to catch her. He sends his three sons out in the world with the only task to catch the bird. The three boys meet ...

The sun, the dew and the rose bush were all very proud of the young buds that were gently growing on the rose bushes’ branches. Each bud would become a rose and they wished each of ...