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Title
Svensk Viking
Subject
pen name, Perth, saga, sagas, Sweden, Viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail
Description
A letter to the Pen Name Competition of the Western Mail newspaper, Perth, by Svensk Viking. The letter describes how the author chose their pen name as they grew up in Sweden (Svensk translates to ‘Swedish’) listening to older children read sagas about Viking exploits. Sagas were prose stories (but often including poetry) written primarily in Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Many of them were set in the Viking Age and provide stories of both historic and legendary figures.
Creator
Viking, Svensk
Publisher
The Western Mail
Date
8 February 1940
Rights
The Western Mail
Format
Newspaper Article; PDF
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
PDF; Newspaper Article