Trolls and elves, evil sorcerers and good wizards, housewives and devils... Once upon a time in Scandinavia believed that these creatures live in dense forests, foggy fjords and meeting them can change the fate of man. There were many amazing magical stories about this that remained in the folklore of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland. The writers of these countries had only to collect them and write their own literary tales. For the first time under one cover are published fairy tales written in different countries at different times. Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Sakarias Topelius, Else Beskov for a century and a half, the tales of Astrid Lindgren and Tove Jansson have already become classics, and gradually find their readers the works of young writers of Iceland. "The gift of the troll" - fairy tales that can be read all year round, and with special pleasure at Christmas! Gurkova, internal illustrations by Y.. [ ) Kolesnikova . »»»»»»»»»»»»»» »»»» »»» [ Jlmar Bergman Thorbjrn Egner Tove Marika Jansson Selma Lagerlef Astrid Lindgren Helena Nblum Annie Svan Sigrid Unset Anna Wallenberg Hans Christian Andersen Inger Margrethe Gorder Sven Grundtvig Sakarias Topelius Peter Kristen Asbjrnsen Elsa Beskov Adalstein Ausberg Signerisson Lyudmila Yulievna Braude, Boris Sergeevich Zharov)