Nordic FINDS returns #NordicFINDS23

Posted on by AnnaBookBel

Firstly Happy New Year to everyone – in all the Nordic languages to your right too! There are no reading resolutions from me today (they’ll come later) as instead it’s my pleasure to welcome you all to Nordic FINDS 2023 – a month of celebrating literature from the five Nordic countries:

  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Sweden

Last year, I devoted a week to each country, but this year, it’s more casual with no themed weeks. My own aim is to read one book from each country during the month. You are welcome to join in however you wish, with books by Nordic authors or a Nordic setting.

I’ll make this post sticky, so you can add links to your reviews in the comments. For tweeting etc please use the hashtag #NordicFINDS23.

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I’m adding in all the reviews to my master Nordic FINDS page here too.

I also picked the thriller most recommended to me from last year as a readalong title should you be minded to join me.

The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, creator of the hit TV series The Killing. Translated from the Swedish by Caroline Waight.

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I will primarily comment on Twitter as I go for this rather than split into any formal readalong chunks, with a review near the end of the month.

HAPPY NORDIC READING!

42 thoughts on “Nordic FINDS returns #NordicFINDS23”

  3. Calmgrove says:

    Hurray! Like Karen I’ve already started my first book — Astrid Lindgren’s Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter — and have The Saga of Hrolf Kraki as my Icelandic offering and a Jo Nesbo thriller Midnight Sun as Norway’s candidate! Not decided on Sweden or Denmark yet, or even if I’ll be able to make time for them, but we’ll see.

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  5. heavenali says:

    My last book of 2022, finished almost on the stroke of midnight yesterday, was Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. So I have something ready to review when I get round to it. It was a bit odd, though, not unenjoyable, but not lots to say about it, really.

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    • AnnaBookBel says:

      I read it last month for the blogtour, and found it exactly the same as you! I’ll look forward to your post – whatever you can think of to say about it!

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  6. Janakay | YouMightAsWellRead says:

    Last year I very much enjoyed participating, so it’s nice to see you sponsoring the event again. Hopefully this year I’ll manage at least one novel by a nordic author by the end of the month, particularly as I have a couple of recent acquisitions I haven’t yet read (one of these is Animal Life, but after reading the last two comments, perhaps I’ll put that one on the bottom of the pile!)

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  8. thecontentreader says:

    Gott Nytt År! Thanks Annabel for hosting. I have made a list of five books, one for each country, starting with, and now reading, Jussi Valtonen’s They Don’t Know What They Do. It is very good with a fascinating seet of characters and stories. Looking forward to this month.

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    • Lisa Hill says:

      Thanks for leading me here, Liz. I’m going to read The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, which I bought after hearing them talk about Jansson at Backlisted. (I can’t believe I’ve never read this book before, this is the time to fix that!

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    • AnnaBookBel says:

      Agreed! It was brilliant and the sequel The Moose Paradox was also fab (but you need to have read The Rabbit Factor first for that).

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    • AnnaBookBel says:

      Thanks for joining in. I’ve only read the last book in this series, which I enjoyed, but glad the first is up to scratch.

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    • AnnaBookBel says:

      Such a lovely, lovely book. I read it last year. Off to read your review now. Thank you for joining in.

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  33. MarketGardenReader/IntegratedExpat says:

    So far, only an overview post for me. Things didn’t go entirely to plan, one way or another. I finished reading Tove Janssen’s Moominsummer Madness, Marianne Fredriksson’s Inge en Mira (Two Women) and a book about Hygge in Denmark. Got stuck with Purge by Sofi Oksanen, haven’t quite finished Karl Ove Knausgaard struggling with other people in A Man in Love, nor Astrid Lindgren’s Ronia…. I also found some lovely music and stories on Spotify and BBC Sounds. And I’ve got at least another month’s worth of Nordic reading to fit in later in the year. As the Icelander Magnus Magnusson said, “I’ve started, so I’ll finish!”

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