Nancy Marie Brown

Nancy Marie Brown is the author of highly praised books of nonfiction, including Song of the Vikings. She is fluent in Icelandic and spends her summers in Iceland. She has deep ties to the Scandinavian cultural institutions in the U.S. Brown lives in East Burke, Vermont.

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

Nancy Marie Brown Considers the Stories Surrounding the Country’s “Hidden Folk”

October 24, 2022 By Nancy Marie Brown

What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

Nancy Marie Brown on How Gender Impacts the Interpretation of History

September 2, 2021 By Nancy Marie Brown

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