Häxmästaren
Encyclopedia
Häxmästaren in Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 and Heksemesteren in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 (The Warlock in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

) is a series of books by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo is a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published...

. This series is Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo is a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published...

s second, following the extremely popular The Legend of the Ice People
The Legend of the Ice People
The Legend of the Ice People is a 47-volume story of a family bloodline. The author of the series is Margit Sandemo. The novels are based in historical facts, mostly occurring in Scandinavia, but the fantastic is never far off. The series first began as a feuilleton in the Norwegian magazine Hjemmet...

.

The series starts of with the Norwegian
Norway
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 girl Tiril and Iceland
Iceland
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ic Warlock
Warlock
The term warlock in origin means "traitor, oathbreaker".In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch ....

 Móri in the 18th Century. It is set in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 and Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

 for the first few books, then moving to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 in book three. Later the action returns to Norway and eventually expands more throughout the series.

This series has not been translated to English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, but can be found in Finnish
Finnish language
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, Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

, Icelandic
Icelandic language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...

, Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

, Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

, and Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

.

The main theme in Häxmästaren is love, mystery, drama and the supernatural.

Titles

Swedish title Norwegian title Translated title Published Pages ISBN
1 Trolldom Trolldom Sorcery 1991 255 ISBN 951-636-087-4
2 Ljuset i dina ögon Lyset i dine øyne The Light in Your Eyes 1991 254 ISBN 951-636-088-2
3 När mörkret faller Når mørket faller på When Darkness Falls 1992 254 ISBN 951-636-091-2
4 Ondskans ansikte Ondskapens ansikt The Face of Evil 1992 254 ISBN 951-636-097-1
5 Eldprovet Ildprøven The Ordeal 1992 248 ISBN 951-636-101-3
6 Irrbloss Alvelys Will-o'-the-wisp 1992 252 ISBN 951-636-104-8
7 Värnlösa Vergeløs Defenceless 1993 250 ISBN 951-636-106-4
8 Ritten mot väster Rittet mot vest The Ride Westward 1993 250 ISBN 951-636-111-0
9 Eldsvärdet Ildsverdet The Fire Sword 1993 254 ISBN 951-636-113-7
10 Dvärgarop Dvergemål Dwarven Call 1993 252 ISBN 951-636-115-3
11 Skammens hus Skammens Hus House of Shame 1993 254 ISBN 951-636-119-6
12 Sagor om glömda riken Sagn om glemte riker Tale of Forgotten Realms 1993 252 ISBN 951-636-122-6
13 Klostret i Tårarnas Dal Klosteret i Tårenes Dal Monastery in the Valley of Tears 1994 253 ISBN 951-636-123-4
14 Frostens dotter Frostens datter Daughter of the Frost 1994 252 ISBN 951-636-125-0
15 In i det okända Inn i det ukjente Into the Unknown 1994 253 ISBN 951-636-127-7

Titles in other languages

Heksemesteren (Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

)
Saga o Czarnoksiężniku (Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

)
Galdrameistarinn (Icelandic
Icelandic language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...

)
Noitamestari (Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

)
A Boszorkánymester (Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

)
1 Trolldom Magiczne księgi Galdrar Taikuus Megigézve
2 Lyset i dine øyne Blask twoich oczu Blikið í augum þínum Silmiesi valo Szemed fénye
3 Når mørkret faller på Zaklęty las Skuggar Pimeyden mahti Ha leszáll az éj
4 Ondskapens ansikt Oblicze zła Andlit grimmdar Pahuuden kasvot A gonosz arca
5 Ildprøven Próba ognia Eldskírnin Tulikoe -
6 Alvelys Światła elfów Hrævareldur Virvatulet -
7 Vergeløs Bezbronni Hin varnarlausu Suojattomat -
8 Ritten mot vest Droga na zachód Í vesturátt Ratsastus länteen -
9 Ildsverdet Ognisty miecz Engill í vanda Tulimiekka -
10 Dvergemål Echo Dvergaóp Maahisten kutsu -
11 Skammens hus Dom hańby Hús syndarinnar Häpeän talo -
12 Sagn om glemte riker Zapomniane królestwa Horfnir heimar Taru unohtuneesta valtakunnasta -
13 Klosteret i Tårenes Dal Klasztor w Dolinie łez Klaustrið í Táradal Luostari kyynelten laaksossa -
14 Frostens datter Córka Mrozu Dóttir frostsins Hallan tytär -
15 Inn i det ukjente W nieznane Ókunnur heimur Tuntematon tie -
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