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''The Long Ships'' (original title ''Röde Orm'') is the most famous work of Swedish author, poet and translator Frans Gunnar Bengtsson. The book is an adventure novel written in somewhat of the same style as [[The Icelandic Sagas (Literature)|The Icelandic Sagas]], and chronicles the life and voyages of Orm, son of Toste, known as Red Orm. The novel was published in two parts. The first appeared in 1941, the second in 1945. The action takes place in the years 982 to 1007.
''The Long Ships'' (original title ''Röde Orm'') is the most famous work of Swedish author, poet and translator Frans Gunnar Bengtsson. The book is an adventure novel written in somewhat of the same style as [[The Icelandic Sagas]], and chronicles the life and voyages of Orm, son of Toste, known as Red Orm. The novel was published in two parts. The first appeared in 1941, the second in 1945. The action takes place in the years 982 to 1007.


Orm is the youngest son of the Scanian chieftain Toste, and is kidnapped as a young man by raiders, and goes a-viking to Spain, where he is captured, and later becomes a member of the lord Almansur's bodyguard. After an incident where he kills the slavemaster from the galley, who killed his chieftain, he is forced to flee.
Orm is the youngest son of the Scanian chieftain Toste, and is kidnapped as a young man by raiders, and goes a-viking to Spain, where he is captured, and later becomes a member of the lord Almansur's bodyguard. After an incident where he kills the slavemaster from the galley, who killed his chieftain, he is forced to flee.
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* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Since the book is set the late 10th- early 11th century, and is written in the styles of the Icelandic sagas of the period, there is casual slavery, casual warfare, casual robbery, and casual religion switching for pragmatic purposes.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Since the book is set the late 10th- early 11th century, and is written in the styles of the Icelandic sagas of the period, there is casual slavery, casual warfare, casual robbery, and casual religion switching for pragmatic purposes.
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: Åsa, somewhat unreliably.
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: Åsa, somewhat unreliably.
* [[Duel to The Death]]: Orm and Sigtrygg.
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Orm and Sigtrygg.
* [[Galley Slave]]: A couple of years of this is the reason why Orm is left-handed.
* [[Galley Slave]]: A couple of years of this is the reason why Orm is left-handed.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Harald Bluetooth and Al-Mansur. Several other historical figures, such as Brian Boru, are mentioned, and many characters from Icelandic sagas (who may or may not have been real) are spoken of.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Harald Bluetooth and Al-Mansur. Several other historical figures, such as Brian Boru, are mentioned, and many characters from Icelandic sagas (who may or may not have been real) are spoken of.
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