Scandinavia and Sherlock Holmes.

Edited & Translated by Bjarne Nielsen.

Scandinavia and Sherlock Holmes translates the best Holmesian writings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway into English. This anthology contains essays from the 1950s to the present day and was edited by Bjarne Nielsen, longtime Baker Street Irregular and President of The Sherlock Holmes Klubben i Danmark.

This volume contains many of Henry Lauritzen’s wonderful Sherlockian drawings which have delighted Holmesians around the world. Jens Byskov Jensen settles the question of the Chopin piece played by Norman Neruda and hummed by Holmes to Watson. Ted Bergman gives great insight into the 221B room locations and the bow window, in particular, in his essay, “My Own 221B Baker Street.” “A Study in Red” links Sherlock Holmes with Karl Marx…Holmes, the Socialist? Also included are articles on the history of Scandinavian Sherlockian societies and scholarship.

As the table of contents below demonstrates, there is much more in this volume attesting to the great popularity of Sherlock Holmes in Scandinavia and the creative whimsy in which Sherlockian scholars play “The Game.”

“A fascinating selection of writings.”
Roger Johnson, The District Messenger

“Fine Sherlockian scholarship”
Peter E. Blau, Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press

231 pages, hardcover, 2006
With more than 60 illustrations

Table of Contents for Scandinavia and Sherlock Holmes

GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
by Michael F. Whelan

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Sherlock Holmes in Denmark
by Bjarne Nielsen

Sherlock Holmes in Sweden
by Mattias Boström

PART 2: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF “THE SOCIETY” AND “THE LEAGUE”
221B Baker Street
by Christian Elling

What Did Sherlock Holmes Drink?
by Jørgen Cold

A Pipe of Tobacco
by Robert Storm-Petersen (Storm-P.)

Sherlock Holmes and Justice
by Jens Jensen

Radix Pedis Diabolis
by Verner Andersen

The Baker Street Mystery
by Kaj Engholm

PART 3: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF “KLUBBEN”
Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet Union
by A.D. Henriksen

Ex Bibliotheca Holmesiana
by Tage La Cour

A Study in Sherlock and Jeeves
by Henry Lauritzen

Alcoholics in the Canon
by Henry Lauritzen

Some Observations on “The Dancing Men”
by Aage Rieck Sørensen

A Norwegian Named Sigerson?
by Nils Nordberg

A Study in Red
by Bjarne Nielsen

A Study in Bohemia
by Jørgen Frørup

The Connection to Marilyn Monroe
by Alvin Andersen

The Universal Holmes
by Mia Stampe Lagergaard

John – As Well As James
by P.J. Snare

Hero-Worship in Baker Street
by Jan Heinemann

Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay
by Jens Byskov Jensen

PART 4: ARTICLES BY SWEDISH SHERLOCKIANS
534 C2
by Ted Bergman

My Own 221B Baker Street
by Ted Bergman

The Depth Which the Parsley Had Sunk into the Butter
by Hans-Uno Bengtsson

Sherlock Holmes and Music
by Curt Berg

The Sign of Four – Mary Morstan Makes Her Appearance
by Åke Runnquist

A Foggy View – About the Weather in the Sherlock Holmes Stories
by Lars Strand

Granada Revisited – Reminiscences of Jeremy Brett
by Morgan Malm

The Three Plays – Sherlock Holmes in Stockholm 1902
by Mattias Boström

A Toast to The Woman
by Bosse Lundin

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