The Northern Light

Chapter 1 The Northern Light in Folklore and Mythology

Chapter 2 The Northern Light in Norse Literature

Chapter 3 The Northern Light — A Source of Inspiration

Chapter 4 Accounts of Northern Lights in Scandinavia — From the Viking Era to the Renaissance

Chapter 6 Scientific Auroral Experiments Beginning in the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 7 Norwegian Auroral Pioneers in the Dawn of Our Century

Chapter 8 The Northern Lights as Weather Signs — and the Auroral Sound

Chapter 9 Northern Lights and Geomagnetic Disturbances — Their Influence on Daily Life

Chapter 10 Auroral Research as a Tool to Study the Upper Atmosphere and Near Space

Chapter 11 The First Systematic Observations of the Northern Light in Norway — Auroral Observatories and Instrumentation

Chapter 12 Summary and Concluding Remarks