'The Modern Vikings: Stories of Life and Sport in the Norseland' is a collection of stories set in Nordic countries, especially one that takes place in Norway. It was written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, a Norwegian-American author and college professor, best remembered today for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, which is generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America. For this book in particular, Boyesen draws upon his years of childhood growing up in Norway. He weaved 12 stories from his experiences, some of them bearing the following titles: 'Tharald's Otter', 'Between Sea & Sky', and 'Mikkel'.