Trollbundet
core novel 1982 The Legend of the Ice People
Record
| First published | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  NO |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.75 (6,436 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 255 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788251679282 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Trollbundet is the first volume of The Legend of the Ice People, a 47-book Scandinavian family saga beginning in Trondheim, Norway, in 1581. Silje Arngrimsdatter, seventeen when plague kills every member of her family, is taken in during her time of need by Tengel, a young man descended from the secretive Ice People, a lineage of social outcasts living in an isolated valley. Tengel and his kin carry a curse placed generations earlier by their ancestor Tengel the Evil, whose legacy means that at least one child born into each generation of the family inherits dangerous, sometimes wicked abilities alongside the family's gifts. Silje's growing bond with Tengel draws her into the family's long struggle to understand, and ultimately contain, the curse before their ancestor can act on his plan to awaken and claim dominion over the world.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Legend of the Ice People
- Series: The Legend of the Ice People core; position 1 of 47 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Margit Sandemo
Notes
- From the series record (The Legend of the Ice People): The original 47-volume saga (1982-1989) following the cursed Ice People clan across generations of Scandinavian history, marked by inherited supernatural gifts, a medallion-bound curse, and (in its later volumes) an underground kingdom where time itself runs differently. Two later continuations exist (a further ~35 volumes across two more parts, published years afterward) and are not yet catalogued here pending closer genre review.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Legend of the Ice People: position 1 of 47: next Heksejakten (1982)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Legend of the Ice People
- Jentas Books: The Legend of the Ice People
- Reader database series: Sagaen om Isfolket
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