The Legend of the Ice People (in Norwegian language Sagan om Isfolket) is a 47-volume story of a family bloodline, first published in 1982.

The novels are predominantly based in Scandinavia and focus on historical fact, but contain some fantastical elements.

[2] The series was originally written in Swedish, but has been translated into over eight languages including Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Icelandic, Russian, Hungarian and English.

(Swedish original title; Färjkarlen) Here we learn the background story of the mystical medallions that the characters Benedikte and Sander finds.

It consists of 15 books, and other connections to The Legend of the Ice People are the spirits and souls of mostly Sol and Tengel the good.

The last part of the series is called Legenden om ljusets rike, which translates to The Legend of the Kingdom of Light.

The story then flash forward to the 1990s, approximately 20–30 years after The Legend of the Ice People ends.

One is the main source of the black water that Tengel from The Legend of the Ice People got his power from.

From there on it follows the Ice People through the centuries, with members of the clan migrating from Norway to Denmark and Sweden.

Before this signal is played, his descendants must find a way to defeat Tengel and rid themselves and the world of his curse.

The final battle will require the birth of a very special individual as well as the help of some powerful mythological creatures.

In 2008 stage productions based upon the first three novels in the Legend of the Ice People premiered, receiving positive reviews from critics.