Jan Fridegård, born Johan Fridolf "Fride" Johansson, (14 June 1897 – 8 September 1968) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school. Fridegård wrote a trilogy of novels about the Viking Era in Sweden : Trägudars land (1940; translated 1989 as Land of Wooden Gods), Gryningsfolket (1944; translated 1990 as People of the Dawn) and Offerrök (trans. 1991 as Sacrificial Smoke). Source: Wikipedia (en)