丹麦的朋友送给我两本关于哥本哈根的画册:《安徒生童话》和《海寇诗经》。看到《海寇诗经》的书名,我很是惊讶。提起北欧,人们首先想到的是优美的自然风景和高福利的国民生活,然后便是臭名昭著的北欧海盗——记得世界杯赛上,瑞典队就被不少媒体称之为“海盗”。想不到北欧人竟对这段名声不佳的“海盗时代”引以为 The Danish friend gave me two pictures of Copenhagen: “Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales” and “The Book of Songs of the Sea.” I was surprised to see the title of “The Book of Songs of the Sea”. When people come to Northern Europe, the first thing people think of is the beautiful natural scenery and the high welfare national life. Then there is the notorious Vikings. When the World Cup was remembered, the Swedish team was called by many media as “pirates”. I can’t think of the Nordic people who thought that this era of poor reputation “piracy era”