I can only think of the following: An episode (in Lapland I think) in Axel Munthe's "San Michele". Braun the interpreter in "The Commodore" by CS Forester. It is a naval story set in the Baltic during the Napoloeonic Wars. (He is the villain, I'm afraid!) And doesn't the cook in "Captains Courageous" sing a song in the "Reg'lar Boston Concert" episode about "Finn McCool when he was going to Norway"? _____________________________________________ Professor Tim Connell Division of Languages Room A2.49 College Building City University, London EC1V OHB Tel: 0171-477 8265 Fax: 0171-477 8266 Homepage: http://www.city.ac.uk/languages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%