Ornamentation of Swedish runic stones, tools of the Neolithic era in Denmark from the collection of the Kunstkamera, the squad of the North as a historical phenomenon, ancestral sagas, Russia in the 17th century. through the eyes of the Swedes, the planning of the territory of St. Petersburg before the founding of the city, the Swedes in Belarusian legends and traditions, the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen and Augustin Strindberg in the Russian perception, Scandinavian collections in the collections of St. Petersburg museums - these and other topics are reflected in the collection, which is a continuation of the previously published collective work " The first Scandinavian readings.”