Sedliacke poviedky sú nadčasovým svedectvom o nórskej sedliackej kultúre a Bjørnsonovej láske k svojmu ľudu, krajine a jazyku; obraz mĺkvych a uzatvorených nórskych sedliakov spätých s divokou nórskou prírodou.
Obsahuje poviedky: Synnöve zo Solbakkenu (1857) Arne (1858) Veselý chlapec (1860) Svadobný pochod (1872) Magnhild (1877) Kapitán Mansana (1879) Absolónove vlasy (1894)
Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit." Bjørnson is the author of the lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".