Once upon a time, long ago and far away, the people of Scandinavia would gather together around the evening fire and tell stories of secretive gnome-like folks who inhabited the nearby caves and forests as well as the very walls and rafters of their homes.

As hundreds of years went by these tales became legends as they were passed on down through the generations.

When Ken (Knud) Arensbak and wife Neta (Agnete) came to this country from post war Denmark in 1949, they brought with them scores of these adventurous stories involving Scandinavian Trolls. They wanted their children to grow up with these legends as well, but the telling of these tales always raised the question:

"What do Trolls really look like?" 

So Ken decided to make them one...to bring his stories to life.

Keeping this a secret, he took the family to the nearby woods to help him gather acorns, pine cones, nuts and seeds. On his own, he selected the other materials; Elmer's glue, a packet of Rit dye, wire, a piece of old rope, an old gnarled tree stump...

and this is what he made them for Christmas.

As hundreds of years went by these tales became legends as they were passed on down through the generations.

When Ken (Knud) Arensbak and wife Neta (Agnete) came to this country from post war Denmark in 1949, they brought with them scores of these adventurous stories involving Scandinavian Trolls. They wanted their children to grow up with these legends as well, but the telling of these tales always raised the question:

"What do Trolls really look like?" 

So Ken decided to make them one...to bring his stories to life.

Keeping this a secret, he took the family to the nearby woods to help him gather acorns, pine cones, nuts and seeds. On his own, he selected the other materials; Elmer's glue, a packet of Rit dye, wire, a piece of old rope, an old gnarled tree stump...

and this is what he made them for Christmas.