Catholic writers can convey their Faith beautifully in their prose. Evelyn Waugh managed to insert Catholic characters in his novels. Tolkien created an entire world with its own unique language, yet it is clear to those who read him with attention that he was inspired by his Catholic Faith. The writing of Nordic Catholics is less widely known. But they have long been out there and shatter the illusion of a wholly Protestant, or even pagan, Northern land – as this year's Nobel Prize in Literature has again reminded us.