Tag: Norwegian culture
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The Rosemaled Church and the Journey to Belong
An ocean-going ship has long been a metaphor for a journey, literal or spiritual, and model ships are still found in some Scandinavian Churches today. It was on a tall […]
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The Lur and Prillar Guri: Dr. Joan Paddock
The lur is one of the great folk instruments of Scandinavia and was traditionally used by women at mountain farms, or sæters, in the summertime to gather the herds of […]
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Two Folktales in Norwegian and English
Have you ever wondered what Norwegian folktales sound like in Norwegian, as they were written in the late 1800s by Asbjørnson and Moe? Join us for this telling of the […]
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Welkommen til Norske Folkemuseum!
Come along with us to the world’s first open air museum – the Norsk Folkmuseum in Oslo! We interview Inger Jensen and Siv Ringdal, both first curators at the museum […]