The Víkingr exhibition is showing some of the most exquisite objects that we have from the Norwegian Viking Age. This includes the Gjermundbu helmet, which is the best preserved Viking helmet in the world. I…
Of all the Norwegian sweaters out there, the Marius sweater (find them on Amazon) might be the most popular of them all. More than 5 million sweaters (one for each Norwegian?) have been sold, and…
The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo is about to close down, and I decided to pay it a last visit. The closing day will be on the 30th of September 2021, and it will re-open…
This is a series about Norway during the war, especially evolving around the Royal family and Crown Princess Märtha and her stay in Washington DC from 1940 to 1945. During these years she became close…
This year we’re having an anniversary in Norway. 2021 marks 50 years since we started full scale extraction of olje (oil) from the sea bed of the North Sea. That was in 1971, and the…
Old Norse Language The Vikings spoke a language called Old Norse. This language is extinct today, but has had a huge influence on everyday English. So as an English speaker, you are using plenty of…
You have probably heard about it, the famous Swedish Midsummer celebration taking place every year on the first Friday after the summer solstice. Smörgåsbord, Swedes dressed up in white dresses and dancing around the Maistang…
Northumberland, England. Year 793, a group of Vikings landed on the Island of Lindisfarne (aka. The Holy Island). They raided the Lindisfarne Monastery and killed the monks living there. It’s uncertain where these Vikings sailed…
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