Calendar Giveaway: The Winner
Thanks to all who voted for the top five stories in our calendar giveaway. The votes have now been counted and the winner, with 8 out of 16 votes, is:Kari Sheppard! Congratulations! For the victory lap, here is Kari’s story again:
During the 1982-83 school year, my family hosted a Norwegian exchange student. He spent the whole school year with us and became part of the family. He very much enjoyed the Florida sunshine and would go swimming in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico all the time.
Arne’s English was very good and he had very little trouble communicating. However, one day while he was at the local beach, swimming in the deeper water near the end of the pier he spotted some sharks. He quickly headed towards shore to warn the families and young children splashing in the surf. As he swam by he kept yelling to everyone “Hai! Hai!” And he couldn’t understand why everyone just smiled and waved to him responding with “Hi!” No one seemed to be worried to get out of the water.
It wasn’t until he returned home and was telling the story that he realized he was not saying “Shark!” in English, but rather “Hai!” in Norwegian.
In second place, with 7 votes, was Andy with his ‘Aquavit anecdote’, and in third with one vote is Terri Sheahan with her ‘Code crackup’. Thanks to everyone for sharing your funny stories.
We hope you enjoy your calendar, Kari!
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The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business. 
Runes were the written language of the Vikings.
Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.
How Norway became a country is shrouded in mystery and folklore. The most well known tale is of Harald Hårfagre who gathered the small kingdoms of the north into a unified nation in 872AD – and of course, this story is about love.
There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
I have JUST NOW found this website? Where has this been all my life? I’m an Aussie living in Melbourne and it’s so hard to find how to learn Norwegian. And it sucks.
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from L-Jay:
Oh, I miss the peppermint fudge from the Vicky markets!
But you can buy Norwegian brown cheese in the small goods section, if you’re game…lol.
Well, we will be bring more lessons soon after be get over Christmas…lol.
L-Jay,
The calendar arrived, thank you very much!
Kari