A Norwegian Christmas is filled with many celebrations and traditions, old and new. As the snow falls, the white landscape is the first sign of Christmas and Norway starts to prepare for their long season of juletid.
November
As the snow comes, Norway enters the Christmas season early with a series of Christmas parties. Work, clubs, schools [...]
Dance Day (or Dansens Dag in Norwegian) is celebrated all over Norway. Every year Norway joins with the rest of the world to promote dance on International Dance Day, 29th April. However, Norwegians love dancing so much that the closest weekend is also included and so we get to have a whole week of dancing [...]
Before Christmas our friends get together and have a decoration party. We pool together all our crafty-stuff, paper, toilet rolls, egg cartons, pictures, pine cones, and lots of glue and glitter. We play Christmas music as we make cards and tree decorations. This year we also made a Thankful Tree – a bare branch filled [...]
Norwegians love to social dance. I am often amazed at how many dance places there are in big cities, country towns and even coastal villages. Norway has its own traditional dance that involves a short man in a suit kicking a hat out of a maiden’s hand who is standing above him on a chair [...]
Sometimes it pays to have the right name. When the exclusive French fashion label Hermes opened their first store in Oslo last week, they made sure to arrange a spectacular opening party. Exclusive invites were sent out to numerous Norwegian celebrities and VIP’s, including investor and multi-billionaire Svein Støle.
However, there was a mix-up with addresses [...]
My Little Norway
2010 Calendar
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.
This is our view to the west. After work the shore becomes alive with activity. Tromsøværing (the Tromsø folk) make the most of the afternoon sun with fishing, jogging and rollerskiing.
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The bunad is a traditional Norwegian costume worn by both men and women. It can either come from established rural traditions or have a more modern design inspired by historical patterns and cuts.
Pølse is THE fast food of Norway. When the grilled pølse was first introduced to Norway in the 50s it was eaten naked – without bread.
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
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.
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