Old Norse had a great impact on the English language during the Viking Age. However, even in modern day speech, with the introduction of new words, I find many parallels to English and Norwegian. In Australia (at least) we have a word ‘more-some’. I don’t know how it started – it could have been inspired [...]
Many English words actually come from old Norse language – brought by Vikings to England in medieval times. Here are some words you have probably uttered without realising you are speaking Norwegian!
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.
Picture from FacebookCurling is one of the more obscure events in the Winter Olympics, but is still one of the many events where Norwegians seem to excel.
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Even in the peak of summer our mountains have touches of snow.
Norwegians are starting to get adventurous with cooking on the barbie.
The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line.