Archive for June, 2010
Norwegian language is logical Posted by kari on Jun 10, 2010
It is my personal belief that the Norwegian language is more logical than English-it just makes more sense to me. I’ve said before that I had a native Norwegian professor in college who said that the Norwegian language is barbaric, it’s simple. She is absolutely right. I would like to share a list of words…
Norwegian Genealogy Posted by kari on Jun 6, 2010
How many of you that follow this blog have Norwegian ancestors? Of those who answered yes, how many of you know their names or where in Norway they are from? If you do, that’s awesome and this means that someone has taken the time to do the research that you can benefit from it. If…
Stavanger Posted by kari on Jun 4, 2010
Do you remember which fylke Stavanger is in? Rogaland fylke. Stavanger, the 3rd largest city in Norway (ca. 120,000 inhabitants) is actually the administrative center of Rogaland fylke. Stavanger is well known for the location of theViking Age battle in Hafrsfjord in the late first millennium. The city is also known as the Petroleum Capital of Norway, due…