Archive for the year 2010
April Fool’s Day in Norway Posted by kari on Apr 2, 2010
Aprilsnarr. I’m a day behind on this post, but that’s only because nobody played a joke on me or anyone else in my vicinity. What a kjedelig (boring) life I lead, ikke sant? Although the big day was yesterday, I think it’s such a strange <ikke helligdag — not holiday> but merkbar dag (notable day)…
Norwegian numbers 1-100 Posted by kari on Mar 25, 2010
Here is a table to assist you with Norwegian numbers 1-100: Number in English Translated to norsk Transliterated version 0 Null Nool 1 En Ehn 2 To Too 3 Tre Tray 4 Fire Fee-reh 5 Fem Fem 6 Seks Sex 7 Sju Shoe 8 Åtte Oat-eh 9 Ni Nee 10 Ti Tee 11 Elleve Elv-eh…
Norwegian chocolate and African child slavery Posted by kari on Mar 24, 2010
I’ve seen artikkler (articles) about barn (children) and vest-afrikanske kakaogårder (West-African cocoa farms) in norske aviser (Norwegian newspapers) lately. I think I wrote a post a while back about norsk sjokolade (Norwegian chocolate) and how delicious it is. When I was a student in Oslo, my friends and I went to Freia sjokoladefabrikken (the Freia Chocolate Factory)…
St. Patrick’s Day Posted by kari on Mar 18, 2010
According to the Norwegian Irish Society, there are about 620 Irish citizens living in Norway, but the Society claims that number is low because it doesn’t take into account the children of Irish parents that have recently been born. I didn’t even know there was a Norwegian Irish Society. For those of you who have heard…
Phillip Morris Sues Norway Posted by kari on Mar 16, 2010
Røyker du? Do you smoke? Get a load of this. And just to forwarn you, if you are a smoker, I mean in no way to offend you. I smoke occasionally myself. Just informing you and commenting as objectively as I can on an issue. On January 1, the Norwegian government banned the display of…
Norwegians Know Good Bread Posted by kari on Mar 14, 2010
brød med pålegg (bread w- toppings) Believe me. If you go into any matbutikk (grocery store), much less bakeri (bakery) in Norway, you will be able to find dozens of kinds of brød (bread). I personally go for the tykk grovbrød (thick whole wheat bread) med nøtter og kjerner (with nuts and seeds)…
Oljefondet-Norway’s Government Pension Fund Posted by kari on Mar 10, 2010
Oljefondet is Europe’s largest pension fund and the world’s fourth largest. It is a giant, we’re talking over 2.6 trillion dollars and that figure was taken as of year-end 2009, which, if you haven’t forgotten, was in the middle of a huge financial crisis that we are still recovering from! So what exactly, you might…