Archive for February, 2013
Norway at the Oscars Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 28, 2013
Did you watch the Oscars last Sunday? This year, many nordmenn were following the American movie award show with a lot of spenning (excitement). Hvorfor? (Why?) Perhaps you noticed that a Norwegian film had been nominated in the category ”Best Foreign Language Film”… In Kon-Tiki the regissører (directors) Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg recreate the…
Is Norwegian the new Chinese? Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 20, 2013
”I don’t understand a word Norwegian, but I love listening to Norwegians speaking it! It’s so melodic, it sounds like they’re singing!” Sometimes people say things like that. And in a way, they’re right. Did you know Norwegian and Chinese had something in common? Almost any basic intro to Chinese will mention the word ma. Depending…
Happy Sami Day Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 6, 2013
Gratulerer med dagen! (Congratulations [with the day]!) Today is samefolkets dag – the day of the Sami people. Did you know Norway had an indigenous minority? ”We feel like Native Americans,” two Sami girls told a Norwegian reporter. Like many Native Americans, samene (the Sami) are fully integrated in the mainstream society. They go i barnehage (to kindergarten), på skole (to school) and work…