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Easter and crime? What a combo. Posted by kari on Apr 5, 2009
The sale of crime novels in Norway increases 500% in the week leading up to Easter. Norwegians simply love to read crime novels around Eastertime. When I first heard this, my first question was why Easter? Halloween seemed like the most reasonable holiday to be accompanied by a crime theme if I were to choose…
Thor Steinar Posted by kari on Apr 3, 2009
I do not know who the Thor Steinar is that is behind the clothing line ‘Thor Steinar,’ but wouldn’t want to be him. Thor Steinar is a German clothing brand which is represented by logos that have caused much controversy. They appeared strikingly similar to the swastika until the company changed their logos. Many more people would…
Skandinavians – the skiing pioneers Posted by kari on Mar 31, 2009
Seriously, what an awesome thing to be the first at. The earliest carvings of skiing date back to 5000 B.C. in the region of Rødøy, Norway where there was an image of a skiier with a pole. The earliest ski was found in Sweden and dates back to roughly the same time period. I’m not…
Religion-tror du? Posted by kari on Mar 23, 2009
Religion-do you believe? Tror dere på Gud? Do you (pl) believe in God? Any god? One of the headlines on ‘aftenposten.no’ today is “Absurd å tenke at det finnes noe mer” – Absurd to think that there is something else (finnes literally translates to ‘is found). The following excerpt comes from the article (which you…
Spring fever Posted by kari on Mar 22, 2009
Vårfeber er her! Spring fever is here! At least for me. This weekend has been gorgeous. Det regnet hele dagen på fredag. It rained the whole day on Friday, so it’s been really nice to see sola denne helgen (the sun this weekend)! Nå blåser det mye (now it’s blowing a lot/it’s very windy), men…
norske adjektiver Posted by kari on Mar 17, 2009
You were probably wondering when I would get into adjectives. Today is your lucky day! Don’t worry-they really aren’t that painful. I’ve said before that pronunciation is the most difficult part of learning the Norwegian language and the grammar is the easy part. Adjectives are no exception to this rule. As long as you follow…
Hvordan er været? Posted by kari on Mar 15, 2009
Hvordan er været, hvordan er været, hvordan er været i dag? Hvordan er været, hvordan er været, hvordan er været i dag? Ja det regner ute, regner ute, ja det regner i dag. This is a song that I taught to little kids at the Norwegian pre-school I used to work at. It is a very simple…