Archive for 'Culture'
Lutefisk Season is upon us Posted by kari on Oct 23, 2011
Whether you like it or not, it is Lutefisk season for Norwegians and Norwegian Americas alike! I must be honest, I have never ordered lutefisk at a restaurant and I have never chosen to eat it. The St. Olaf (my alma mater) cafeteria serves it every year in early December during the St. Olaf…
Norwegian Suppe-Norwegian soup the answer to fall Posted by kari on Oct 19, 2011
I returned back home to Minnesota a couple of nights ago from Georgia and Tennessee to discover that høst (fall) is in full swing. Temps were in the 70s and 80s about 10 days ago and the highs the last few days was in the 40s-a classic MN massive drop in temperature. I´ve been trying…
Akevitt-the Norwegian flavored spirt otherwise known as “Water of Life” Posted by kari on Oct 15, 2011
Akevitt (Norwegian spelling), akvavit and aquavit-however you prefer to spell it, is a delicious flavored (many are probably mumbling “speak for yourself” right now…) spirit home to Scandinavia-Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in particular. Brandy is known by the French as “eau de vie” (Water of Life). Of course I will be focusing on Norwegian Akevitt!…
The Norwegian King and Queen Visit the Midwest, New York Posted by kari on Oct 11, 2011
Kong Harold and Dronning Sonja arrive in the United States today to embark on a 12 day journey that will take them to the great midwest (read: I was born and raised and currently reside in Northfield, MN-one destination for the royal couple) and none other than the Big Apple for a ball! Other members…
Tromsø now has a Porsche dealer! Posted by kari on Oct 8, 2011
What? Tromsø just became home to the world´s northernmost Porsche bilforretning (car dealership)? Now that is pretty cool. Who would ever think that the German bilforretning (to be sure, the founder was Austrian…) would come to northern Norway, one of the geographically most isolated parts of the world? My initial reactions as far as what…
Strange and interesting facts about Norway Posted by kari on Sep 30, 2011
Working for a company headquartered in a foreign country really makes cultural differences apparent. My colleagues and I often feel like anthropologists studying the potential reasons and implications for these cultural differences. Since I have spent more time in Norway than I have in the Netherlands, I have become very used to the differences between…
Typical travel related questions in Norwegian Posted by kari on Sep 30, 2011
My job has given me the opportunity to do quite a bit of traveling. Every month I travel somewhere for at least a few days, sometimes 2 weeks. Although my colleagues and I usually have some sort of connection with someone who either lives or has lived in the cities we visit, we still find…