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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…
Norwegian counties Posted by kari on May 27, 2010
Similar to the 50 states of the United States, Norway as et land (a country) is divided into 19 fylker (counties), or politiske administrative regioner (take a guess-political administrative regions), which are further subdivided into a total of 431 kommuner (municipalities). Prior to 1919 when these regioner were renamed fylker, they were called (singular) amt, ting, len, and syssel, all names…
How’s the weather in Norway today? Posted by kari on May 23, 2010
Hvordan er været i Norge i dag? I, like most people, always want to know the weather forecast for the coming days so that I can plan for outdoor activities. I’m also rather curious about hvordan været er in other cities. Sometimes I’ll go to weather.com and type in cities where friends and family live…
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)…
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)…
Riksantikvar Jørn Holme har fredet 40 norske veier Posted by kari on Feb 10, 2010
Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Jørn Holme, has preserved 40 Norwegian roads. This was a headline in the Aftenposten online newspaper yesterday. I was initially intrigued by the title of the article because when I think of the word ‘fred,’ I think of ‘peace’ because in today’s world, it seems as though the latter is a word…
På biblioteket Posted by kari on Jan 16, 2010
At the library. At some point in your life, you probably spent a significant amount of time på biblioteket. Maybe på grunnskole (grade school), videregåendeskole (high school), universitetet (college), på jobb (at work), eller i fritida (or in freetime). I always thought it was fun å dra til biblioteket (to go to the library) when…