funerals.\u00a0 I know that this is a depressing topic, but I have spent the last week mourning the death of a very close friend and thus got to thinking it is a topic worth learning about in terms of language and traditions for people learning a new language.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Begravelser <\/strong>in Scandinavian history were similar to many cultures throughout history in that they buried their dead with objects and sometimes sacrifices to prepare them for afterlife.\u00a0 Nordmenn <\/strong>often cremated their dead in ship burials (which supposedly reached a temperature of 1400 degrees celsius, much hotter than crematories burn bodies today).\u00a0 Especially in hard times (famine, disease, war), people would fear death and the repercussions of improper burial and preparation of the deceased for afterlife.\u00a0 It was extremely important to bury the dead with objects and other sacrifices that made sense according to their social status so the deceased would remain in the same social class in the afterlife.\u00a0 I find it quite interesting to learn about how people throughout history viewed death and responded to it.<\/p>\n Begravelser<\/strong> in Norway are very similar to\u00a0begravelser<\/strong> in the United States, as I understand.\u00a0 I have only attended one\u00a0begravelse<\/strong> in Norway (for an elderly relative), but through talking with another relative I got the impression that they are fairly similar to\u00a0begravelser<\/strong> here in the United States.\u00a0 Of course the type of\u00a0begravelse<\/strong> for the deceased depends largely on religious beliefs of the deceased and close family members.\u00a0\u00a0Therefore the\u00a0arrival of immigrants to Norway has meant an increase in cultural differences regarding funerals.\u00a0 However, the vast majority of begravelser <\/strong>take place in en kristen kirke <\/strong>(a Christian church), followed by the actual burial (same word-begravelse<\/strong>) in a graveyard (en kirkeg\u00e5rd<\/strong>), where the deceased (en avd\u00f8de<\/strong>) is buried (begravet) <\/strong>with a gravestone (gravstein).\u00a0 <\/strong>Typically a pastor or priest (minister <\/strong>or prest) <\/strong>speaks at the begravelse <\/strong>and the congregation (forsamling <\/strong>or menighet) <\/strong>sings (synger).\u00a0 <\/strong>There is also usually a soloist (solist<\/strong>) who sings and someone (perhaps the minister or priest) who shares Scripture (gudsord-<\/strong>literally “Gods word).\u00a0 Following the service (gudstjeneste) <\/strong>there is often coffee (kaffe) <\/strong>or a meal (m\u00e5ltid) <\/strong>served to close friends and family.\u00a0<\/p>\n The following are more words and phrases involving death and what kinds of things we think about and say during a time of mourning:<\/p>\n en d\u00f8d <\/strong>or et d\u00f8dsfall <\/strong>is a death<\/p>\n en d\u00f8dsulykke <\/strong>is a fatal accident (which is what happened in the case of my best friend)<\/p>\n d\u00f8ende <\/strong>means dying<\/p>\n d\u00f8sleie <\/strong>means deathbed (\u00e5 ligge p\u00e5 d\u00f8dsleiet<\/strong>\u00a0is to lie at death’s door)<\/p>\n d\u00f8delig <\/strong>means fatal or deadly<\/p>\n d\u00f8dsstraff <\/strong>means death penalty (refer to previous post for information on this)<\/p>\n et minne <\/strong>is a memory<\/p>\n en historie<\/strong> is a story<\/p>\n \u00e5 gr\u00e5te<\/strong> is to cry<\/p>\n sjokk <\/strong>is shock (sjokkerende<\/strong> is shocking)<\/p>\n s\u00f8rg <\/strong>is sorrow (\u00e5 s\u00f8rge<\/strong> is to grieve or mourn)<\/p>\n sympati <\/strong>is sympathy (\u00e5 sympatisere<\/strong> means to sympathize)<\/p>\n d\u00e5rlig nyheter <\/strong>means bad news<\/p>\n med vennlig hilsen <\/strong>means yours sincerely<\/p>\n trist<\/strong> means sad<\/p>\n \u00e5 brenne <\/strong>or \u00e5 kremere<\/strong> means to cremate<\/p>\n Again, my apoligies for such a depressing topic, but good stuff to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" funerals.\u00a0 I know that this is a depressing topic, but I have spent the last week mourning the death of a very close friend and thus got to thinking it is a topic worth learning about in terms of language and traditions for people learning a new language.\u00a0 Begravelser in Scandinavian history were similar to…<\/p>\n