{"id":159,"date":"2009-10-31T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=159"},"modified":"2009-10-31T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:13:30","slug":"halloween-i-norge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/halloween-i-norge\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween i Norge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween in Norway.\u00a0 Do <strong>nordmenn <\/strong>celebrate Halloween?\u00a0 The answer is yes, but not to the extent that Americans do, and they do it slightly differently.\u00a0 It was not until very recently that the trend caught on in Norway to celebrate Halloween.\u00a0 Actually, there is an interesting chart in an article in Aftenposten online that shows the increase of coverage of Halloween in Norwegian newspapers.\u00a0 In 1997 there were 15 comments or discussions about Halloween and in 2008 there were 433.\u00a0 It was only a matter of time before the spooky day became popular.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year the most popular <strong>kostymer <\/strong>(costumes) are <strong>edderkoppdrakt <\/strong>(spider wear) and <strong>djeveldrakt<\/strong> (devil wear).\u00a0 There are definitely <strong>barn <\/strong>(children) who dress as non-scary things, such as <strong>prinsesser <\/strong>or other Disney <strong>karakterer.\u00a0 <\/strong>The following site provides a guide to <strong>kostymeutleie <\/strong>(costume rental) places in Oslo: <a href=\"http:\/\/oslopuls.aftenposten.no\/shopping\/article88457.ece\">http:\/\/oslopuls.aftenposten.no\/shopping\/article88457.ece<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So what do <strong>barn <\/strong>say when they ring a doorbell in hopes of <strong>godteri <\/strong>(candy)?\u00a0 They don&#8217;t say &#8220;trick or treat,&#8221; they say &#8220;<strong>knask eller knep?&#8221;\u00a0 <\/strong>I have never experienced Hallowen in Norway, but apparently it is not uncommon for <strong>barn <\/strong>to actually play a\u00a0<strong>knep<\/strong> or even vandalize something if they don&#8217;t get a <strong>knask. <\/strong>In the U.S., &#8220;trick or treat&#8221; is just what you say when you ring a doorbell and someone answers.\u00a0 Most people will simply smile and give you a treat.\u00a0 I actually don&#8217;t remember ever not getting candy or being asked to do a trick.\u00a0 The only thing I ever got mad about was getting an <strong>eple <\/strong>(apple) or something else healthy for a treat. Halloween is all about sugar!<\/p>\n<p>So if you are going out for Halloween in Oslo tonight, it sounds like there are plenty of <strong>fester <\/strong>(parties) and <strong>feiringer <\/strong>(celebrations).\u00a0 There is even an event up at the lake that I lived by in Oslo-<strong>Sognsvann.\u00a0 <\/strong>There is a huge <strong>b\u00e5l <\/strong>(bonfire) up by the lake where you can roast <strong>p\u00f8lser <\/strong>after you walk through the dark forest to get there.\u00a0 You can take a trip to the <strong>Historisk Museum <\/strong>to decorate a skull.\u00a0 You can go to <strong>Akershusfestning <\/strong>and hunt for ghosts or listen to live <strong>musikk <\/strong>inspired by spooky things.\u00a0 There is plenty to choose from in Oslo to <strong>feire<\/strong> Halloween tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween in Norway.\u00a0 Do nordmenn celebrate Halloween?\u00a0 The answer is yes, but not to the extent that Americans do, and they do it slightly differently.\u00a0 It was not until very recently that the trend caught on in Norway to celebrate Halloween.\u00a0 Actually, there is an interesting chart in an article in Aftenposten online that shows&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/halloween-i-norge\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-holidays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}