{"id":177,"date":"2009-12-18T10:28:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=177"},"modified":"2009-12-18T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:28:16","slug":"norske-juletr%c3%a6r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norske-juletr%c3%a6r\/","title":{"rendered":"norske juletr\u00e6r"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norwegian Christmas trees.\u00a0 I read an interesting story on the Norway Post website about norske juletr\u00e6r.\u00a0 <\/strong>Every year Norway exports Christmas trees to other countries in Europe, such as Germany, Britain, Switzerland, and Austria.\u00a0 Just three years ago, Norway was exporting 2,400 juletr\u00e6r <\/strong>to Europe, but over the past several years the number has grown significantly.\u00a0 Around 140,000 norske juletr\u00e6r <\/strong>are expected to be transported this year.\u00a0 Austria is the\u00a0top importer this year.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian Agriculture Ministry has\u00a0proclaimed that Norway will be the leading seller of\u00a0juletr\u00e6r <\/strong>on the European market.\u00a0 Lars Peder Brekk, Minister of Agriculture and Food, explains that Norwegian juletre <\/strong>production is already even more valuable than Norwegian fruit production.\u00a0 The juletre <\/strong>industry is very profitable and is a great opportunity for Norwegian agriculture and rural Norway.\u00a0 Norsk Pyntegr\u00f8nt<\/strong>, the industry organization, predicts a 50% planting increase annually.\u00a0 They also predict that Norway could sell 2 or 3 million more trees than are sold currently.<\/p>\n

There are many alleged origins of the juletre, <\/strong>but in Germany and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, families would put an evergreen tree up inside their homes or right outside of ther doors to show their hope for the coming spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Juletr\u00e6r <\/strong>are evergreen coniferous trees and come in many varities, such as Silver Fir, Scots Pine, Norway Spruce, Swiss Pine, Nordmenn Fir, Guatamalan Fir, Noble Fir, etc.\u00a0 While you might think the Norway Spruce grows exclusively in Norway, it is found from Norway and all over Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norwegians pynter <\/strong>(decorate) the juletre <\/strong>with ornaments just as many other countries do.\u00a0 Many people go in their backyard and cut one down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Har du et juletre enn\u00e5?\u00a0 <\/strong>Do you have a Christmas tree yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norwegian Christmas trees.\u00a0 I read an interesting story on the Norway Post website about norske juletr\u00e6r.\u00a0 Every year Norway exports Christmas trees to other countries in Europe, such as Germany, Britain, Switzerland, and Austria.\u00a0 Just three years ago, Norway was exporting 2,400 juletr\u00e6r to Europe, but over the past several years the number has grown…<\/p>\n

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