{"id":277,"date":"2010-04-02T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=277"},"modified":"2010-04-02T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T13:33:15","slug":"april-fools-day-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/april-fools-day-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool’s Day in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aprilsnarr.\u00a0 <\/strong>I’m a day behind on this post, but that’s only because nobody played a joke on me or anyone else in my vicinity.\u00a0 What a kjedelig<\/strong> (boring) life I lead, ikke sant<\/strong>?\u00a0 Although the big day was yesterday, I think it’s such a strange <ikke helligdag<\/strong> — not holiday> but merkbar dag<\/strong> (notable day), that it\u00a0would be\u00a0latterlig<\/strong> (foolish) of me\u00a0not to address it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norwegians, like most of the western world\u00a0mark the 1st of April (stay tuned for the next post where I focus on ordinal numbers like ”first”).\u00a0 To be honest, I kind of always thought April Fool’s Day was another helligdag<\/strong> like Halloween and Valentine’s Day that the U.S. derived, albeit from history, but ran with it and created something\u00a0almost totally unrelated to\u00a0the original feiring<\/strong> (celebration).\u00a0 Opprinnelsen<\/strong> (the origin) of 1. april\u00a0is omdiskutert<\/strong> (controversial), although it seems likely that it has something to do with the changing of seasons.\u00a0 Like so many historical events whose opprinselser<\/strong> are uncertain,\u00a0I tend to take all known possibilities into consideration and form a well-rounded explanation.\u00a0 For 1. april, my thought is that first of all, the basis of most helligdager<\/strong> has something to do with v\u00e6r<\/strong> (weather) or the change of seasons because before there was teknologi to explain otherwise unexplainable events, people relied on signs from the gods, namely v\u00e6r<\/strong>.\u00a0 So, back to 1. april, I think that since so many western cultures endure a harsh winter, it’s fitting to welcome the transition into spring with a light-hearted day full of sp\u00f8ker<\/strong> (jokes).<\/p>\n

You may be wondering what\u00a0distinguishes Aprilsp\u00f8k<\/strong> og Aprilsnarr<\/strong> in Norway from elsewhere?\u00a0 Nothing really.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fra Store norske leksikon<\/a> <\/strong>Big Norwegian encyclopedia):\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “I<\/span>f\u00f8lge gammel skikk har man 1. april lov til \u00e5 fors\u00f8ke \u00e5 narre andre, f.eks. ved \u00e5 innbille dem noe,\u00a0 narre\u00a0april. Den som lar seg narre, kalles aprilsnarr. Skikken er kjent over hele Europa og er visstnok en levning av en s\u00f8r-europeisk folkelig v\u00e5rfest. Brukes ogs\u00e5 1. mai, og den som da blir narret, kalles mai-g\u00e5s.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Follwing an old custom, on April 1st, one can try to fool another, for example lead them to believe something.\u00a0 The one that gets fooled is called aprilsnarr<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The customer is known all over Europe and is most likely a remnant of a southern-European spring celebration.\u00a0 It is also used on the 1st of May and the one that gets fooled is called May goose.<\/p>\n

Did anyone get someone really good this year?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aprilsnarr.\u00a0 I’m a day behind on this post, but that’s only because nobody played a joke on me or anyone else in my vicinity.\u00a0 What a kjedelig (boring) life I lead, ikke sant?\u00a0 Although the big day was yesterday, I think it’s such a strange <ikke helligdag — not holiday> but merkbar dag (notable day)…<\/p>\n

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