Tradition - My little world

A Nisse is a mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore, called Tomte in Sweden and Tonttu in Finland – originally believed to take care of a farmer’s home and children and protect them from misfortune, in particular at night, when the house folk were asleep: type Fjøsnisse (Fjøs = barn). Nisse is a nickname for Nils, […]

Winter Solstice and Santa Lucia at Yule

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| Culture, Habits, History, Tradition, Winter

The return of the sun this Winter Solstice day is a calendar milestone with an important impact on top of the northern hemisphere. The day has been celebrated for over ten thousand years throughout the world. Interpretations of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most have held recognition of rebirth, involving holidays […]

Smalahove at the best and oldest Engebret cafe in Oslo

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| Culture, Food, Habits, Tradition

Engebret café is the oldest in Oslo dating from 1857 and with former patrons like Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg, and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson from Norway. It sits directly north of Akershus Castle Fortress in two buildings that have been joined together to form this establishment. Located beside the old Christiania Theatre it was therefore a popular […]

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded China dissident Liu Xiaobo

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| Habits, History, Tradition

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2010 Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. From the committee’s announcement it’s written:”Over the past decades, China has achieved economic advances to which history can hardly show any equal and this status must entail increased responsibility. China is […]

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to marry Daniel Westling

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| Culture, History, Tradition

The historical, cultural and Royal event when Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden will marry Daniel Westling in Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan), is of course to be mentioned since my blog is about Norway and the Nordic countries. I mean after all; Norway is Sweden’s closest neighbour and friend and so are our Royal families too. A […]

Category: Tradition

Not Santa or Tomte but Yule and Fjompe Nisse in Norway

Winter Solstice and Santa Lucia at Yule

Smalahove at the best and oldest Engebret cafe in Oslo

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded China dissident Liu Xiaobo

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to marry Daniel Westling