I am an immigrant. I’ve been an immigrant to several countries and for the last 30 years (as of today, actually) I’ve been an immigrant to Norway. I came to Norway to work for a few months because I was broke after having lived in California for some time, and my own country–Denmark–could offer me …
This blog was originally made by Reefchic because she thought I should have a place outside Fanfiction.net for my fanfiction. I’m so grateful to her but my blog has developed into a blog about Vikings and Scandinavia – two things I LOVE to talk about – more than fanfiction. I haven’t even moved all of …
When I was a kid in Denmark my grandfather told me this joke (he told it to me around 100 times since this was his favorite joke): A Swede asked a taxi driver to find him a place that was ‘rolig’. The taxi driver took him to the nearest cemetery. Now, this joke may not …
As those of you who`ve followed this blog for a while knows, I`m fairly *cough* interested in the Viking age and everything Viking. I was therefor thrilled when I learned about a race that takes place in Oslo in August. Imagine that – we can all be Vikings for a day (well, those of us …
This week or next week most Scandinavian kids have their winter vacation. For a lot of Norwegians that means going to the cabin (check out my post about the Norwegian cabin). And this is where I am now – our cabin. Because it`s so incredibly beautiful up here now (and because I`ve already spammed people …
This is what I love about living in Norway: This morning I was walking to work and passed a woman in the street. She looked familiar and I was deep in my own thoughts so I just said “hi”. She said “hi” back and gave me a smile. That was when I realized that I`d …
So many talented fanfiction writers have evolved and taken the big step into the literary world. I`m happy to say that several of my friends and acquaintances are now published writers and I`m very proud of them. List of Southern Vampire Mysteries fanfiction writers who have published books But there`s one friend who is very …
The Ylvis brothers (yes, the ones making us all wonder what the fox says) just uploaded another video, this time about the Norwegian phenomenon called “hytte”. It made me realize that I had to write about the craziness that Norwegians surround themselves with when it comes to their life in the cabins. Sweden and Denmark …
Three weeks ago I came home from a wonderful month traveling nine Southern states in the US. We got to enjoy so many places, listen to a lot of great music, eat amazing food and – last, but certainly not least – meet a lot of wonderful people. What I really enjoyed was how friendly …
I`ve been asked a lot about how our Summer nights are. We live too far to the south in Norway to actually have the sun up at midnight but that doesn`t mean it gets dark. Now that it`s just a little over a week until Midsummer, our nights are pretty light. My husband made a …