Which Scandinavian winners of the Eurovision Song Contest do you remember? Bobbysocks? Olsen Brothers? Surely, you remember ABBA? Denmark and Norway have chosen the winners of this year’s national Eurovision song contests and Sweden will pick theirs next Saturday. I figured I would celebrate this by looking back at all the Scandinavian winners of the …
Did you ever wonder what the fox say? I mean, we all know what dogs and cats and cows say (even if there seems to be some national differences) but what does a fox say? This is the question Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis are asking us all in this funny video: I know they have …
Several people have asked me about what I think of the new series The Vikings (History channel). I`ve only seen two episodes but I will tell you my opinion if you`ll me yours 😉 First what I like about the series: The shieldmaiden. I truly loved her and I loved how we were told …
I can`t wait until the third of March. Why? Because of this trailer for the series about Vikings on History Channel: Vikings are coming – the trailer It`s very short and it only shows Vikings running around with axes and swords – the Viking myth, if you like – but there was one …
I was going to make a post about Viking movies – the good, the bad and the ugly (most of them are in the latter category, unfortunately) – when I came over this amazing run-through of every Viking movie ever made. Check out the list and read all the comments. They were very thorough! Here …
I really shouldn`t be doing a count-down of the best Scandianvian actors because I`m bound to forget someone important or I may include someone who made a bummer movie I haven`t seen. But then I really want to show off all the handsome talented actors we have here in Scandinavia – so here goes: 1, …
Public transportation is very important here in Scandinavia. A lot of Scandinavians take the bus, tram, subway, train or boat to work every day. Watching this Danish commercial makes one look forward to taking the bus tomorrow morning :-).
Yes, yes, I`m married and not looking for anything on the side but you watch this and tell me that the Viking throwing axes here isn`t making your heart beat an extra beat: Now you`re probably wondering what this silliness is – why are all these Americans going to Norway? This is a Norwegian feel-good …
I love Vikings and I love milk chocolate. No wonder this is my favorite commercial 😀 This one is cute too even if there are no Vikings in it.
If you could see me you would see me jumping up and down. From the Alexander Skarsgård Library Forum I picked up this tidbit: http://www.alexanderskarsgardlibrary.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1833&p=78793#p78793 The network has ordered a full season of the medieval-set drama “Vikings” from “The Tudors” and “Elizabeth” writer Michael Hirst, to debut in summer 2013. History has ordered its first scripted …