Norwegian Culture
This section is devoted to Norwegian culture. Here you will
find articles on a variety of topics. The list of articles below is
divided into topics. Article names in blue are complete: click on the
name of the article to open that page. Article names in black are not
complete yet, but should be soon, so check back often!
General Facts about Norway
Facts about Norway
Famous Norwegians and
Norwegian-Americans
Hardanger
fiddle article
Holidays
Syttende Mai (May 17th)
Midsummer's Eve (June 23rd)
Leif Erikson Day (US Holiday -
October 9th)
St. Lucia's Day (December 13th)
Lille Juleaften (Little
Christmas Eve - December 23rd)
Christmas Eve (December 24th)
Christmas (December 25th)
13th
day of Christmas (January 6th)
Food and Cuisine
It has been said that the easiest way to learn about a
culture is to sample its food. In this spirit, we offer the following
pages to help you learn more about what Norwegian cuisine has to offer:
Lodge Member Recipes
Clothing
Bunad
Norwegian
Sweaters
Thor's Hammer Amulets
Links
Language and Culture
One of the most fascinating ways to learn about a culture is
by learning the language. Norwegian is spoken by 4 to 5 million people
worldwide. There are several dialects of Norwegian, but only two
official dialects as sanctioned by law: Bokmål ("book Norwegian") and
Nynorsk ("new Norwegian"). Although Norwegians are educated in both
official languages, about 85% of Norwegians and 92% of the publications
in Norway use Bokmål.
Below are some links about the Norwegian language:
- Klar Tale has a weekly, on-line Norwegian newspapper written in simpler language for beginners. Check it out here!
- Klar Tale's weekly news, read slowly for beginners, can be downloaded here!
- A comprehensive list of resources is available at this page (thanks Erin!)
- Norwegian in 5 minutes a month (Sons of Norway Language Tutorial)
-
Norwegian
for Beginners - You must have a program that can read Adobe PDF files to
access this file.
If you don't have one click on one of the following links to download a reader:
