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Stone Age Artifacts Found in Viking Graves
Flint Dagger discovered in a Viking grave in Rogaland, Western Norway. (Photo: Terje Tveit, Museum of Archeology, University of Stavanger) Analyses of ten Viking Age graves in Rogaland, Western Norway, have surprised the archaeologists: Inside the graves there were found… Read More ›
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Norway’s Most Popular Campgrounds
Lofoten Caravan Camping in Northern Norway is one of about 1050 campgrounds you can vote for. (Photo: lofoten.com) According to Camping Norway there are about 1050 campgrounds in Norway, and to spend holidays in camper vans, caravans or tents together… Read More ›
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Love Knows no Boundaries: Bridal Images from the Vasstinden Mountain
(Photo: Stan Serdjukov / Fotograftromso.no) It is obvious that Marit Therese Rognmo and Erik Gjømle love each other. Who else would walk and climb to the top of the Vasstinden mountain in Northern Norway, 3000 feet (900 meters) above sea… Read More ›
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Big Fish Eats Small Fish – A Fishing Story
The proof: Summer has arrived! (Photo: Thor Lanesskog, ThorNews) I am so fortunate that I only live a few hundred meters from the Norwegian Sea, and this particular day I bring my fishing rod, a couple of saltwater lures, a… Read More ›
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Grave Findings Could Solve a Viking Age Mystery
The Osberg funeral ceremony taking place in Vestfold in the year 834 AD. (Illustration: kulturarv.no) In the autumn of 834 AD, two elderly women were buried together in the magnificent Oseberg ship discovered in 1903 nearby Tønsberg in Vestfold, Southeast… Read More ›
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Who Was the Owner of this Viking Silver Treasure?
This beautiful crucifix was one of many hundreds of Viking Age silver objects found in Trondheim in 1950. (Photo: Photo: Åge Hojem, NTNU University Museum) In 1950, in connection with an expansion of the post office in the city center… Read More ›
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Braided Maids From the Far North
The two sisters from Mathisdalen in Finnmark, Northern Norway, spend from ten minutes to an hour to create a new braided hairstyle, and they never run out of ideas. (Photo: Aurora Braids) It started with a braided hairstyle picture on… Read More ›
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A Viking Woman’s Last Journey
This buried boat with a woman dating back to the early 800s documents the Viking women’s independence. (Photo: Møre and Romsdal County, Culture Department) In 1910, there were conducted archaeological excavations of several burial mounds at Røttingsnes in Tingvoll, Western… Read More ›
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Exhibition: “Painting the Night Unreal.” Motorpsycho Concert Posters 1991 – 2016
If you are a fan of the Norwegian progressive rock band Motorpsycho and their brilliant interpretations of various musical genres, this is an opportunity you should not miss: Many of the band’s concert posters are displayed at the exhibition “Painting… Read More ›
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An Information Sign from the Stone Age
This “information sign” may have been carved out at the waterfront to share important information with other Stone Age hunters. (Photo / Model: Erik Kjellman, Tromsø Museum – The Arctic University Museum) In August 2015, there was discovered a… Read More ›
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