Bunad

Endangered Handicraft: Ingebjørg (85) Is The Only One Who Knows This Technique

In solitude: Ingebjørg Byrkjeland (85) is as unique as the folding technique. (Photo: NRK) Folding a Hardanger Bunad headscarf is an endangered craft, and Ingebjørg Byrkjeland (85) from Norheimsund, Western Norway, is the only one left in the world who… Read More ›

Season Premiere “Alt for Norge”

Season 6: Twelve excited participants are competing to meet their Norwegian family (Photo: TVNorge) Award winning “Alt for Norge” (English: Everything for Norway) is back with twelve adventurous Norwegian-Americans. In the sixth season, the reality program among other reconstructs the… Read More ›

World’s Tiniest Bunads?

Twin baby girls Vera and Live might be the world’s youngest Bunad owners.(Screen shot: NRK.no) Twin baby girls Vera and Live might be the world’s youngest Bunad owners. When 21-year-old knitting enthusiast Astrid Hågensen Kleven found out that her friend… Read More ›