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Rønningen Ramblings with Heidi Håvan Grosch Heidi was a long-time Minnesotan until she married her favorite Norwegian, Morten, and moved to his home country of Norway. As a recent immigrant she is experiencing Norway...
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Christmas ornaments to make and share
Barneblad: A monthly feature to share with kids and grandkids Brought to you by Heidi Håvan Grosch There are many traditional things to make at Christmas. Many families make flatbread and lefse. Others bake...
Marzipan pigs, a Christmas tradition
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway Playing with marzipan is like playing with play dough… except you can eat it! In Norway it is used to cover cakes, often cakes filled with cream. Yum! It...
Norway: one country, many languages
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway World Children’s Day, or Barnas Verdensdag, is celebrated every year in Norway. Many places host free celebrations for children and their families with music, art, stories, dance, and food...
Norwegian 101: Teaching English in Norwegian Schools
(Undervisning i engelsk i norske skoler) Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway In Norway (i Norge), children start learning English (begynner barna å lære engelsk) in 1st grade (i 1. klasse) at six years old....
Norwegian 101: Oil riser platform jacket delivered
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway North Trøndelag may not be (er kanskje ikke) the cosmopolitan heart of Norway, but out of it (ut av det) comes some amazing (noen fantastiske) and revolutionary (revolusjonerende) things....
Barneblad: The season of høst, autumn, or fall
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway In American English this time of year is called fall. In British English it is called autumn. In Norwegian it is called høst. This season was originally just called...
Norwegian 101: The accordion
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway Norwegian = trekkspill Danish = harmonika Finnish = harmonikka Swedish = dragspel I remember the first time (jeg husker den første gangen) I was really impressed (veldig imponert) by...
Barneblad: De gode, gamle barnesangene (Good old-fashioned children’s songs)
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway If you ask your parents or grandparents to sing you a song from when they were little, it might be a song you know too. Some songs are classics....
Norwegian 101: Hangers (Kleshengere)
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway It is normal (det er normalt), although some of us don’t do it all the time (ikke gjør det hele tiden), to hang up our clothes (å henge opp...
