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The Norway Chronicles

Stories about Norwegian culture, food, and history, with an emphasis on the more current era.

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Brunost, aka Geitost, aka Gjetost, aka Raudost. And those are just the Norwegian misnomers.

Nov 16, 2022

Introducing the Russ and their year-long high-school graduation celebration. Also: Our first “letter to the editor!”

May 16, 2022

Packed lunch taken to the extreme.

May 3, 2022

Fish balls and white sauce, and the concept of husmannskost.

Apr 5, 2022

And also potatoes in a can.

Mar 29, 2022

The Law of Jante is more of a guideline, but it’s deep-rooted.

Mar 22, 2022

And we’re talking both the baked goods and the idiosyncrasy of language.

Mar 9, 2022

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