:bye: Hey everyone. Welcome to "Nordmenn p? Abandonia" a meeting place for us norwegians to chat. I regrett to say that this idea wont work as god as I was hoping. (As we are not allowed to use any other language but english.)
I was hoping to revive an old idea that I first encountered on www.portent.net
They had a topic there called "Nordmenn p? portent" (Duh...)
portent passed away a couple of month ago and I was hoping to carry on the "tradition" by starting my own "Nordmenn" topic here on Abandonia.
Sadly we wont be allowed to chat in norwegian but i still hope this will draw your attention to this topic.

Norwegians, to me!
Everyone else is ofcourse welcome to join in the chat.
I`ll not have it said that I tried to leave anyone on the outside.

:ok:

Argith, I dont know if you know but a lot of topics have been shut down for speaking in other lingities. I have no problem, but this will probably be shut down within a day. :bye:

THis might end up problem, as we are not allowed to use any other language except English and sign language.... and Morse's code language... LOL

Err, I would like to point out to you that English is the only language permitted on this board. There has been different language threads in the past, and they've all been closed (Italian, Russian, Croatian, German come to my mind).

Edit: wow, so many diligent people already said that.

I was hoping they would have a norwegian in their staff to confirm it, but ok.
I,ll translate it and see what they think about it. :ok:

Yep. Here:

.-.-.-.---.-.-.-.-.-.-.--...-.-.-...-..-..-.-.-.--.-...-.-.-..-.-

Decode that!

No, im just joking its all gibberish

firstly, cut the spam.

On the language, Im going to leave that to the admins. All I do is sift through the posts for spam.

:kosta: There we go... Hope I will be allowed to keep the topic like this, though its lost part of the point. Just wanted to keep the "Nordmenn on..." topic up and going. :w00t:

Thats nice....but whats the use? You norwegians are just gonna blabble on and on about nothing? You need to have a concrete topic or theme to talk about. :angel:

sadly, non-english topics aren't allowed.

-edit-
I reopened this after the creator told me they wanted to speak in english within the topic, so, no norwegian, just norwegians!

HAH! A Norwegian Smurf to the rescue! :Brain:

Yeah, I am afraid that we are not allowed to write Norwegian in this forum (as we don't like to keep things hidden from the other members). However, we have a Translator Forum open to the different translations of the site, and you are allowed to speak your native language in that forum :ok:

Glad to see there are getting more Norwegians on the site. Notify me if you want to help out with translations :cheers:

:D Thats the beauty of it. You see... there is no specific topic. As on the portent webpage, they just made a topic and they started talking about everything and nothing. Just a page for pure babling.

Pretty much like the English Gentlemens Club, really. I have a question for you Norwegians: Is it true that you like to bury goat heads and let them rot, before eating them? I've heard a couple of horror stories. :)

:crazy: Alas... It,s true. I havent tasted it myself, but "smalahove" is known as a sick and twisted form of gourmet food here in norway. :sick:

I take it that it's not a common dish, from the fact that you've never tasted it. Is it that kind of food that is mostly eaten by old people in rural areas?

It seems that as you go north, the joy people take in rotten food increases. :D
I've heard that similar things are eaten in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

:crazy: Alas... It,s true. I havent tasted it myself, but "smalahove" is known as a sick and twisted form of gourmet food here in norway. :sick: [/b][/quote]
WEll, aren't Mayhem from Norway as well :ph34r:

Yack. I'm gonna barf! :sick: :sick: :sick:

:sick:

Strange people live in the north....

Heja Norge!

Hello all of you Norwegians!

I have a great-grandmother who lives in Orkney, that has to be close enough!

It's even on the same latitude!

So what's Norway really like?

norway is the spiritual home of death metal. :Titan: :Brain:

Wig Wam!!!!! :D
They're coming to Iceland ^^

And Airut! (although they're finnish)

Yeah, Norwegian metal is some of the best. Anybody know a song called Oppi Fjellet by Storm? It's excellent.

Oh, and Kaizers Orchestra rocks too, although it isn't excactly metal.

Smurferne i juleland!

That's easy for you to say!

I cant understand what it means quite, but my crude scandinavian languages say: smurfman in christmasland

That was the definite form: "The smurfs". Although I always thought it was "smurfene".:huh:

THE SMURFS IN CHRISTMASLAND! WOO!
how is this related to norway, apart from being in norwegian (even if slightly incorrect too)

I am just a quarter Norwegian, my Grandfather immigrated to America in the early 1900's but hey :)

My family hails from Jorpeland and Sandes, Quarter Norwegian by blood, All Norwegian by heart :)

Though I wish I could speak the language, when I last visited I stayed with my Great Uncle who is the only one in my family that doesn't speak Norwegian and English. Had a great time, even though I only learned that he was basically telling me its time to eat.

My cousin Steig however helped me with the language barrier

I miss having all the lunch meats, homemade bread from the local bakery, and the jams.

I gained 7 pounds in a 2 week stay :), good times

Actually it is very common. It is a Christmas dish for a quarter of the Norwegian population. The other three quarters mostly :sick: just by looking at the "dish".

http://home.enter.vg/jordbruksskulen/bilde40.JPG

Personally I can't stand the stuff, but my mom loves it. The eyes are the best, I've been told.

As Homer would put it: "Mmmm delicious..."

I think I would prefer Lamb Stew or Fresh fish...yipes

:eeeeeh:

eeerr.. delish..
well, I suppose living in such a harsh environment these sort of things evolved. like gone-off fish is popular in sweden.
crayfish is also good..

I like Norwegians a lot ^_^

But you guys can keep the rotten goat heads to yourself :blink:

It's called "surströmming" which translates into "sour herring". It's popular in the northern part of Sweden. The rest of the country usually don't touch it unless "to go where few men have gone before". Hehe, no seriously it's tastier than one would first think.

If thats a delicatess, what would they call icky stuff??? :eeeeeh:
:sick: I'll pass...

It's called "surströmming" which translates into "sour herring". It's popular in the northern part of Sweden. The rest of the country usually don't touch it unless "to go where few men have gone before". Hehe, no seriously it's tastier than one would first think. [/b][/quote]
What excactly is surströmming? Do you know if it's anything like the kind of herring we eat in Denmark?

It's called "surströmming" which translates into "sour herring". It's popular in the northern part of Sweden. The rest of the country usually don't touch it unless "to go where few men have gone before". Hehe, no seriously it's tastier than one would first think. [/b][/quote]
Yeah, it isn't that bad but you have to eat it outside because it smells a lot. :D

I wonder if this is something Kombat-Santa (friend of Modem and me) eats. Have to go and ask him... LOL

:D Well it seems that the topic is actually being used, great.
Jorn and Pagans Mind are two of my favourite bands, go norway!
Though I dont think there is any country that can surpass finland in the way of metal or elektronica. Oh yeah... Franz Ferdinan has got to be the best thing thats been out for quite some time. Fantastic music. :ok:

Nah, they're OK but Gang of Four did it better ten years ago (and in fact have reformed and have a new LP out soon - should be good).

Slightly more on-topic, those are some crazy delicacies. And I thought haggis was a bit mingin'...

Aye that and black pudding.

Still, those are strange places up north...

aparently in Finland it's about 5 Euros for a pint of beer. Is that true?

Good Norwegian musicians?

Here's a few ;)

http://interaktiv.vg.no/intervju/images/d_sound.jpeg
D'Sound

http://www.continentalmusic.net/gfx/...AS/plate_5.jpg
Dance With a Stranger

http://www.anos80.com.br/bel_canto/bel_canto.jpg
Bel Canto

http://funkysouls.com/img/Lene_Marlin_-_Another_day.jpg
Lene Marlin

http://www.lyrics.com/b/babel.fish/babel.fish.jpg
Babel Fish

http://www.sonymusic.no/eidsvaag/ima...esse_3_200.jpg
Bj?rn Eidsv?g

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/ente...gaard_main.jpg
Silje Nergaard

http://www.grappa.no/artister/artist...neggum-135.jpg
Jan Eggum

http://www.tylden.no/bilder/GTX/Bgtx2004.jpg
?ystein Sunde

http://fvcsd.nvg.org/50favoritter/hoel.jpeg
J?rn Hoel

http://www.maestro1.no/sub/return/bildeintro.gif
Return

http://www.pubwalkers.com/festival02/steinar.jpg
Steinar Albrigtsen

http://www.vinterfestuka.no/vu00/img00/elleville.jpg
Vazelina Bilopph?ggers

http://interaktiv.vg.no/intervju/images/teigen.jpeg
Jahn Teigen

http://www.ringve.com/norwegian/fend...nas_medium.jpg
Frode Aln?s

http://www.nca.no/ezimagecatalogue/c...04-140x300.jpg
Sigvart Dagsland

http://bandindex.no/img/artist/1099.jpg
De Lillos

http://www.celticcafe.com/Buzz/image..._Garden_90.jpg
Secret Garden

http://www.skandinavien.de/Magazin/M...r-briskeby.jpg
Briskeby

http://www.dippner.com/images/sommer/di_derre.jpg
Di Derre

http://home.chello.no/jekrem/mp3/espen_lind-red.jpg
Espen Lind (aka SWAY)

http://www.sissel.net/images/side_0.jpg
Sissel Kyrkeb?

http://www.finnmarken.no/multimedia/...re_330615h.jpg
Tre Sm? Kinesere

http://www.postgirobygget.no/index/frontbandet.jpg
Postgirobygget

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/arc...60x_87180a.jpg
Bertine Zetlitz

http://www.rockfeedback.com/images/sondrelerche_1.jpg
Sondre Lerche

http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/1066476302.jpg
Knutsen & Ludvigsen

http://www.varangerfestivalen.no/fes...rchestra01.jpg
Kaizers Orchestra

http://www.ranablad.no/multimedia/ar...ys_420676h.jpg
CC Cowboys

http://www.artistpartner.no/artistbi...m_presse_2.jpg

Wig Wam ;)

I only recognised about five of them, but I suppose that would be because my class have been directly influenced by our Norwegian teacher's taste in music. For example he's a great fan of
http://www.nrk.no/img/281298.jpeg
and
http://www.cdskiven.dk/log/cover_big/cover19610.jpg.:D

I can't believe I forgot Lillibj?rn Nilsen! :wall:

Yeah! He is awesome!

*sings*
Tanta til Beate, hun bor i ei gate i gamleby'n.
Og med hatt og fj?r er hun ett vakkert syn!
P? vei ned schweigaardsgate for ? g? ? mate duene
mellom r?yk og gass p? Harald H?rdr?des plass.

Og n?r posen er t?mt og duene r?mt g?r hun hjem igjen
og finner fram sin gamle gramofon.
Den sveiver hun opp og svinger sin kropp til tonene.
Og syns at :"Jazzen gikk i dass med Django Reinhardt."

Tanta til Beate setter p? ei plate med hakk og s?r.
Og tenker p? den gangen hun var tjue ?r.
Da hun og Ole Willy syns det var s? billig p? Angleterre.
Og Robert Normann visste hvordan Django spellte.

"....og det er synd, at denne by'n den ?'kke hva den engang var!"
sier hun og trekker for sin tyll-gardin.
"Det er ingenting som svinger slik som det gjorde f?r!
Alt jeg har fra gamle da'r det er denne plata.

Tanta til Beate snur sin gamle plate enda en gang.
Og serverer te med melk. (Lapsang souchong!)
S? svinger hun en finger mens hun sier strengt:
"Glem ikke hva vi fikk av Django Reinhardt!"

Og n?r tanta til Beate m? forlate oss
(og duene m? finne maten sj?l!)
st?r sankt Peter der og sier: "Her har vi savna deg."
Og hun f?r en klem mens Django stemmer gittar'n...
Ja, hun f?r en klem mens Django stemmer gittar'n...

^_^

I have heard of none of those bands

Thanks to Tom, my knowledge of Norwegian music has been greatly expanded over the last few months...

I've heard a few of those, and love them. The unfortunate thing is, I don't even remember the names of most American or English bands or singers... so the Norwegians ones definitely don't stick in my head very well.

Babel Fish is one of my favorites, though. ^_^

Damn, I just realised that Thorbj?rn Egner is Norwegian. I thought for sure that "Folk og R?vere i Kardemommeby" was Danish...

Egner is brilliant!!!!

Kardemommeby and Hakkebakkeskoven (or whatever it's called... )!! :D

He made "Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskoven" as well? My childhood is crumbling memories are crumbling.

Oh, well, I guess I can live with it. :)

And someone said this thread will be closed... :whistle:
Nope, it's still here. :D

What excactly is surströmming? Do you know if it's anything like the kind of herring we eat in Denmark? [/b][/quote]
I'm not sure of how to make it, but I guess it's some way of spoiling herring in a good way :angel:

I didn't know you ate that kind of fish in Denmark.

it was gonna be closed, but then they decided to speak english instead of all norwegian ^^

Sour Herring..is that like the Pickled Herring my Grandpa used to eat?

I just remember it came in a jar, and it made me really appreciate freshly caught fish. :)

I'm going to have to try and translate the music :) but I didn't realize how many good bands Norway has, I didn't get to hear much music when I visited. Alot of good Radio stations in your parts of Norway?

Did you know you can listen to most Norwegian radio stations online? You may need to register, but it's free as far as I know. NRK nettradio is, anyway: http://www5.nrk.no/nettradio/zindex.htm

Thank ya I will check it out :)

Royksopp? aren't they norwegian?

They're pretty awesome too...

Why would you call yourself Smokemushroom?:huh:

Why not?

Good point. Well, I've never heard of them, to be honest, but according to this article, they're from Troms?.

Yes, two very famous techno groups are also Norwegian.

R?yksopp has already been mentioned, and they even performed on MTV Awards ;)

Other great techno group is Ugress :ok:

And of course, we can not forget A-HA, the most successful Norwegian group internationally.


Edit:
Oh, and Thorbj?rn Egner is the man behind the classics:

http://www.festiviteten.no/gallery/a.../klatremus.jpg
Klatremus og de andre dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen

http://www.barnbokhandeln.com/butik/...och_baktus.jpg
Karius og Baktus

http://www.haugesundscenen.no/bilder/folkog_s.jpg
Folk og r?vere i Kardemomme by

And he has also illustrated a lot of other books :)

I had never heard of Ugress, Royksopp are more popular over here.

I think I know what it is now. Isn't it the same kind of fish they eat on Iceland? The one that smells like urine when you cook it? I don't think that's herring. A friend of mine referred to it as "pisfisk" after visiting his Icelandic girlfriend during Christmas time.

The herring we eat in Denmark is probably more like the pickled herring Doc Adrian is talking about. I guess they probably eat that in Norway, too.

Pisfisk could be skata or shark...
Probably Skata ^_^

Now that I think about it; didn't we discuss this fish in another thread? Someday I'm gonna have to try that fish out, if I get the chance.

Skata...the name is now imprinted in my mind, so that I can ask for it the next time I go to Iceland/northern Norway. :)

:crazy: Alas... It,s true. I havent tasted it myself, but "smalahove" is known as a sick and twisted form of gourmet food here in norway. :sick: [/b][/quote]
Smalahove is a Norwegian traditional dish, usually eaten around and before Christmas time, made from a sheep's head. The skin and fleece of the head is torched and the head is salted and dried. The head is boiled and served with mashed rutabaga and potatoes.

In 2001 an EU directive forbade the production of smalahove from sheep, due to fear of the possibility of transmission of scrapie, a deadly, degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats, even though scrapie does not appear to be transmissible to humans. It is now only allowed to be produced from lamb heads.
-wikipedia-

@Flop: Skata is only eaten once a year, on 23rd of December.
http://www.simnet.is/gardarj/fish/skate.jpg

@Evad: We also have Smalehoved. We call it Svi?. And Svi?asulta, "Smalehoved-jam" LOL That's pretty good!!

EDIT: Svi?:
http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/iceland...4-Images/3.jpg

That has to be the fish my friend was talking about, since he was on Iceland during the christmas holidays. It looks like something out of a Lovecraft novel, if you ask me (so does the goats(?) head). :)

Not a goat, it's a sheep!

I think it's the same as Smalehoved.

:blink: If I were in the same room as either of those dishes I think I'd loose it LOL.

I think it looks even creepier..since the sheep looks like he is smiling for the photo.

Forgive a 3rd generation Norwegian for asking, but perhaps I can be enlightened.

What is Lutefisk? (Hangs head in shame for not knowing culinary dishes)

I think it's something like dried cod soaked in lye. At any rate it's something you'd eat around Christmas, and like many Norwegian dishes people either love it or hate it:
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/dinside/2004/12/01/lutefisk.jpg

Much Obliged :) If I get over there again I might have to try it. So what part of Norway is everyone from? If you feel inclined tell us about your town or area your in.

OOH! I LOVE LUTEFISK! Ive had it in sweden before. its great.
wonder how it would be with chips..

Lutefisk is another Norwegian Christmas dish, yes. Another quarter of the population eats this....

Lutefisk is made by adding fish and lye. Then let it soak. Fish is fatty and lye is... well, lye. As some of you might know, if you combine lye with fat, the end result is soap. So, basically it is soap made of fish. You would get the same result if you threw the fish into your dishwasher.

Lutefisk looks like glossy rubber, tastes like soap and even comes with bubbles if you press on it with a fork.


So... half the population of Norway eats torched sheep heads or fish-soap for Christmas. And luckily, I am not in that half. I eat Ribbe for 24'th of December and Pinnekj?tt on 25'th of December. Then move on to Turkey for New Years Eve ^_^

http://matoppskrift.no/images/sesong...eRS200x141.jpg
Ribbe

http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjekt/fuvmarit/pinnekjott.jpg
Pinnekj?tt

http://matoppskrift.no/images/artjulekalkundet.jpg
Turkey

If you want a good (and no register) site for Norwegian music. Go to http://p4.no/

Then in the orange "Lyttesenter", click on P4 Norsk. You will get only Norwegian music. The only problem is that you will get some norwegian news from time to time as well :tomato:


Edit:

I just noticed that they have placed radio commercials on the channel :cry:

It could be the same quarter of the population eating these things, so maybe only 25% of Norwegians enjoy eating things which clearly aren't food...

Nope. Those who eat Smalahovud swears to it, and won't hear about anything else. After all, it's tradition. And if they should stop eating disgusting food for Christmas and break their tradistions, well... they would be no better than foreigners, really.

Same goes for the soap eaters. Can't break traditions, you know.

I am a bit different :P
I was brought up with only Pinnekj?tt for Christmas, but now I have succeeded in opening the minds of my family... So now we have a food extravaganza each Christmas, and even eat these stuff whenever we want. Why keep the best stuff for one day in the year? If you want Turkey on the third of March, then why not? ^_^

All three of those look meals great to me Tom, I know about the Turkey but what are the other two made of..or is it something that I best taste and know less about? :)

Ribbe is Pork.
Pinnekj?tt is lamb.
Turkey is turkey :P

Ribbe is made of the meat around the ribcage of a pig. Really good.
Pinnekj?tt are the ribs of a lamb with the meat around it. Yummy and salty.

If I read this post anymore this morning I won't be able to sleep til I eat LOL.

Kurt Nilsen!!
http://www.nrk.no/img/331385.jpeg

eat turkey all year round. its a good source of seretonin.

R?yksopp is ok. I think I,m going to go the karls?y-festival to hear Tungtvann.
This is their... third year in a row that they have showed up I think.
Anyhow Madrugada is also gonna be playing there, and thats something i cant miss. :ok:

On the topic of Norwegian music; DR2 (Danish public service tv station) had a theme about Norway today, because of the recent 100 year anniversary of Norwegian indepence. Anyway, they spent an entire half our on covering Norways attempts to stand out in the European Song Contest. They showed one particularly hilarious clip from the contest in 1980 where a guy was playing guitar while another guy pranced around, dressed like a sami and sang "lalalala". Great stuff. People must really have cracked up when they saw that live. :D

I just forgot one artist that will make a lot of Norwegians have a trip down memory lane.

Trond Viggo Torgersen
http://www.barnetv.com/images/torgersen2.JPG

Who can forget the classics;
Brush your teeth, and I will kiss you and Squish a Smurf

Unfortunately, I don't have a link to the second one, but I believe that the video of Flode more than makes up for it to my Norwegian chums :D

Has anybody mentioned the Bare Egil Band yet?
http://www.student.uit.no/uka99/Images/Bare%20Egil4.jpg
I couldn't stop laughing when I heard his cover version of Mellom Bakkar og Berg. LOL

:D

Here's a nice little image collection of Bare Egil. Yup, that is how he looks LOL

Anyways... you gotta hear Arne
(You will have to do a little search down the site to find it, then on the next page Save Target As in order to download :ok:)

Trond Viggo!!!!!! :D
Tramp tramp tramp!!! :D :D

He's so cool. So is Bare Egil Band!!!

Strangely I think that Ravi, Dj L?v has got some cool songtexts.
Quite a twisted type of singing but it works wonders with people. :blink:
And if you dont understand norwegian, then dont worry. WE hardly understand what he is babbling about . :D

@ Henrik on food

All I can say is - Try reindeer at Christmas. Last Christmas I had it (imported from Finland) and it was delicious :D

It also disgusted my little cousins.

Turkey is awful, don't eat that...

Reideer is awesome!

I might be able to squeeze it into the week ^_^

How can you people eat reindeer at christmas time? How will santa be able to deliver his presents? LOL

Nah, I'm staying to the traditional Danish christmas food (at least what we eat in my family): pork roast, duck and turkey and of course some potatoes and cabbage and stuff like that.

But that's precisely why reindeer is such a great choice for your Christmas dinner: you get home delivery service. The only downside is that it will still need some time to prepare, so it won't be ready before Boxing Day.
And Santa will still have a couple of reindeer left to pull his sleigh back home (which would be lighter anyway minus the presents), since one reindeer easily serves a family for a week. :D

Rudolph Roast! :)

How big is a Reindeer for cooking usually?

Family size. :blink: I guess.
Though I would probably need to supersize my portion. :bleh:
Reindeer actually tastes great. Ate it for the first time a year ago when I ate dinner at a friends house. He is... (Samisk?) :blink:
Hey Tom Henrik, I dont know how its written in english. Do you have any idea?

Doesn't santa only have twelve reindeer? I mean if one family takes one, then everybody wants one, and the next thing you know, Santa will have to walk back to the North Pole after delivering presents to only twelve families. It just won't do, I say. :D

Obviously it'll be on a first come, first served basis. Quite literally, in fact.

Where I come from they (my friends family) actually have their own horde stomping around on the island. So Santa`s reindeers will be quite safe. For now...

I think you write it like they say it themselves: Saamii, or something like that :P

And for those who doesn't know, the Saamii are the native inhabitants of Norway and look like this:
http://www.alta-river-camping.no/ima...reinsdyr_1.jpg

Norway, Sweden and Finland. Lapland.
Right?

Funny-looking people, arent they? :D

They do indeed have a uniqe style to their clothing. They are a vital part of norway as a country. Its a shame that they are denied certain rights, but hope our politicians will get around to an agreement about all of this.
The Saamii are undeniably great craftsmen though.
I own a pair of shoes like those shown here called "skaller".
Warm and good to use in the winter season.

Those people are really cool. I feel sort of sorry for eating a reindeer now.

On the other hand, it was from Finland, not Norway.

Am I correct? Are they also from Finland and Sweden? Or just Norway?
I know Lapland reaches over all three of them, but I'm not sure if the Saami's are over it all.

I usually connect the saami with Finland, so I'm pretty sure they're there as well, at least. I don't know about Sweden, but I think so, since AFAIK the saami are nomads.

I think I remember my uncle talking about saamis after he came from n-sweden, lapland. but like i said, i'm not sure..

Those look like the merriest people ever . Even the reindeer looks pleased.

So what is Scandinavia like in summer?

My family likes the winter best and we can't afjord to go there twice a year.