A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway

A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway

by Lorelou Desjardins
A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway

A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway

by Lorelou Desjardins

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Overview

Lorelou is French, has lived in 7 different countries, and dreams of living on a tropical beach. She suddenly gets a job offer in Oslo and decides to move to Norway despite her limited knowledge of the country and its customs. Her friends think she has lost her mind. "Do you know what Norwegians do to have fun? They go on skiing trips in the middle of the night!". During one year she will try to understand Norwegians, learn their language and adopt their traditions. She will try adapting to Norwegian working culture from Norwegian meeting habits at work to the famous Julebord or Christmas party.

From Easter holidays at the cabin, to 17th of May celebrations with bunad, and adapting to making things koselig and eating traditional Norwegian food like sheep heads from Voss (smalahove), Lorelou sails through this journey with candor, trying to make Norwegian friends, dating a Scandinavian and cycling all over the country to discover this wonderful land. She falls slowly in love with this country nothing destined her to love. "A Frog in the Fjord" was a national bestseller in Norway in 2017 and is now available in English, edited for an international audience.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788230349199
Publisher: North Press
Publication date: 07/17/2021
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.68(d)

Table of Contents

Preface

WINTER

Moving North

My First Julebord

A Norwegian Office

Say My Name

Norwegian Stereotypes

Oslo Apartment Hunt

Norwegian Skiing 101

Tromsø Under The Northern Lights

Ne Me Quitte Pas

SPRING

Surviving Winter

Make Everything Koselig

Taco Friday

Skål To Friendship

Work-Life Balance

The Cabin Trip From Hell

A Perfect Norwegian Easter

The Happiest Day Of The Year

How To Seduce A Norwegian

SUMMER

Under The Midnight Sun

My First Seal Safari

Cycling In The Lofoten Islands

Crying In Southern Norway

The Sami Festival

Take Me To Your Hytte

FALL AND WINTER - AGAIN

Fall and Fårikål

Shopping in Sweden

Joining A Choir

Family Visit From Provence

Voss Winter Wonderland

Friluftsliv, An Outdoors Way Of Life

A Norwegian Christmas

What Does The Sheep Say?

Dating Tor

The Land Of The Unwritten Rules

The Brunost Bomb

Jante's Law

Being A Woman In Norway

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

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