Category: Featured
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Norwegian TV in Australia – Beforeigners
From Wikipedia: Beforeigners is a Norwegian television series that premiered on 21 August 2019. It is the first Norwegian-language series produced by HBO Europe. The show was created and written by Eilif Skodvin and Anne Bjørnstad, directed by Jens Lien, and produced by Rubicon TV AS. The series concerns the titular “beforeigners”, people from different…
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Something new is coming…
It’s well into 2019 now, and I have to apologise for how bad I’ve been at updating the website lately. I’ve put a lot of time and energy into revamping the Club’s magazine (Klubbnytt) and now that I’ve gotten it to a place where I’m really happy with the dynamic and style, I’m going to…
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Latest from the Club
The new Club Committee has been working hard setting up events and an entirely new-look Klubbnytt since our election at the AGM at the end of February. At the moment, we’ve got several events confirmed including a picnic at Wellington Point Recreational Reserve, our time-honoured syttende mai luncheon at the Sofitel Hotel, and a raft…
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New Year’s Resolution #2: Koselig or Hygge – bringing Scandinavian bliss to Australia
We’re a month into our New Year’s Resolution series… January brought us the concept of a home-made lunch for work every day – and to quickly recap, I think I’m doing pretty well with that resolution. Some days I’ll slip and buy something, but I have REALLY gotten into curried egg open-face sandwiches for work…
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New Year’s Resolution #1 – home-made lunch
I don’t know about you, but one of my resolutions this year is to make sure that I bring my own lunch to work every day instead of wasting money on take-away lunches (or drinking enough coffee so I’m just not hungry). Good resolution, yes? According to the below BBC article posted a couple of…
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Happy New Year from the NCQ
Welcome to January! The new year always seems to feel fresh and hold a promise of what’s to come, and for many of us, this week has been the first working week of the year (not for me though… I started back on January 2). So…what does the new year mean to you? Does it…
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The last couple of weeks…
So it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve last updated you all on the goings-on of the Norwegian Club Committee – and that’s mostly because it’s been pretty hectic! I finally finished the second viking apron dress (which was worn by the beautiful Kate at the Scandinavian Festival on Sunday and looked absolutely smashing);…
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BREAKING NEWS – Dual Citizenship bill being presented to Parliament.
article sourced from Norwegians Worldwide This is very good news for Norwegians living abroad. Hanne K. Aaberg, Secretary General of Norwegians Worldwide, about dual citizenship finally being presented to parliament. The Norwegian government will now present a bill to Stortinget (parliament) that will allow dual citizenship. This has great emotional and practical significance for Norwegian…
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Hugsjá – music for the ages
Poetic. Ancient. Masterful. Just three of many words that come to mind when I try to describe ‘Hugsjá’, this newest offering from modern-day Norwegian bards Einar Selvik of Wardruna and Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved. Released on April the 20th of this year, it marks their second collaboration after their 2014 release, titled ‘Skuggsjá – A…