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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Viking Laws

VIKING LAWS

1. BE BRAVE AND AGGRESSIVE
Be direct
Grab all opportunities
Use varying methods of attack
Be versatile and agile
Attack on target at a time
Don't plan everything in detail
Use top quality weapons

2. BE PREPARED
Keep weapons in good condition
Keep in shape
Find good battle comrades
Agree on important points
Choose one chief

3. BE A GOOD MERCHANT
Find out what the market needs
Do not promise what you can't keep
Do not demand overpayment
Arrange things so that you can return

4. KEEP THE CAMP IN ORDER
Keep things tidy and organized
Arrange enjoyable activities which strengthen the group
Make sure everybody does useful work
Consult all member of the group for advice

This unused postcard is from Norway, The Wisdom of the Vikings. Design and Idea: Amber
I received it in 2017.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Polar Bears (Isbjorn) from Norway

Isbjorn (Norwegian for Polar Bear)

Photo: Minden Pictures

This postcard is postmarked in 2016 with two stamps from Norway.

If I am laying out like the bear in the front, I want the sun beating down on me while I'm on some tropical island. No snow for me!

Norway (Noreg) stamp 2011

Wildlife in Norway

Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus

17.00

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Norway (Norge) stamp 2001

Posthorn

Norge, Postfrim. 1 KR

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Nusfjord / Lofoten in Norway

Nusfjord / Lofoten, Norway

This is postmarked in 2009 with a Noreg (Norway) moon stamp.

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Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude. Lofoten is known for a distinctive scenery with mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays.

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Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) concludes with Prof. Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land being washed up on an island in the Lofotens.

Norway (Noreg) stamp 2009

From the series: Astronomy

The Moon - 12.00

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Spitsbergen

Scenery of Midteehuken

postmarked in 2013 with a Norway stamp

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Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 39,044 km2 (15,075 sq mi).

Svalbard is about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Norway - Lofoten Islands, Henningsvaer

Lofoten, Norway
Henningsvaer

postmarked in 2012 with two Norway stamps

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Henningsvær is a fishing village in the Lofoten Islands part of Nordland county in Norway.

Lofoten is an archipelago. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Christmas in Norway

God Jul og Godt Nytt Ar

the sender translates as: Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

postmarked in 2009 with a Noreg (Norway) 12.00 stamp

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It is common for children to pay visits to neighbours where they are given candy, nuts and clementines. Each area has a fixed tradition for this; it varies throughout the country. It's called Julebukk or Nyttårsbukk. In some places, kids may go out every day between Juleaften and New Year's Eve, and in other places, they may only go out on New Year's Eve. In most areas, the children dress up, somewhat similar to the American Halloween tradition. They are expected to sing a Christmas carol or perform in some other way.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Legend of Torghatten, in Norway

Torghatten, Bronnoysund, Norway

The sender writes that the black spot you see on the mountain is a hole, and that he walked through it. (see below)

Postmarked in 2009 with two Norway stamps

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Torghatten is a mountain on Torget island in Brønnøy municipality in Norway. It is known for its characteristic hole, or natural tunnel, through its center.

According to legend, the hole was made by the troll Hestmannen while he was chasing the beautiful girl Lekamøya. As the troll realised he would not get the girl, he released an arrow to kill her, but the troll-king of Sømna threw his hat into the arrow's path to save her. The hat turned into the mountain with a hole in the middle.

It is possible to walk up to the tunnel on a well-prepared path, and through it on a natural path.

On 6 May 1988, Widerøe Flight 710 from Namsos to Brønnøysund crashed into the side of the mountain, and all the 36 passengers and crew died.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Norway - Geiranger (Town) Flydalsjuvet (Fjord)

Norge. (Norway) Geiranger, Flydalsjuvet.

Foto: Per Eide

postmarked in 2010 with three Norway stamps
(one is Fjernsynet 50 ar (50 Years of Television)

the sender writes:

I hope you like this card from one of our famous fjords. I've been here myself, it's an amazing sight.

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Geiranger is a small tourist village in the western part of Norway. It is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet. Since 2005, the Geiranger fjord has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The third biggest cruise ship port receives 140 to 180 ships during the four-month tourist season. Several hundred thousand people pass through every summer. Tourism is the main business for the 250 people who live there permanently. The tourist season stretches from May to early September; in the off-season the pace and activity are reduced to that of a normal small Norwegian town.

Each year in June, the Geiranger - From Fjord to Summit event occurs. It comprises a half marathon run and a bicycle race, both starting from the sea level at the fjord and ending at the 1,497 metres (4,911 ft) summit of Mount Dalsnibba, near the lake Djupvatnet. Since there is still a lot of snow left in the mountains at that time of year, the race could also be called "From Summer to Winter".

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Traditional dress, Hardanger, Norway

Hardanger, Norway

Axel Eliassons Konstforlag Stockholm No 5124
(printed in Stockholm)

postmarked in 1906 with a one cent Benjamin Franklin stamp to this address:

Mrs. Mary Jarns
Quaker Street
N.Y.
(no house number or city)

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The Hardanger bunad is the most famous of all the Norwegian folk costumes. In the romantic era of the last part of the 19th century, it became the national costume, and it was copied all over the country, although usually simplified. There is also a difference of a married woman and a young girls bunad. The woman wear a headdress and a silver belt, and they look more dressed up than the young girls.

interesting fact about the apron:

The oldest skirts were either open at the front and closed with hooks all the way down or only with a hook at the waist, leaving a long opening bellow. The aprons main function was to hide the opening . The opening down the skirt was not considered "nice". An unmarried girl who had a child would have "lost her apron".

Monday, November 16, 2009

From a Church in Oslo, Norway to Disney's Epcot, in Orlando, Florida

Oslo, Norway. Norsk Folkemuseum
Gol Stavkirke, ca. 1200
Stave-Church from Gol ab. 1200
Eglise en boise de Gol, date de 12 environ

postmarked in 1982 with a Norge (Norway) 2.75 stamp

As you can see below, this is the building Disney used as its model for Norway in Epcot Center! The only difference I can see is the small crosses on the peaks of the roofs, in the Disney version, they are just brown poles.

Norway - Epcot World Showcase
unused - bought in 2009

Monday, October 5, 2009

Northern Lights in Tromso Norway

Tromso, Norway

postmarked in 2009 with a Norway 12.00 stamp

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Auroras are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar regions. In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas by Pierre Gassendi in 1621. The northern lights have had a number of names throughout history. The Cree people call this phenomenon the "Dance of the Spirits." Auroras can be spotted throughout the world. It is most visible closer to the poles due to the longer periods of darkness and the magnetic field.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Hell, Norway

Hell, Norway

postcard reads:
Norge. (Norway)
Aftenstemming Hell st..

Foto: Aune Forlag

I LOVE this postcard! When it came in the mail I called all my friends and said, "Well, I've never been to Hell, but I have a postcard from there!" LOL!

postmarked in 2008 with a Norge (Norway) racing car stamp

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Hell is a small village in Stjørdal, Norway with a population of 352. It has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, since people like to take the train there to get photographed in front of the station sign. The station sign reads "Gods-expedition", an old spelling of the Norwegian word for "cargo handling" (godsekspedisjon would be the current spelling).

The name Hell stems from the Old Norse word hellir, which means "overhang", "cliff cave". The Norwegian word hell can also mean "luck". The Old Norse word Hel is the same as today's English Hell, and as a proper noun, Hel was the ruler of Hel. In modern Norwegian the word for hell is helvete. The Norwegian word for "god" is gud.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Norway's Midnight Sun

The midnight sun over the Arctic Ocean, seen from North Cape. The photo montage shows the sun's course from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. - postmarked in Feb. 2007 with Norge (Norway) Svalbard 10,50 polar bear stamp - this is my favorite sunset and sunrise postcard!

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