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Well, there was this one time...
I'm not exactly sure what a rødnisse and blånisse are but you've got me intrigued :o can you explain a little more?
OHRight so!Every year Norwegian TV channels do this “TV calendar” thing, where one episode is shown a day leading up to Christmas.I mean, it’s been going on for a long time - huge tradition to watch it (even as adults)In 1995 the series “Amalies Jul” (Amalie’s Christmas) came out. In this Christmas series we were introduced to a family of Rød Nisser - aka: The Red ‘Nisser’ (Nisse being sort of like gnomes - they live in farms and help look after the animals and if you’re nice to them/the animals they’ll help you out, but if you’re not nice: they’ll fuck shit up - they go way back in terms of tradition here in Norway and are a very common and popular story to tell (you’ve gotta put out porridge to them at Christmas)In Amalies Jul the Rød Nisser have to pull so and so many pranks on humans to become an ‘adult’ Nisse and be allowed to wear a long red ‘Nisse’ Hat.It was a very cute series over all (You can watch the first episode here)Then in 1999 the series Jul i Blåfjell (Christmas in the blue mountain) aired - this series focused on Blånisser (the blue ‘Nisser’) which where a new invention in terms of traditions here in Norway - but anyway…Blue Nisser can not be out in daylight - they live inside the mountain and only come out during night (or the blue hour - a ‘magical’ hour they create by pruing some blue concoction over a magic stone) There is apparently some rivalry between red and blue ‘nisser’ but over the course of the series the blue nisser become more friendly towards a lone red nisse etc etc. (again, it was actually really cute - you can watch the first episode here)Then a third series came out in 2002 titled Jul på Månetoppen (Christmas on Moon-mountain(top))Where it turns out the Red Nisser have picked all the blueberries - leaving the blue Nisser with none - thus they can not make the ‘Blue hour’ or the Christmas night sky.So they have arguments over who ‘owns’ the Moon mountain top and one red nisse and one blue nisse (who for someone reason unknown to them all can stay outside even in daylight) travel to the ‘Grey’ Nisse to seek answers.(turns out the blue nisse is /actually/ the red nisse’s lost brother who was adopted by the blue nisse folk when he fell of a sledge, but yeah)(first episode here)Over all: it’s a really cute series with some really fun characters and a lot of nice songs and it’s now more or less considered a classic. And for visuals:Blånisser:
Rødnisser:
Flag map of Norway and its counties.
The flag symbol of the Swedish-Norwegian union was not very popular. In fact, the union itself wasn’t that popular either, which is probably the main reason for this. Sweden, desperately clinging on to the last remains of his reputation as a fearsome warrior great power, wanted to gain Norway and annex it to his territory, pretty much like finland had been. Norway, on the other hand, wanted to rule himself as a hip and cool new democracy like any self-respecting enlightenment-inspired newly awakened nationalist. Instead, they ended up with this weird compromise marriage in which nobody was completely satisfied, but allowed both of them some pretense of victory.
This flag was introduced in 1844 - before that, the norwegian flag looked like this:
People generally mocked the union mark and nicknamed it “the herring salad” (after a food dish that looks sort of like that). Norwegians also complained that the union mark symbolised “Swedish dominance over Norway”. I personally find this to be utter bullshit, since i can’t imagine any way they could have made the symbol any more equal.
A couple of years back, there was a hilarious incident at some museum, when a Norwegian flag with the union mark was accidentally (”accidentally”, hehe) raised on the 17th of may, Norway’s national day. I found a link to an article, but it’s in Norwegian though: http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/sortrondelag/article7585917.ece
Also, apparently you can actually buy a Swedish flag with the mark on. I didn’t know that before - Guess what just ended up on my christmas list. The norwegian version seems a lot harder to find though. I think there’s a chance it might be illegal.
Because Father said every home needed a Mother.
...Nei, the parchment isn’t blank. But only smart people can read it.
I have a lot, ‘nd none is more favored than ‘nother.
It said Drink me-- ‘nd it sent me home.
Good that ‘m back t’ normal.
((Due to a lack of inspiration and motivation I’ve decided to stop the M!A so that I can keep this blog running ; w ; Sorry, but hopefully I’ll update more often from now on-))
((Thank you for sticking with this blog, my 2000+ followers! Please have this as a gift - I've made it a bit less than a month ago, but I hope it'll mean something to you all. And if it does, it would be great if you could tell me what you think of it. I always want to improve; more importantly, though, I'd really love to know what you feel about this. Again, thank you! Hope you'll still be supporting me <33 bakanohealthy has already uploaded this once on her blog, also. Thanks for giving my artwork the exposure!))
The rabbit is gone when I woke.
He must have ran.
((Genderbent M!A: 1/5 | Alice in Wonderland M!A: 1/4))
Gratulerer med dagen, Kongeriket Norge.
(Thank you tralalayahoho for the inspiration!)
Hamlet: O, I die, Horatio. I cannot live to hear the news from England. But I do prophesy the election lights On Fortinbras. He has my dying voice. So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less, Which have solicited. The rest is silence.
Horatio: Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet prince.
- Scene II, Act V, Hamlet.
[The Rest is Silence - Drama AU]
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Denmark/Norway week 2015. Day 5: First
”I’m so glad we’re finally out riding today! How long’s it been, huh? You’re always stuck to your desk with your paperwork!”
“Close your mouth, you’re loud. Get on the horse, brother.”
[Riders of the North - Equestrian AU]
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Denmark/Norway week 2015. Day 4: Fjords
“Not a single word,” he’d heard the other said, “until your throat heals.” Before he knew it, there was a scarf wrapped across his shoulders, a hot, honey-smelling mug pressed into his hand, and a firm finger on his lips.
Having lost his voice, he merely grinned.
[Best Remedy - Human AU]
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Denmark/Norway week 2015. Day 3: Loss
