Language and culture

Norwegian boy names: the best male names from Norway 

Looking for an unusual name for your baby boy? Why not check out some cute Norwegian boy names? Norwegian men’s…

Have you recently found your heart fluttering for a Swedish cutie? Or maybe you simply want to broaden your romance…

Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is predominantly spoken throughout Sweden. However, this beautiful Germanic language is spoken…

You may have seen the attractive designs of Norwegian rosemaling art on wooden bowls, plates, chests or on wall plaques….

Viking symbols and ancient Norse mythology are most definitely on trend at the moment, both for tattoos, on jewellery and…

Slowly abandoned when Christianity spread throughout Scandinavia, and then forgotten about for centuries, Norse Paganism is making a bit of…

Icelandic surnames are unusual in that many of them end in the suffix -son or -dottir. But why is this?…

You probably already know a bit about the Vikings and their reputation for blood-thirsty skirmishes and raids around the Scandinavian…

Thanks to the Marvel and Disney movies, you’ve probably heard of Thor and Loki, but what do you know about…

A Scandinavian superfood, the cloudberry is a much sought-after delicacy in the Nordic countries – so much so that “cloudberry…