Fall and winter

Norwegian traditions

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• Christmas and new year• Food traditions• Vacations

Christmas

Christmas

”Little Christmas eve” December 23 Porridge Almond Little gift

Christmas eve December 24 Church Ribs, lamb ribs or

lutefisk Christmasgifts

Christmas

First and second day of Christmas

Official holidays Family

Christmas

Decorations Christmastree Stars Santas Candles Christmas calendar

New year

New years eve December 31 Celebrate the new

year Fireworks and

sparklers The Kings speach Turkey or lamb ribs

New years day January 1 Official holiday The Primeministers

speach

Christmas Cakes

7 cakes Gingerbread Sandbakelse ”Cakeman” ”Fattigman” Krumkake Smultringer

Meat Ribs Lamb ribs Lutefisk ”medisterkaker”

Food

Food

Sodd Traditional soup Meatballs, potatoes

and vegetables Middle parts of

Norway Celebrations

Potatoes Norwegian diet 18th century Defenciency

deseases

Food

Porridge Groats, flour or rice

”Får i kål” Mutton or lamb Cabbadge Pepper Potatoes Big accsess Fall

Food

Lapskaus Fried or cooked meat Vegetables Spices Flatbrød, bread

Flatbrød Unfermented bread Stone slab or griddle Durability: 1 year

Food

Meatballs ”meatcakes” Cattle, pork or lamb Brown sauce Potatoes Everyday food

Smalahove A sheep’s head Scorched, smokes or

boiled West coast

Food

Lutefisk Scandinavia (-

Denmark) Dryed fish or cod Soaced or luted Christmas

Cloudberry cream Dessert Whiped cream and

cloudberries ”krumcake”

Food

Fenalår Thigh of a sheep Cured

Morrsausage Black or red Old tradition

Food

”Old cheese” Fresh mold cheese Vikings Looks old

Ribs Ribs of animals Pork or sheep Christmas

Food

Cured food Preserved trough

curing 1000 years Dry food Oldest way to

preserve food

Vacations

Harvest potatoes ”Potato vacation” Traveling September/Oktober

Fallbreak

A lot tubercolosis Cross country skiing – good Could get the day of Christmasbreak – until January 10

Winterbreak

http://www.sb.no/nyheter/meninger/skolefrida

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http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/-Hvorfor-skal-vi-egentlig-ha-hostferie-2977341.html

http://www.nrk.no/buskerud/derfor-har-vi-vinterferie-1.11560595

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenal%C3%A5r http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekemat http://snl.no/gammelost http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potet

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