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Dirty runes sell
Rune inscriptions create a lot of excitement. When centuries-old scribblings are found on a church wall or pulled out of the ground at an excavation, it's a...
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These girls read for life
Fifteen-year-olds had to know 759 questions and answers by heart to be able to dream of a legal sexual life.Today, the phrase «welcome to the adult...
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Visited the family farm their Norwegian ancestors emigrated from
This story is about an American family who recently visited Aurlandsdalen to take a closer look at the place their ancestors left in the late 1800s....
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The third plague pandemic is still raging
After the Black Death killed around 60 percent of Norway's population in the 14th century, we have seen nothing more of the disease here. But...
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In 1274, the King of Norway passed a new law that took account of the poor. Was this the start of the Norwegian welfare model?
On a daily basis, Magnus Lagabøte could see the poverty in Bergen when he looked out from his residence Håkonshallen. He passed a law that took special account...
