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Archive for April, 2009



Musevisa video

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Songs Thursday Apr 23,2009

Following is one of the videos of Musevisa:

Norwegian Christmas Stamps 2008

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Traditions Wednesday Apr 22,2009

These Norwegian Stamps were published in the year 2008 on the occasion of Christmas. These two stamps picture Norwegian Nisse overlooking farmhouses and cost NOK 7 each. Around 14 million copies of these stamps were printed on the occasion of Christmas 2008. The first time Nisse were portrayed on a stamp in Norway was in [...]

The Church of Norway

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Churches Sunday Apr 19,2009

The ‘Church of Norway’, or Den Norske Kirke in Norwegian, is the state church of Norway and its origins date back to 1537 AD. The church has over 3.9 million members & confesses to the Lutheran Christian faith and has the Christian Bible, the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, Luther’s Small Catechism [...]

Celebrating Good Friday

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Good Friday Thursday Apr 9,2009

Norway Christmas stamps 2007

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Traditions Thursday Apr 9,2009

These stamps were released in the year 2007 by the Norwegian Department of Posts in 8,000,000 copies each costing around 7 Kroner. This stamp shows the Three Wise Men, or Three Kings from the East, visiting the little Jesus Christ bearing gifts after his birth. These are traditionally known as Magi and are known to [...]

Eggnog Kringla cookies

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Cookies, Christmas Recipes Wednesday Apr 8,2009

‘Eggnog Kringla‘ is the shape of a cookie and is primarily cooked in Norway during Christmas. The following recipe for cooking Eggnog Kringla cookies makes around 60 cookies and takes around 6-8 hours depending upon the cooking experience. The ingredients required are: All purpose flour – 4 cups Baking powder – 1 teaspoon Baking soda [...]

Musevisa animated movie

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas in Norway, Movies Tuesday Apr 7,2009

The talk of Christmas in Norway doesn’t get complete if one doesn’t talk of Musevisa. This song/ story is so popular in Norwegian kids that an animated movie had been released apart from a book on the same topic. Find below the image of the Musevisa animated movie, may be in future we may post [...]

‘Last Christmas’ by Wham lyrics

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Songs Tuesday Apr 7,2009

‘Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart’ is a famous song by Wham. Here are its lyrics: Chorus: Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, You gave it away This year, to save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But [...]

Musevisa Norwegian lyrics

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Carols, Christmas Songs Sunday Apr 5,2009

Here are the lyrics of the Musevisa song by Alf Prøysen. You can find the english translation of Musevisa here. 1. Når nettene blir lange og kulda setter inn, så sier vesle musemor til ungeflokken sin: “Hvis ingen går i fella, men passer set for den, skal allesammen snart få feire jul igjen!” Refrain Heisan [...]

Musevisa English translation

Author: Norway Christmas | Filed under: Christmas Carols, Christmas Songs Friday Apr 3,2009

Musevisa (The Mouse Song in English) is a Christmas Carol in Norwegian language written by Alf Prøysen in the year 1946. Alf was himself a singer & songwriter and wrote the carol to a traditional Norwegian tune. This carol embarks the preparation of Christmas by a family of anthropomorphic mice where the mother is warning [...]