But don’t worry – they are jolly. Remember the Jolly Troll, one of the first (1960s) Swedish smörgåsbord buffets in town? Carole Jean Anderson, daughter of the founders of the Twin Cities iconic restaurant The Jolly Troll, visited Ingebretsen’s along with some of the animated trolls that watched customers eating. In January 27, 2012 the… More The Trolls Are Coming; The Trolls Are Coming …
Kitchen Witches are said to be a Norwegian custom, inherited from early settlers. A kitchen witch, sometimes called a cottage witch or a “Scandinavian” kitchen witch doll, or poppet, resembles a stereotypical witch displayed in residential kitchens as a good luck charm and to ward off bad spirits. They are even said to prevent pots… More Kitchen Witches: A Norwegian Tradition
Happy 201st birthday to Marcus Møller Thrane, a Norwegian author, journalist, and the leader of the first labor movement in Norway (it was later known as the Thrane movement “Thranebevegelsen”). Thrane was born October 14, 1817 in Christiania, now Oslo. As an adult Thrane worked as a teacher for the workers’ children at the large… More Marcus Thrane — A Founding Father of Norway’s Labour Party