Scandinavian Folklore and Folktales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Every month we will write a post on a different Scandinavian folktale or folklore. This month we will look at a Norwegian folktale called “De tre bukkene Bruse” or Three Billy Goats Gruff. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales), first published between 1841… More Scandinavian Folklore and Folktales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Marcus Thrane — A Founding Father of Norway’s Labour Party

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