Comments on: 5 Scandinavian ‘Lifestyle Concepts’ Explained

By: Patricia Sallberg

Patricia Sallberg — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:49:51 +0000

Well, Fetsund instead of Norway where my grandmother lived and my grandfather was from Trondheim. Sorry for that!

By: Patricia Sallberg

Patricia Sallberg — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:47:23 +0000

Hello again. Yes! As a child, I lived with my grandmother and grandfather, both immigrants from Norway, and Trondheim. Brown cheese, Brunost, was a standard item on the table and I grew to like it. Also, coffee with lots of sugar, my grandfather’s favorite every morning with donuts she made. Best time of my life, learning some of the heritage I have tried to carry on. We used to tease my mother, telling her that if the sink had an extra faucet, it would be for coffee! She drank it all the time, never too far away from the pot! Thank you again, for sharing some wonderfull memories with us! Patricia Sallberg

By: Patricia Sallberg

Patricia Sallberg — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:39:25 +0000

Hello David. Thank you for the interesting comments about the Norse way of enjoying life to its fullest. It is a shame the countries across the pond don’t have the same lifestyle. We would have a more calm life, living with peace and quiet instead of folks that want what you have and relent in ways that interrupt anyone and everyone except themselves. Greed is an example, something that we did not sense in Norway. That added much to our pride in being Norwegians!! A while ago you had told about the Flam railway ride from Oslo to Bergen. It was the most spectacular train ride we have ever had, going through tunnel after tunnel just astonished us as to the degree of knowing the labor that took to accomplish, including the wooden structures covering some of the rails to keep them from avoiding snow slides coming down on trains and burying them!! And then taking the boat ride up the longest fjord! So wonderful to stop at some of the loading/disembarking sites! One of my ancestors, still living, and her daughter, are architects and some of the buildings they have designed and assisted in building are breathtaking. Elsa Solheim and her husband were designers of furniture for ocean liners. Very sleek and comfortable chairs and loungers ever!! He has passed on but she is still with us and living on the Foss/Solum property on Bygdoy. Thank you for sharing so much of our homeland with us. It is so nice to be able to relate to so many things you present. Sincerely, Patrica and Glenn Sallberg