Tag: norway

  • Firklover – Norwegian Chocolate

    I’ve almost given up chocolate since last Christmas, but I had to have a little taste tonight. My cousin, Axel, has been over from Norway. He brought a block of Firklover, which always my favourite chocolate ( or sjokolade ) made by Freia. It’s a close run thing with Krakenrull but Firklover wins. (It means…

  • Gratulerer Med Dagen – Norwegian Independance Day

    Today is the Seventeenth of May or Syttende Mai, as it is known in Norway, the day Norway declared its independance in 1814. You can learn a lot more about it and all the celebrations that will be happening in Norway here. Why should I mention it? I’m half Norwegian. My Mother has just been…