lørdag 29. august 2020

El burlón mirar de las estrellas - a poem by Raquel Lanseros in translation

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In my continuing project of translating poetry for improving my Spanish, I have recently attempted to render the poem "El burlón mira...
torsdag 27. august 2020

Churches of Gloppen in Western Norway, part 2 - New Gimmestad

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Earlier this month, I explored one of the churches of my native municipality, Gloppen, in the Western fjords, and in this way I am slowly r...
lørdag 22. august 2020

Beatriz Orieta - a poem by Raquel Lanseros, in translations

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In my continuous effort to improve my Spanish, I keep translating poems I enjoy into Norwegian, and I have already posted two of these tr...
torsdag 20. august 2020

Hopperstad stave church, part 3 - The carpenters and their marks

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In two blogposts earlier this summer ( here  and  here ), I shared some details from the magnificent Hopperstad stave church in ...
onsdag 29. juli 2020

Was Saint Olaf canonised?

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Today is the feast of Saint Olaf of Norway, who died at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030, in an attempt to regain control of the Norwegian...
tirsdag 28. juli 2020

Hopperstad stave church, part 2 - The flight to Egypt

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In my previous blogpost , I talked about Hopperstad stave church in Vik in Western Norway, and its exterior. My aim was to showcase how the...
søndag 26. juli 2020

Hopperstad stave church, part 1 - beasts of another world

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Earlier this week, my family and I went south to visit Hopperstad stave church, which is situated in the village of Vik in Sogn. Hopperstad...