Did you know that all people in #Scandinavia (#Norway, #Denmark and #Sweden) understand each other, even though we speak 3 different languages? The amount of Scandinavian speakers totals at more than 20 million! I think it would be cool to have a space for us Scandinavian #GNOME users and contributors to communicate in our mother tongues, so that's what I'm trying to establish now! Please share if you know anybody this might interest.
'The climate deniers don’t want people in Scotland to look to Scandinavia and the other parts of our continent where heat pumps are becoming a normal part of everyday life', says Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell
How can Scotland best heat its buildings? Let's look to Scandinavia
A friend of mine who's a researcher into the politics of fossil fuels has written an academic article asking 'what if Olof Palme had not died?' and imagining how Palme, Sweden and Norway under Gro Harlem Brundtland could have led a better international treaty against climate change in the 1980s.
It's a great article, and I'll link to it when it's published.
A reminder that #Scandinavia can be home to short-term thinking shits, too. Today’s poster child: #1 Mowi (~30% global salmon & trout market.) of Bergen, Norway. Ex-Unilever.
Hi, I'm a cultural and intellectual historian of early modern Britain and Scandinavia. Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Oxford, looking at 18th-century scholarly culture and identity at the universities of Oxford and Copenhagen.
Hope to engage in interesting conversations on a wide range of subjects. Let's keep in touch!
Har du lyst til å oversette GNOME til norsk? Vi ser etter flere folk til den norske oversettelsesgruppen! Å prøve seg er 100% uforpliktende, og passer for både deg som har oversatt masse før, og deg som bare har lyst til å prøve noe nytt. Jeg synes du burde handle på impuls og hive deg ut i det!
In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings , Jón Viðar Sigurðsson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting such key aspects of Viking life as power and politics, social and kinship networks, gifts and feasting, religious beliefs, women's roles, social classes, and the Viking economy, which included farming, iron mining and metalworking, and trade.
The city of Troy was considered the epitome of culture and sophistication, so many European cultures (Italians, Welsh, etc.) claimed their ancestors had been Trojans. Medieval Christian Scandinavians even claimed their pagan gods had actually been Trojan sorcerers.
🎨 Giovanni Tiepolo #WyrdWednesday
According to Norse mythology, the Mead of Inspiration was created by two wicked dwarves as they mixed the blood of the dead god Kvasir with honey. Anyone who drank from this mead would possess great wisdom and become a great poet.
🎨 Franz Stassen #MythologyMonday
Environmental historian Vicki Szabo and her team of archaeologists, historians, folklorists and geneticists are trying to figure out medieval Icelanders' attitudes to blue whales. Did they revere them as their protectors? Did they hunt them for food? Was it both? @hakaimagazine's Andrew Chapman reports on the work of this multi-disciplinary team, and what their findings might tell us about historical and modern whale populations.
Scandinavia’s early farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population 5,900 years ago
A recent study conducted by Lund University in Sweden challenges previously held beliefs regarding the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies in Scandinavia...
The huldufólk (hidden folk) of Iceland are human-sized fairies whose communities are hidden in the hills. Sometimes they are depicted with cow tails. It is said that if the huldufólk marry a human, their cow tails fall off, and they become human themselves.
🎨 Brett Manning
To drink from the Well of Wisdom, the Norse god Odin had to give one of his eyes to Mimir, the Well's guardian. In some versions, this is simply a general sacrifice, but in others it's a trade - the eye gives Mimir Odin's knowledge just as the drink gives Odin Mimir's.
🎨 Emil Doepler
In the Middle Ages, many Christian Scandinavians believed that the Norse gods had actually been humans from Troy who had fled their burning city and immigrated to Scandinavia, where they had used magic to make the locals believe that they were gods.
Scandinavia's Winter Tourism Boom: A Silver Lining to Climate Change
The scarcity of snow in the Alps has led to a boom in Scandinavian winter tourism, with tourists seeking unique experiences like skiing and viewing the Northern Lights. This shift has positive economic implications and challenges the global tourism industry to adapt to climate change