When I had my baby in Norway, I thought “this country is the best to be a mother, and the best to raise kids”. At least that is what every single Norwegian person I met told me. But “best” is a subjective concept, is “best” the same for a French parent, an Indian one, and a Brazilian one? As a foreigner, raising a child in ..read more

Pine trees, snow and lakes, how different are really Norway and Canada? Quite a bit actually! Canada’s territory is huge. Norway is less isolated Canada is almost as big as a continent. It is 6000 km from one side to the other, and it takes a plane 9,5 hours to fly that distance. There are several time zones in Canada, whereas Norway is a long ..read more

You might have been invited to a Christmas dinner, Christmas “frokost” or lunch, a vacation or a cabin trip during Christmas time in Norway. How to act, what to say? Don’t panic. The good news is that if a Norwegian family has invited you to their close intimate Christmas family dinner, it means they count you as a very close friend or part as their ..read more

Winter is here, and it is time to have a “koselig” time indoors, with a good book in your hands nd a pledd on your knees. Here is a list of 12 books I recommend to read to learn about Norway. These are mostly books of fiction, such as novels, and most are written by Norwegian authors. Norwegian literature is a lot about the sea ..read more

Some of you think winter has come already in Norway. Haha you fool. This is just the beginning. A little snow does not make a Norwegian winter. It is going to get colder, and it is going to get darker. You’re going to need a bunch of things to survive this, and keep your emotional and physical health intact. Remember that last year it snowed ..read more

From left to right, Norway is shaken by an earthquake of political scandals If you’ve been following the news in Norway, you might have noticed that there are a lot (really a lot) of articles in the past few months about politicians doing stuff that makes them resign or be sacked. In early July this year, Bjørnar Moxnes, leader of the party Rødt (far left ..read more

Since I moved to Norway, foreign friends have come and gone. Students, people with short contracts, people who can’t stand the cold and the rain. People who meet someone and want to try other countries, travellers. But it is really in the past 2-3 years that I’ve noticed a pattern of people leaving despite a well established life here. Foreigners with good jobs, often with ..read more

C’est en 2017 que mon livre “En frosk i fjorden- Kunsten å bli norsk” est paru en norvégien chez Cappelen Damm et 6 ans plus tard ce livre sort enfin en version traduite et rédigée pour le public francophone sous le titre “Au coin du fjord: Les aventures d’une Française en Norvège”. Avant d’écrire ce premier livre en norvégien, j’étais connue uniquement pour mon blog ..read more

Norway has it all, doesn’t? Happiest people on Earth, a yearly Nobel Peace prize to hand out, a low unemployment rate, high gender equality, paid parental leave, red cabins in the woods facing the fjord, clean water and air. My goodness, what are we doing still here, we should all move to Norway! Calm down. There is no perfect place. There are great reasons to ..read more

Picture credit: Alf Simensen/NTB Scanpix via AP There has been a historic protest in Oslo, Norway in the past week week.  See my previous article Norway: Indigenous & Environmental Youth Occupy the Ministry of Energy over Human Rights Violation for the details. The protest went from 15 indigenous and youth activists occupying the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum on Thursday 23rd of February to over 2000 ..read more