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A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway

by Lorelou Desjardins

A year of learning Norway from the inside

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A year of learning Norway from the inside

French-born Lorelou Desjardins arrives in Oslo for a new job with little knowledge of Norway and its customs, then spends a year learning the language and trying out local traditions. Her account connects everyday adjustment with the calendar of Norwegian life: work meetings and the Julebord, Easter at a cabin, 17 May celebrations and traditional food. Cycling across the country and attempts to make friends broaden the view beyond Oslo, while dating a Scandinavian adds a personal dimension to her effort to find a place in a culture she had not expected to love. The book combines travel with observations about work, social customs and the practical experience of settling in.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Travel readers interested in Norway and Scandinavian customs.
  • Readers curious about cross-cultural adjustment and life abroad.
  • Those who enjoy personal accounts organized around a year of cultural discovery.

Themes

Cultural adaptationNorwegian traditions and everyday lifeLanguage learningTravel and belonging

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Book overview

Lorelou is French, has lived in 7 different countries, and dreams of living on a tropical beach. She suddenly gets a job offer in Oslo and decides to move to Norway despite her limited knowledge of the country and its customs. Her friends think she has lost her mind. "Do you know what Norwegians do to have fun? They go on skiing trips in the middle of the night!". During one year she will try to understand Norwegians, learn their language and adopt their traditions. She will try adapting to Norwegian working culture from Norwegian meeting habits at work to the famous Julebord or Christmas party.

 

From Easter holidays at the cabin, to 17th of May celebrations with bunad, and adapting to making things koselig and eating traditional Norwegian food like sheep heads from Voss (smalahove), Lorelou sails through this journey with candor, trying to make Norwegian friends, dating a Scandinavian and cycling all over the country to discover this wonderful land. She falls slowly in love with this country nothing destined her to love. "A Frog in the Fjord" was a national bestseller in Norway in 2017 and is now available in English, edited for an international audience.

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