norway project

Trond Stromgren
the illustrated history of everyday life in the fjords
by stromgren publishing
Batalden 2007
interesting new facts

This book is about life in norway from different time periods showing and talking about how they survived.

i didn’t know that each farm had six different buildings for different uses. i find this interesting because i originally thought there were two or three the farm house, the storage shed and possibly an out house or something.
i didn’t know wood was so important to the Norwegian people in the book they talked about it a lot for the use of houses and buildings and a lot of stuff.
i didn’t know that people cleaned the dishes with there feet evan if it just the big pot they used for milk and butter.
i find it very interesting that the people back then cleaned themselves and other things more frequently then we do now. but i guess it kind of makes sense when your out working in the dirt on a farm all day and the stream or river or whatever water there is, is right there.
i didn’t know milk had to be separated i thought it was squeezed from a cow right into your cup practically.
i had no clue that children used boats so much by themselves. i thought if they needed to get across the fjords or get to school there parents would drive the boat there just like now. though it turns out that kids were more responsible and eligible to do things then we are now.
i didn’t know that ice had to be shipped over to different places. i thought that everyone had there own ice that they collected in the winter. but now that i think about it it makes sense not all places in norway have and if they do small places like flam might not have someone who knows how to extract it.
i didn’t know that we now use machines to milk cows. even though it’s 2007 thought we still milked cows by hand.
i didn’t know that eagles and other birds killed children and livestock. i knew that they ate off dead animals but i didn’t know they killed them.
i find it interesting that sheep wool in the autumn is better than any other season. i never really thought a bout it before but if i were to think about it i would have guessed that it would be best in the spring because thats when things new and fresh and fresh happen like birth and blossoming so i would of guessed then.