18th Century · Bunad · Recreation

Are you there, blog? It’s me, Maren…

So, as has been proved time and time again, I'm a terrible blogger. When I last published anything, almost a year ago, I wrote "There might also be some exciting stuff happening soon, that I can’t really tell you about yet… but it will involve a lot more and more high quality content!"That exciting stuff… Continue reading Are you there, blog? It’s me, Maren…

18th Century · Bunad · history lesson

National costumes on the National Independence Day!

Yesterday was Norway's National Day, one of my favourite holidays! On the 17th of May 1814, an assembly of Norwegian menfolk signed the Norwegian constitution, which made Norway an independent country after more than 400 years as a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Now, I know that the constitution wasn't actually very liberal, compared to… Continue reading National costumes on the National Independence Day!