Category Archives: Norway in Argentina

#EstoNoEsNoruega – You’re Not in Norway Anymore

I don’t have a large following on Twitter but I am trying to make this hashtag trend: #EstoNoEsNoruega, i.e. this is not Norway. I thought it would be fun to point out certain things are very different from Norway! Here’s … Continue reading

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The Typical Mistake – Radio Palermo

Happy new year! Feliz año! Today I had the pleasure of participating in an English-language radio show here in Buenos Aires, The Typical Mistake. The show was about being a polyglot, i.e. multi-lingual, and it was super fun! Thanks to … Continue reading

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Norway “in the World Cup”

Norwegians and especially Norwegian media will do anything to make connections between famous people and Norway. We have an expression, “Norgesvenn”, which literally means Friend of Norway, which we bestow upon people who speak highly of our country or otherwise … Continue reading

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May 17th in Buenos Aires

As mentioned earlier, there were a few celebrations for Norway’s Constitution Day here in Buenos Aires. On Friday, May 16th I attended a reception in Recoleta organized by the embassy. It was at lunch time and was really pretty boring, … Continue reading

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On the radio

I mentioned that on May 15th I was interviewed on the radio, as part of a weekly segment on different countries represented in Buenos Aires. (I wrote a short post in Spanish here.) It was a lot of fun, the … Continue reading

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Big changes, big city

So, some big changes have taken place: I moved to Buenos Aires! After a year and a half in the countryside, I am now living in la Reina del Plata. It has just been a couple of weeks so the … Continue reading

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17. mai i Buenos Aires – 17 de mayo en Buenos Aires

For nordmenn i Buenos Aires som titter innom bloggen, eller andre som er interesserte i å feire 17. mai: Det arrangeres 17. mai-feiring i Den nordiske kirken (Azopardo 1422, 1107 Buenos Aires) sondag 18. mai klokken 11:30. Arrangementet er åpent … Continue reading

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La argentina en Noruega

In some previous posts I wrote about Argentinos en Noruega and how there is not a whole lot of information about Norway for people from Argentina, in any language. I mentioned a blog written by an Argentinian woman in Norway, … Continue reading

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Blog of the Month – Expat-Blog.com

I am so happy to have been selected as the Blog of the Month at http://www.Expat-Blog.com! They have a featured blog every month, and this month I am it. How cool is that. I was surprised because there are so … Continue reading

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Expat Blogs

I don’t really use the term expat about myself, as to me it refers more to people who have been sent to another country by their companies and that often lead a rather privilieged lifestyle. I guess that technically, the … Continue reading

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