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Der Vildmarken Suser
''Der Vildmarken suser'' is a story collection from 1919 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fønhus. One of the stories, about the large killer bear "Rugg" in the Vassfaret forests, was published as a children's book in 1965, ''Fortellingen om slagbjønnen Rugg''. This book, and the subsequent animal novels ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' is a novel first published in 1920 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fønhus. His story collection '' Der Vildmarken suser'' and the follow-up novels ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' and '' Troll-Elgen'', gave Fø ...'' and '' Troll-Elgen'', was Fønhus' breakthrough, and made him known for his ability to picture animal life. References Norwegian short story collections 1919 short story collections {{1910s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Language
Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are not mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Today there are two official forms of ''written'' Norwegian, (literally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkjel Fønhus
Mikkjel Fønhus (14 March 1894 – 28 October 1973) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist and short story writer. Fønhus' stories are often set in the wilderness, featuring animals and animal behaviour. Personal life Mikkel Arnesen Fønhus was born on the Nordre Fønhus farm in the Valdres Valley in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway to the merchant Arne Mikkelsen Fønhus (1860–1896) and Olava Olsdatter Storsveen (1867–1948). After six years of primary school, he attended four years of middle school in Aurdalsbyen and three years of secondary school in Oslo. He also started studying law at the University of Oslo. His marriage to the teacher Helga Karlsgot in 1926 ended in divorce, and he then married Margrethe Frøshaug in 1934. Career Fønhus made his literary debut with the novel '' Skoggangsmand'' in 1917, a story about an outlaw. His breakthrough came with the next book, '' Der Vildmarken suser'' (1919), inspired by Jack London's ''The Call of the Wild''. His next books were ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassfaret
Vassfaret is a forested mountain valley in southern Norway. The valley is located on the border of the municipalities of Flå, Nesbyen, and Ringerike in Viken county and Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county. The valley lies between the Hallingdal and Hedalen valleys in the traditional district of Valdres. The steep forest and mountain slopes on both sides of the valley have peaks reaching up to above sea level at Sørbølfjellet in Flå municipality in the furthest southwest part of Vassfaret. The area was one heavily inhabited by bears. Protected area The valley includes several nature conservation areas: * Vassfaret and Vidalen conservation area (''Vassfaret/Vidalen landskapsvernområde'') covering * Inner Vassfaret conservation area (''Indre Vassfaret landskapsvernområde''), covering * There are also 9 small nature reserves, a total of with very strict protection rules. History Vassfaret is characterized by low alpine coniferous forests, heather, and bogs. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Det Skriker Fra Kverrvilljuvet
''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' is a novel first published in 1920 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fønhus. His story collection '' Der Vildmarken suser'' and the follow-up novels ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' and '' Troll-Elgen'', gave Fønhus a wide reputation for his ability to picture animal life. References 20th-century Norwegian novels 1920 novels Novels about animals {{1920s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troll-Elgen
''Troll-Elgen'' is a novel from 1921 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fønhus. The story is about the large moose "Rauten" and the hunter "Gaupe", and ends up with both the hunter and the hunted losing their lives. The novel was adapted into a film in 1927. His story collection ''Der Vildmarken suser'' and the follow-up novels ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' is a novel first published in 1920 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fønhus. His story collection '' Der Vildmarken suser'' and the follow-up novels ''Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet'' and '' Troll-Elgen'', gave Fø ...'' and ''Troll-Elgen'', gave Fønhus a wide reputation for his ability to picture animal life. References 20th-century Norwegian novels 1921 novels Norwegian novels adapted into films {{1920s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Short Story Collections
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian * Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
