R쎸dgr쎸d can be in many ways regarded as Denmark’s most reputed dessert. A Danish traditional dish since the 19th century, ‘r쎸dgr쎸d’ literally translates as ‘red porridge’ or ‘red pudding’ (‘r쎸d’ meaning ‘red’ in Danish, while ‘gr쎸d’ meaning ‘pudding’). It is easy to make and delicious to eat. The ingredients used for making the Danish r쎸dgr쎸d…
Old Norse for market place is kaupangr, but nowadays the term is mostly associated with Kaupang (i.e. the trade centre) in Skiringssal, on the western side of Oslofjord and in Viksfjord, near the town of Larvik (part of Larvik kommune), Vestfold county, southern Norway. This article will briefly discuss the history of the kaupang in…
Ribe is a small town situated in the southwest of the Jutland peninsula (Danish: Jylland), pertaining to the enlarged Esbjerg Municipality of the Region of South Denmark (Danish: Syddanmark).슠According to a recent study undergone by three archaeologists at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and the University of York in England, voyages between Ribe and…
Normandy is a historical region located in contemporary northwestern France. It is renowned through its long standing historical legacy, as from late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages it had gradually been inhabited by Celts, Romans, and Germanic tribes, among which most notably were the Normans. The Roman Empire was ultimately forced to withdraw from…
In Icelandic and Faroese folktales, the ‘hidden people’ (or ‘Hulduf쎳lk’ as they are known in both Icelandic and Faroese) are supernatural beings that reside in, beneath or behind the rocks. The term ‘hulduf쎳lk’슠is a synonym of ‘쎡lfar’ (meaning ‘elves’), and has been in use since at least the beginning of the슠19th century in Icelandic folklore….
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