Christmas in Norway, 2025

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This post is a placeholder dedicated to my first advent calendar, which contains 24 texts of various genres of Norwegian folklore. I shall be updating this page with further information (cover design, publishing details, etc.) as I have them. Until then, here is the table of contents.

Christmas in Norway, 2025
An Advent Calendar

  1. How the Fox Got His Name of Mikkel
  2. A legend published by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1912.
  3. Old Christmas Customs
  4. An article published by Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs in 1885.
  5. Good Morning - Axe Handle
  6. A folktale published by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1912.
  7. When the Mice Wanted to Hang a Bell on the Cat
  8. A fable published by Mathilde Munch in 1928.
  9. Sobbing-and-Sorrow
  10. A folktale published by Hallvard Bergh in 1882.
  11. The Christmas Tree from the Sea
  12. A literary legend published by Regine Normann in 1920.
  13. The Fox and the Buck
  14. A folktale communicated by Hallvor Aakre, and published by Johannes Skar in 1913.
  15. South of the South and North of the North, by the Great Golden Mountain
  16. A folktale published by Kristofer Janson in 1878.
  17. The Giant’s and the Giantess’s Counting Contest
  18. A folktale published in 1913.
  19. Legends of the Asgaardsreie
  20. An article published in six parts by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1852.
  21. The Kid Who Could Count to Ten
  22. A counting tale published by Alf Prøysen in 1954.
  23. Wolf Greyshanksson Poochstead
  24. A folktale published by Dina Thorsen in 1876.
  25. Ingjebjørg the Good
  26. A folktale communicated by Thore Aslaksdatter, recorded by August Schneider in 1871, and composed from the record by Simon Roy Hughes.
  27. The Magpie Calls
  28. A literary fable by Simon Roy Hughes.
  29. A Troll at Christmas
  30. A folktale published by Torkell Mauland in 1928.
  31. The Cat and the Mouse
  32. A folktale published by Halfdan Egedius in 1894.
  33. When the Hen Went to the Troll’s Place to Take Back Her Husband
  34. A folktale communicated by Marit Haugen, recorded by E. Langset in 1915, and composed from the record by Simon Roy Hughes.
  35. The Man’s Skull
  36. A folktale published by Ivar Aasen in 1855.
  37. The Boy Who Tamed the Troll
  38. A literary tale published by Jacob B. Bull in 1928.
  39. Nisses in Telemark
  40. An article by Magnus Brostrup Landstad (1802–1880), published posthumously in 1926.
  41. The Light in the Stable
  42. A literary legend published by Astrid and Olaf Thalberg in 1929.
  43. The Hulder Bride
  44. A poem by Simon Roy Hughes.
  45. A Boar and a Sow
  46. A folktale communicated by Pauline Paulsen, and recorded by Thora Skolmen in the early 1900s.
  47. An Old-Fashioned Christmas Eve
  48. A hulder tale and folk legend published by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1845.

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