This is a blog of my Scandinavian adventures. Being fascinated by its culture, literature and art for a long time, I have moved first to Denmark, and then to Norway, to experience and live it all. The blog will follow my insights into Scandinavian education, culture, people, language. I will try and cover positives, as well as negatives, as to provide a deeper explanation of my experiences and adventures. I will also try to trace Scandinavian routes outside its current territorial borders.
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Monday, 15 October 2012
On Edvard Grieg (Norwegian composer)
Grieg’s collaboration with poets brought him into contact with some of the most romantic of all Norwegian literature, the sagas, folk tales and legends. However, Grieg also had a deep love of nature, he liked nothing better than hiking in the mountains around Bergen and up from Sogn through Jotunheimen. There, in the domain of the trolls, he found challenging peaks, which afforded him splendid vistas, shimmering, iridescent glaciers and tranquil plateaus, where he became acquainted with the Norwegian folk culture.
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