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a northern state of mind

Thursday, March 31, 2011

More on Tromsø

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A few days after leaving Tromsø, the snow is already a blur in my mind. Three days of snow blanketing the town and then clearing briefly, t...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Tromsø, Norway

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I arrived in Tromsø a couple of days ago in a snowstorm and it’s been on and off snowing ever since. My hotel room looks out at the bridge ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Copenhagen Botanic Gardens on a mild spring day

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Sami talks and videos online

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Great links to Sami talks and videos from Kari Lie, Visiting Assistant Professor of Norwegian, St. Olaf College, who teaches a course on t...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Swedish Center in Seattle Celebration of 50 years on Dexter Ave

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Friday, Mar. 11. Our Building Turns 50. The neighborhood has grown up around our building since it opened half a century ...
Monday, March 7, 2011

“Four Legs Good”: Sara Wheeler on the Sámi

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Just one last post about Sara Wheeler’s new book about the Arctic, The Magnetic North, and then I’ll move on. I'm now reading Gretel...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Sara Wheeler’s The Magnetic North

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I’ve found it difficult to approach writing about this book, and not because I hated it. What Sara Wheeler does well, she does very well. Mu...
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Barbara Sjoholm
I've traveled in and written about the Nordic countries and Sápmi for many years, and have published numerous books about the North, including translations, travel narratives, and cultural history. Most recently I translated By the Fire, a collection of Sámi folktales, many told by women, collected and illustrated by the Danish ethnographer and artist, Emilie Demant Hatt (1873-1958). The University of Minnesota Press will publish a new book in February, 2023, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture, with stories of Sámi objects and their makers over the centuries. www.barbarasjoholm.com has more about all my books. I also write mysteries under the name Barbara Wilson. See www.barbarawilsonmysteries for more about them.
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