02935nam 2200541Ia 450 991045451220332120200520144314.00-8166-6637-7(CKB)1000000000721635(EBL)433175(OCoLC)639983676(SSID)ssj0000177592(PQKBManifestationID)11156212(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177592(PQKBWorkID)10217581(PQKB)11306714(MiAaPQ)EBC433175(Au-PeEL)EBL433175(CaPaEBR)ebr10274271(EXLCZ)99100000000072163520080411d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn cod we trust[electronic resource] living the Norwegian dream /Eric DregniMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20081 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-5623-1 Contents; A Cambridge Education; From Colony to Homeland; A Beautiful Day in Hell; "Screw Yourself" at IKEA; Janteloven; The Chest; Munch Is Dårlig; Aliens; Living the Norwegian Dream; Porridge Night; Norsk Course; A to Å; Cabin Culture; A True Norwegian; Paul Bunyan's Blacksmith?; "Take Everything for Good Fish"; A Free Upbringing; Columbus Was Norwegian; On the Meat Bus; Bargain Babies; Earth Mothers at the Sick House; The Name of the Devil; Mørketid: The Dark Time; Tran!; Rakfisk: Riskier Than Lutefisk; Juletid; Fish in Lye; Born Wearing Skis; "The World's Most Beautiful Voyage"Snowbound in BodøThe Knitting Hall of Fame; Døping the Baby; In Cod We Trust; Syttende Mai: Constitution Day; You Can't Eat Beauty; Acknowledgments; Snakker Du Norsk?Eric Dregni's great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that-mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries-it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a birth abroad and benefiting from a remarkably generous health care system, the Dregnis' family came full circle when their son Eilif was born in NorwaNational characteristics, NorwegianNorwaySocial life and customs20th centuryNorwayDescription and travelElectronic books.National characteristics, Norwegian.914.81045Dregni Eric1968-914956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454512203321In cod we trust2261402UNINA