02944nam 2200541Ia 450 991082535930332120200520144314.00-8166-6637-7(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn cod we trust living the Norwegian dream /Eric Dregni1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20081 online resource (195 pages) mapDescription 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 Bodø; The 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 travelNational characteristics, Norwegian.914.81045Dregni Eric1968-1612767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825359303321In cod we trust3961333UNINA