Vi sees neste sommer

Well, another year has come to an end at Skogfjorden. Everyone has packed and made their trips back hom, but that doesn't mean that we won't keep thinking about Norge and learning even more norsk. Keep checking back here throughout the year to see what's new og vi sees neste sommer!!

Skogfjorden Folkehøgskole

Søndager på Skogfjorden are special. After a full week of great sang, dans, kveldsprogrammer, kosetimer og kretser it's nice to take a day at relaxing pace and really savor and reflect on one's Skogfjorden experience. A tempting brunsj buffet from our incredible kitchen staff doesn't hurt either.

On lørdag, the day before, all the deltakere filled out folkehøgskole applications and chose the three valgfag they were most interested in pursuing during their time at the folkehøgskole. Choices included videregående- lead aktiviter like kubb, musikk jam, Griegopoly, Fred i Benjamins spor, rød og blå leken, håndvev og folkedans. In between the valgfag there were deilige vaffler to keep us fueled.

As per tradition we all headed to Vespers at Bukkesjøen, a Skogfjorden favorite. With a beautiful setting sol, we enjoyed quiet time gently punctuated with song, poetry, instrumental solos and relaxed by the campfire amongst friends. We're now rested and ready for another fun week ahead. Er det rart vi har det bra?

Gullfisken!

Every year Norge celebrates creativtity and wit in norwegian advertising with a competion called "Gullfisken". Gullfisken has become quite a tradition på Skogfjorden as well and this year the entries were simply fantastiske! Each strenggruppe was given the oppgave of creating a creative, compelling and effective reklame.


We invite you to share this website with friends. We hope to grow our Skogfjorden familie and have even more villagers join us for this magical time i skogen. Skogfjorden is a special place that can be shared with many. Bli med!

Dans, dans, bygdedans!

Onsdag was a day of dans. We hosted two folkedans experts who held a special workshop, together with our very own Odin and taught us traditional folkedans. We were thrilled to have them join us and contribute to our vibrant Skogfjorden community. And vibrant it is! Check out our bilder on flickr to catch a glimpse of Sinclairsvise, Trolldans, den gode, gamle Huckleberry Hound (think norge circa 1975) and the internasjonal dag dans.

Hvor er Idunns epler?

The sesjon is off to fantastisk start! The deltakere are already leading the matpresenteringer, singing their hearts out in allsang and diving into this week's kosetime aktiviteter including folkedans, norsk politikk, Scandinavian design, scenes from Peer Gynt and døball.

We are taking a brand new-to Skogfjorden sang in allsang, Vandringsvise. It's not uncommon to have the melodi in your head and then hear someone else humming it as they walk by. Our sommer of Grieg continues and even more live musikk has been added to the mix. Så koselig...

I kveld we went on a jakt after Idunn's epler. Throughout the day we came to learn the importance of the epler to the Aesir and why they were desired by others. Tre lag went on the jakt under the banner of Loki and his falcons, Thiassi and his eagles or the Aesir. We were aided in our efforts by earning clues from challenges offered by Odin, Freya, Frigg, Fenris the wolf and Yggdrasil. A big, full måne lit up the sky as we ended our kveld with a bål at the badestrand.

Post session questions

We have had an absolutly fantastic session...and we want you to hear about it!!! Here are some topics that you should ask about when you get your villagers back.

1. Who was Edvard Grieg and why are we celebrating him this year?
2. What is the Internasjonal Polar År (International Polar Year)?
3. What can you tell me about the vikings?
4. What time of the day was your favorite?
5. Who was your strenggruppe leder and what did you do in strenggruppe?
6. What was your favorite meal while at Skogfjorden? Should we try to make anything at home?
7. What did you do in kretsene? Jotunheimen, Soltun, Fagurtun, and Sameland.
8. What was your favorite godteri from the kiosk?
9. What did you do for your two hyttekvelds?
10. What are you looking forward to for next summer?

We will see you tomorrow...klokke 10!

Siste dag på Skogfjorden

Today was the very last day of NB62 2007...and what a day it was. Such beautiful weather for a great day. We had the last strenggruppe, kosetime, and middagsslur. We exchanged our penger and we finally got ready for the bankett to celebrate what a fantastic session we have had.


The bankett is always a very special event. Everybody got dressed up and came to Gimle. There we celebrated Skogfjorden and Edvard Grieg. There were so many people playing the piano, fiddle, and mouth harp during the meal...it was absolutly amazing.


We then all went down to torget to recieve our diplomer. Every villager got a diplom and those who have been here from 1-4 years also received a pin. We have several villagers who have been here for 5 år that will be receiveing there 'Circle of Friendship' medallion tomorrow...and we have 2 villagers here who are here for their tenth year and will be receiving a special plaque.


After everyone had their diplom, a pin, and their tre...we all headed up to Utgard to danse and have other fun aktiviteter to really celebrate what a great session we have had.


Vi sees neste sommer.


Check out tonights bilder here and some videos...Odin's mouth harp, Olaf's song, and (coming soon) Vemund's song.

Vikinger i Framtiden

This evening we had some special gjester... some vikinger came to Skogfjorden. Four vikings were stranded at Skogfjorden and had to find a way to get back to their time. The deltakerne helped the vikinger by reading the runes to find out who they had to go meet. After they found those people, they learned about the viking times with games, stories, and jewelry making. Finally the vikings found the magic bridge, Bifrost, and tried to escape back to where they came from but they were thwarted by the British. The vikinger and the British had a battle, which the British won, and then were let go to go back to their time.



To see the pictures, click here.

Fanitullen

Our kveldsprogram this evening was about Fanitullen, a traditional Norsk folk song. The villagers were divided into groups and given a song by either Gåte, Devils Tune, Våsen, Bukkene Bruse, and Imma. They had to create a historie about the song and then present the historie for the rest of the village. At the end, the ledre presented the story of Fanitullen.

Click to read the text in English, på Norsk, or to see the pictures.

Hyttekveld

Last night for our kveldsprogram we had a hyttekveld. We all ate pizza in our hyttes and then did an activity with just the people we live with. Some played fotball, watched a film, played games, or did an kunstprosjekt. For example, Bergen stayed in the hytte and made scrapbook pages in the shape of a puzzle piece. The girls drew picures, cut up paper, and used all sorts of materials to create something that represented their time at Skogfjorden. Then all the pieces were put together and hung on the wall to create one big puzzle! For pictures from Bergen's hyttekveld, click here.