Christmas In Norway (Jul i Norge) - Norwegian Christmas Traditions, Food and Culture [Documentary]

Christmas in Norway (Jul i Norge) is a documentary where we explore Norwegian Christmas traditions, Norwegian food and Norwegian culture. Set in Drammen and Oslo, we also examine daily life in Norway during the Winter season.
We begin with Julebakst (Christmas Baking) and go shopping with my Norwegian in-laws for food and decorations. Next, we take a walk around Oslo and visit the famous Christmas Market: Jul i Vinterland. In the third section, we try iconic Norwegian Christmas food such as Lutefisk (Lye Fish), Ribbe (Roast Pork Belly) and Akevitt (Potato Liquor).
In the fourth section, it's Christmas Eve - we dive into the Pagan rituals of Yule that evolved into Christmas and feast on Norwegian Christmas Food including Ribbe (Roast Pork Belly), Pinnekjott (Cured Lamb) and Turkey (Kalkun). In the final section we examine Romjul, New Year’s Eve and what Norwegians do for fun, including Football and Skiing in Norway. We end the documentary by going out to a bar and discussing drinking culture and watch the midnight fireworks in Drammen.
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SECTIONS
0:10 Pre-Christmas Traditions
6:34 Christmas in Oslo
9:53 Julebord - Trying Traditional Norwegian Food
14:25 Christmas Eve
20:41 Romjul and New Year's Eve
CREDITS
Northern Lights Background Designed by macrovector / Freepik
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Julebukking photography used with kind permission from Norsk Folkemuseum
Eine Felszeichnung im Alta Museum Nordnorwegen
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Seks unge kvinner fra Kristiania skiforening by Nasjonalbiblioteket
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MUSIC
Dramatic Riser by Rafael Krux
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[@jacyellowtree6043]

Very enjoyable video; thank you very much. ❤️👏👏👏🎄🎄🎄👏👏👏❤️

[@Helperbot-2000]

"the transport system is frequent in the cities, but can be infrequent in rural areas" understatement of the century

[@patricialong5767]

I'm half Danish, part Welsh, Norwegian and Cherokee. My full blood Danish father and my US-born mother were nuts when it came to Christmas. As the eldest child of seven kids, I was heavily involved in the baking, decorating and so forth for this holiday, but at my age now, I do not do very much for Christmas, thank you! Too old and tired. :)

[@PakistanifamilyinNorway]

The production quality is insane! The editing and narration is so professional. This could easily have been a bbc documentary. Two thumbs up 😃 Keep up the good work ❤️

[@georgeasmundwiik6688]

@@ParminderGillVisuals yeah that would be about Right. Typisk BBC. Ja.🤔🤨

[@mariakitsiou3685]

Iam from Cyprus but Christmas in Norway is stunning! LOve you spectacular Norway !!

[@eddale5557]

Look all countrys have their nice crismas traditition Norway have our and Spain or other countrys celebrate this and that is nice i think we have our way other countrys have their way :) It is no special with the norwegian way actually :) I actually like the US way even if i am born and live in Norway "but" the ribbe and aquvit" will i never abandone!!!! Looks like the americans celebrate in a much more intensity than in Norway! In the US they eat dry boring turkey lol i can't understand why that is so popular ? we eat turkey only on new year eave "never" other days in a year! Even some peoples have ribbe also in that day because of the boring turkey haha! We don't like turkey much here in Norway.

[@mariakitsiou3685]

In my country Cyprus also we eat turkey on Christmas!!!.Norway is the best country in the world 🌎

[@geiroveeilertsen7112]

As a Norwegian living is Stavanger, I felt this was an excellent explanation of how we celebrate Christmas 👍 Some might say "that isn't _exactly_ how we in 'insert tiny community here' celebrate Christmas, so your video is bad!", but you pretty much covered every main point, and I will link this video when trying to explain to my American friends how we celebrate Christmas (with your permission), because it's viewed from someone who isn't native 😇👍

[@trailkrum6750]

Great video overview of Norwegian Christmas. Thank you for putting it together and sharing it!

[@Helperbot-2000]

lets be honest, its a video about norway so we all know its just gonna be us watching XD

[@marita2g]

Jepp xD

[@AndreasEUR]

@@marita2g no shit

[@marita2g]

@@ParminderGillVisuals well. Norwegians just love watching everything about their country. And don’t get me started on videos where they taste Norwegian candy/snacks 😂

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@marita2g lmao completely right

[@BenjaminTrillington]

I enjoyed watching it! Hello from the USA

[@EspenX]

That was a really good overview of Christmas in Norway. I would disagree reading bible verses is common on Christmas Eve and point out that people usually don't serve Christmas dinner as a buffet, but they either have ribbe, lutefisk, pinnekjøtt or torsk (cod) depending on the region their family traditions are from. But those things are just minor details, every family have their own traditions.

[@Helperbot-2000]

yeah norway isnt exactly the most christian country to say the least

[@eddale5557]

Well ribbe ( pork ribbs) is the most folk in "østlandet" south east who eat and "Vestlandet" Bergen and such is "smala hoved" smoked head of a sheep and pinnekjøtt (smoked ribs from a sheep). North in Norway they eat torsk "cod" so it is the way it have been for as longs as i can remember. And the folks in the souhtern country they eat almost the same as in Oslo (østlandet) and some pinnekjøtt there as well. But my mom she is 70 years now and she still baking 7 diffrent kind of biscuits every cristhmas and the sand cake is my favorite lol !

[@MisjonenKomi]

I concur with EspenX.

[@rytterl]

Agreed. Norway is a very secular country. We don't dabble much in religion in this way. This is probably more of a family tradition in this family.

[@georgewik6599]

@@rytterl well I and my wife and Daughter, spent 10. Days in Norway, Oslo. We worshipped in the Domekirke, which Was well attended. This was in 2,007. We also visited a Church, on the way Back to our hotel. Yeah. My Father was Norwegian, Han Komma fra Alesund. 🤔

[@synnveandersen715]

A lot of Norwegian families go to church before eating the Christmas dinner (even if they usually don't)! There are many Christmas concerts all over Norway in December which are very popular,

[@memorieshaven11]

Your videos are so well put together. It deserves much more view and appreciation. Thank you very much :)

[@annetcell-ly4571]

My paternal grandmother was Norwegian. She migrated to HOT Australia after WW1. I hope to visit Norway one day. My Swedish friends love knitting, weaving, sewing also.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Gravy is called Sjy (is also funny enough a word to describe ''the ocean'' in the north of Norway) in Norwegian.

[@danielrumsey3709]

I would love to see the old ways come back

[@buzzwildttv]

When I was a kid we did "Julebukk" each year, it was a tradition, where we dressed up in costumes and walked from door to door and sang Christmas carols, receiving candies and food. Sadly this tradition has been "replaced" with Halloween.

[@buzzwildttv]

And seeing the Christmas food in this film made my mouth water, I just love pork belly and the Juletallerken

[@rovhalt6650]

Its up to you to continue the tradition. Not society.

[@ruthannbishop9325]

Interesting though the original tradition according this documentary gathers the souls of the dead ..sound like lifeless tradition to me...corps ...but the gathering friends and giving if something like baking was nice tradition noted this around if counties share our baking goods with neighbours good things to your household and way met greet neighbours for season festivity. Sometimes need change traditions.....

[@SY-bn3iz]

eally appreciate your effort!! The vlog is well made and the narrator is excellent, thank you and happy holidays!

[@leeprism9564]

In Minnesota, I was at a Norwegian church Christmas supper, and I couldn’t eat the lutefisk either, but the rye bread and butter was great, and the frutsuppe or fruit soup, was great. A friends dad started Nordicware, and the many different cookie making utensils were very interesting. Merry Christmas, and happy new year.

[@teresameyer3348]

I'd be interested in highlights of the Norway in a nutshell tour. Also a tour around Bergen. Looking forward to your next Norway video!

[@_Viking]

This was great. Picture perfect Norwegian christmas. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

I've uploaded two new documentaries about Christmas - one is about the incredibly violent Viking Christmas (kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3qkk2BvnNyhrLs) and the other explores the origins of Norwegian Christmas Traditions (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZO3eJqinpd5g9E). Give them a watch if you want a more historical perspective on Christmas! If you really enjoyed the video, you can help me fund future projects and help me become a Professional Content Creator[TM] by becoming a member of the channel (click the Join button) or via Patreon (www.patreon.com/ParminderGill) I'll soon be uploading extended editions of videos (such as this one), behind-the-scenes, outtakes and exclusive content. Thanks! CORRECTIONS 13:38 and 17:34 Tyttebærsyltetøy was incorrectly translated as Cranberry Jam, it should have been Lingonberry Jam 17:22 The Norwegian word for gravy is "Sjysaus". Beklager! Jeg laget videoen før jeg begynt å lære norsk. 17:49 Reading Luke 2 appears to have been an old tradition - Norwegian Wikipedia mentions it: nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juleevangeliet#Bruk

[@terrypeddlesden8984]

Wow!! Excellent video! I am planning to go to Oslo for Christmas and this is an exceptional video. Thank you!!

[@DancinFool]

Norway is beautiful. She is beautiful.

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

Thank you for the beautiful presentation 👍😁All the best and Merry Christmas for everyone 🎅✌👏😁

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Thank you so much. I have always wanted to see Norway, especially the fjords!

[@rebeccalarason306]

Thank you for sharing this fun video.

[@mortenlund6720]

I don't have any need to bring back the old Julebukk, but we still dress up our kids like little santas and go julebukk each christmas. Sing carols and get snacks in return. It is also fairly common that adult dress up like julebukk with masks and go from door to door to get some alcohol. They get invited in and gets a glass of beer/wine or a shot or two of aquavit. Really fun!

[@eddale5557]

Julebukk is out not seen one in 20 years no kid's do that anymore or adoults for what i have seen here in Oslo!

[@mortenlund6720]

@@eddale5557 think you need to get out of the big cities to find this. Feel like the old traditions are a bit stronger on the countryside than in the city.

[@TheKruns]

Beautiful christmas video about Norway 🎄 Merry christmas

[@rocheillaurio5408]

Christmas is the most awaiting holiday 😀

[@tommuscatello5999]

GREETINGS from Upstate New York.

[@RJH_LIL]

I already subscribed to youway2norway so when I saw this, I said let me check this out. Glad I did. I really enjoyed this video. Good work

[@teresameyer3348]

Really interesting and we'll made. I would like a version of christmas in Bergen. I would also like to see more on the Christmas markets.

[@tommym3543]

Great video thanks for sharing :)

[@reyalPRON]

I am bornm raised and live in norway. This made my cheeks wet from national pride. The device shown at 7:45 is called a "spark" it means kick in norwegian. you can transport your loved one on such a device in some few winter weeks.

[@reyalPRON]

@@ParminderGillVisuals Thank you. Made my day

So beautiful.

[@luannedimaggio7025]

So much fun

[@bobbaker8263]

Living on the border with Minnesota/North Dakota I’ve actually volunteered to make Lutefisk. Not realizing it was soak in lye& then cooked & served with butter? I couldn’t get pass it soak in lye & boiled! It stunk! There are lots of Norwegians in this area. They can’t get enough of lutefisk. Merry Christmas to all of you in Norway! 😎🇺🇸🎄

[@rjs7175]

So enjoyable! Thank you! From US. (Boston area).

[@evygil]

Love this Takk!

[@judyraymond8341]

Nice!!! God Bless!!!

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

If there is one holliday tradition that we Norwegians take seriously, it's Christmas, or Jul as we call it.. Just like our viking ancestors who celebrated a pagan festival tradition around the same time of the year called Yol/Yul. We have kept the same name on the holliday, despite Christianization.

[@gardini100]

celebrating the sun the new fresh born sun :)

[@pantzman]

Jul (Yuletide) was not really a christian tradition so it can be celebrated by anyone without having to involve religion. Like "good christians" they tried to forbid. demonize or steal every pre-christian tradition. Kinda fun that we still have weekdays named after the the sun, the moon and pre-christian norse gods.

[@gardini100]

@@pantzman but if you think of it it is all based on the Sun

[@eddale5557]

Jul is the only the ting we need i don't care about easter or pinse it is Cristmas who brings familiy together in my oppinnion no other ting is for me any important! 1 thing in a year that's it :)

[@mariakitsiou3685]

God is our original father and one day we will return back to him!!! Our body is a gift from God and i have to delete all my tatoos!!! I don't know why i did these stupid things!!!

[@murielnaumann931]

Christmas in Germany is very much the same. Ok the dishes in Norway are a little bit different 😉. We have a lot of older traditions too, but a lot of Germans do no longer know them. Pork is very important for the new year, because it brings you luck. The German saying "Schwein gehabt!" means you have pork = luck! The "Raunächte" with "Knecht Ruprecht" are very similar to the wild hunt.

[@adriansuciu6239]

Looks like a movie , amazing tho!😍

[@abhinavdsingh6951]

Paaji great documentary

[@clam371384]

After watching your video, I am def. going to put Norway on my ‘to visit’ list next year instead of Iceland. Nice vid, thank you.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

Do both! Iceland is better in winter, Norway is better in summer. If enough people are interested, I'll put together a Norway road trip video guide

[@sb6370]

Thank you for inviting us into your holidays! I was in Oslo and Drammen back in 97 for Morten Harket’s Vogts Villa tour kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHO5pYuDdt2FbpY As I am from Michigan, and don’t speak Norwegian, I had no idea what he was singing about. But Norway was friendly and beautiful.

[@Angel-ni2yn]

oml I love Piku's hair, makeup, and fashion, absolutely stunning!!! Perfect color for Christmas time too

[@NaomiKGarza]

I live in California in the USA I wish I could have a White Christmas. Norway would be like a magical place to be for Christmas!

[@heidijorgensen7150]

I live in California (high desert) and two years ago we had lots of snow. Beautiful, but it lasted only a few days!

[@fabmura1966]

Cool video. Can't wait to visit. Great segment on the Julebock, which is so rare to see, but no mention of Julenisse?

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

Well I might have needed some material for the sequel...

[@fabmura1966]

@@ParminderGillVisuals Yes, please! Everybody loves Julenisse! 😉🎄

[@nerd_in_norway]

Great video! Although I wonder, is this family more religious than others, cause in my so far 44 christmases in Norway - celebrated in the south, in the far north, at about ten different familie's homes - we have never read those Bible verses. Although I know it's tradition in Churches.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

It's more modest and family centered there and the food traditions really matter. Now I will check out Christmas in Greece.

[@BrXsu]

The "gravy" at 17:23 is called Sø. At least where im from up north

[@tovelynnhaagensen3491]

Norwegian word for what you call gravy...is called SJY......and often that is the ground to make . SAUS :)

[@heidijorgensen7150]

Sjy is actually broth, when you add thickening ingredients it becomes gravy (saus)

[@susanboyd5471]

I am of Swedish descent. We share a lot of common cultural activities.

[@jeanycataros3050]

It's really Christmas!!! And I'm Forever💃🤸. My friend is there with my relative, a family member.Just wait for me,okay. I Love You Norway🥳✈️

[@jamestaeg]

Kids walk "julebukk" still, at least in North Norway. They go from door to door wearing costumes, though most of the costumes are made by the parents, and sing carols and psalms in return for Christmas cookies, maybe some candy, and if they're lucky some small gifts. This happens in "romjulen", the week between Christmas and new year's eve, and it's somewhat similar to the American Halloween tradition.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

It makes me glad they're keeping the culture alive in the North. Is Jul-Anders still a thing there?

[@jamestaeg]

@@ParminderGillVisualsNot that I recall, no, at least it wasn't usual in the area of North Norway that I come from.

[@charmainelamont2020]

England is the only country in the UK that has Father Christmas who is actually a figure from English folklore and is a totally different person from Santa Clause/Saint Nicholas. Over the years the two figures have merged into one but only in England do they refer to Father Christmas.

[@Splitfoot]

I enjoyed this😅

[@atlemoen9595]

Need too commentate on the topic julebukk. We used go julebukk and sing to people for candy. We dressed up as santas and angels and sing carols.

[@karolinemathildeaasen26]

Gravy is Sky, or skysaus in norwegian :)

[@exentr]

*sjy oppan gangnam style

[@lucianatykhelle6405]

Sjy for meg...

[@etk86]

Trodde Gravy var saus jeg.

[@TheGokmovies]

@@etk86 Helt rett !

[@karolinemathildeaasen26]

I gravy/sjysaus brukes kraft til å lage sausen - sauce/saus trenger ikke nødvendigvis det (peppersaus/Béarnaise osv). Sjysaus e en type saus, men ikke alle sauser er sjysaus :)

[@rsoubiea]

we have many if the same customs and foods at this time of year. except luttefish lol.

[@utavtakt9361]

Nice effort, let's hope the algorithm works.....

[@anitaeriksen5408]

Gravy in Norge is sos, depending on the dish it is either brun (brown) or sur og såt (sweet and sour... it is white)

[@itskhro]

Not that all our space is *actually habitable* , but yeah I guess the towns are small and reasonably far apart all across the country.

[@daghugowilhelmsen5660]

What about the christmas three partys ( Juletre fest ) where the kids dans around the Xmas three.

[@Muchoyo]

Tree, not three. I know, they're both "tre" in Norwegian and easy to mix up.

[@americaneclectic]

I had Lutefisk with Lefse in Wisconsin, USA, only once. Uff da!! Does anyone still make Rosetten?

[@Norwegian733]

17:50 Really? Never heard anyone reading "Luke 2" from the Bible as a Chistmas tradition before and is certainly NOT a norwegian christmas tradition. This must be common for this particular family and friends.

[@frdagosi]

Then again norway is a loooong country and south norway does not even know shit about north norway so why cant it be a tradition? Its just depends who are you asking and were are you asking it. There are alot of stuff my family does not do there. But that is because we live in north norway and he talked mostly about the south and i cant say they dont either.

[@madelen9279]

Joda, det er tradisjon flere steder. Både den og Jenta med svovelstikkene spesielt.

[@Norwegian733]

@@madelen9279 Ikke en "norsk tradisjon". Muligens lokale tradisjoner.

[@catsandcrows8880]

It's a tradition in the area where I come from at least, north west Norway.

[@primrosedahlia9466]

Yeah never heard of it before. Noone I know does it

[@leslienelis301]

Interesting! I love Christmas and learning about how other cultures celebrate. I don’t know about that old goat tradition it sounds pagen and creepy.

[@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi]

Intte Akavitt please

[@perknutsen3885]

We ain't shy, but people over age of 65 did not have english in school so thats why many just move from you or say they dont have the time, but people age 45 and down most all speak very good english and love to talk to new people!! And it's not truth that is very expensive at stores, every store has cheap goods as we call: firstprice, coop extra, those cost very little!

[@lillia5333]

Of course we had english in school. I'm 68 and we started learning english in third grade. People older than me had english in school.

[@Muchoyo]

@@lillia5333 quite correct. I'm 70 and will turn 71 later this year. Growing up in Oslo we were taught English from 6th grade, at 12 years of age. Personally I studied English all the way through high school, at 19.

[@SunGem]

Flytoget is twice the price ad Vy, just to mention it.

[@Muchoyo]

And one quarter of the Flytoget fare with Vy, if you're 67 or above. And you get there just as fast, although with slightly fewer departures to choose from.

[@ankra12]

Its not cranberry but lingonberry.

[@MissBaluba]

I live in Drammen 🙂🙂

[@Muchoyo]

I live close by, zip code 3409👍👍👍and I can see Drammen's bright lights from my balcony.

[@Avg_Andy]

We do have a name for gravy. its Saus

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

Of course we have a name for gravy- it's sjy

[@rsoubiea]

we seem to go crazy in the late fall with pumpkin spice flavored everything! its annoying.

[@annicaesplund6613]

Most of that is like in Sweden too. Just the food that's a bit different.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

After finding out about the Flying Jacob, I am highly suspicious of Swedish food :D

[@annicaesplund6613]

@@ParminderGillVisuals 🤣🤣🤣 That was a popular dish in the 70's.

[@chee5935]

Is Parminder a Norwegian name ?

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

Nope, it's North Indian/Punjabi. You might have heard of another Parminder (Nagra) who starred in Bend it like Beckham and ER.

[@sidvich]

Hils Morten og Anu ;-)

[@TullaRask]

You forgot the nortern norway tradition of cod during xmas. Also norwegians are known to be very secular, so I'm willing to bet reading from the bible is very seldom. Then again xmas is a family tradition with old parents and grand parents.

[@arcticblue248]

@@ParminderGillVisuals We call it word enhancers ... :-) but also ... Cod is what some eat for dinner, how common it is I don't know, most I know eats Ribbe or Pinnekjøtt and some eats Kalkun :-)

[@eirikhagen2845]

Really depends. My grandparents are from senja and swearing there is quite frequent. Everyone in senja and other common fishing places like lofoten eat mostly cod, or lutefisk as we call it. Extremely good fish topped with a sauce made from mustard and browncheese, with bacon, potatoes and mashed peas.

[@TullaRask]

@@eirikhagen2845 I though the people up north would prefer something they didn't eat all year round at xmas, but I guess not.

[@eirikhagen2845]

@@TullaRask yeah it is prepared in a totally different way luckily.

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Video

[@RambinoYT]

You didn't try MEDISTERKAKER!??!?!

[@RambinoYT]

@@ParminderGillVisuals Of course the one part i went for a drink i lost the part xD Glad you did! Medisterkaker is amazing :D you said it tasted like sausage in a different form. What kind of sausage are you referring to, not Julepølse i hope because they are very different haha

[@barbarah9917]

USA here.

[@Moffeliten]

Some of these prices a completely wrong

[@jameshaury2716]

I had lutefisk it tasted like fishy, Jell-O! I think I would enjoy Norwegian Christmas food but please no Lutefisk.

[@KjetilBalstad]

I find it funny how everyone believe taxes in Norway are high, until they do a comparison...

[@_Viking]

Yet another Norwegian claiming taxation isn't all that bad. Don't forget 25% on almost everything you buy, as long as it isn't petrol, tobacco, cars or alcohol. Then you pay 50% tax or even more. And there is the road tax, registration tax, toll roads everywhere, import tax and so on. Do you still think there isn't a lot of taxes in Norway???

[@KjetilBalstad]

​@@_Viking If you compare the overall tax burden of a single person in Norway it's 27.6% of wages, while in the US it's 26%. The average for the OECD zone is 25.5%. (2018 numbers). Cost of living in Norway is high, but this evens out when we consider the GDP per person and purchasing power in GDP per person which is far ahead of the USA. Out of these countries (OECD) the USA is the only country that does not have universal healthcare, a working free education system, working public transport and so on. All in all there are very few social safety nets in the USA, making poverty and subsequently crime a much bigger problem. This means US citizens get's an extra "tax" on top of this, payed to private corporations if they want comparable health care and so on.

[@_Viking]

@@KjetilBalstad in Norway there are not only tax on income. Your employer pays tax (18%?) just to pay you your salary. Then you pay tax on whats left for you. Also there is all kinds of taxes on everything you buy. 15% on food, 25% on almost everything else, and upwards to more than 100% on tobacco and alcohol. Healthcare cost you 8% of your income. In total, taxation is far beyond what it is in America. Don't forget that. Norway is great if your income is low, US is great if you have high income.

[@gullfeber]

@@_Viking norway is certainly great with a high income as well... more money = more shit to buy

[@_Viking]

​@@gullfeber Well, our high income doesn't help much when a lot of things are equally priced. Houses, food, and especially services cost a lot in Norway. A carpenter or electrician easily costs you $100 an hour. And even though Norway produces a lot of oil and gas, gasoline costs $8-9 a gallon. A pack of cigarettes costs $18! Alcohol is also very expensive. That's the result of high taxes on everything, not only your income. But when the government removed all tax on electric cars, then you see Teslas everywhere in Norway.

[@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi]

Nej tack intte

[@Nabium]

People need to stop calling lingonberries for cranberries. That's like calling lemons for bananas because they're both yellow fruits. Not all red berries are cranberries.

[@christopherfonn6932]

try raspberry balls ( raspeballer)

[@minirille3031]

kompe

[@gullfeber]

det heter ikke bringebær baller dude

[@scottanderson7239]

I guess that explains why I don't like taking pictures not even with my own family that I'm not related in blood 54% German what left split between Swedish and Norwegian.

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Actually the version shown in Norway (23.12) is the Swiss version, the German one is much better👍😂

[@someoneyoudontknow6129]

This video is great, but yall are drinking the wrong Julebrus, it is supposed to be the one and only Dahls brown Julebrus.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

Er det bedre enn hamar og lillehammers julebrus?

[@someoneyoudontknow6129]

@@ParminderGillVisuals jepp, alltid Dahls

[@needmorecowbell6895]

We eat lefse. Lots of lefse and drink more alcohol than other Americans during the holidays.

[@bbbxoxo9173]

530£ on presents? HAHA, more like 2000£ (and thats for a normal family)

[@Moffeliten]

Christmas star? It's calle poinsettia

[@russbear31]

Yes, I was surprised to see it in a video about Norway. That plant is originally from Mexico. Americans began to import them in from Mexico to use as Christmas decorations. 200 years later they're all over the world at Christmastime.

[@bar10dr]

I like Santa Clause better 😂

[@laurelgaskill9805]

No dyed red Raggedy Ann hair. So bizarre.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

What's truly bizarre is how your surname describes the potency of your flatulent emissions.

[@vergil8833]

Medisterkaker shouldn't be grainy, if it's grainy then its a kjøttkake. Medisterkaker is supposed to be completely smooth inside since it is made from a very fine paste made of pork, fat, and spices. Should be a fine light color inside. Kjøttkaker are very inferior to Medisterkaker.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Medister finns i to utgaver. Medisterfarse er glatt og finmalt. Medisterdeig er grovere malt, mer som kjøttdeig. Begge brukes til Medisterkaker....

[@benjaminholte7766]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Medister er også kun laget av svinekjøtt, mens kjøttkaker er av storfe. Jeg vil også legge til at kjøttet av svin ofte er kvernet med litt ister for å få den fin og feit :)

[@bluebee5266]

This is not Norwegian. I didn't tune in to see "English Pakistanis visiting Norway's Christmas". Other than the food, is this is not traditional Norwegian Christmas.

[@ParminderGillVisuals]

Jeg er verken engelsk eller pakistansk. Hvor har du lært engelsk? Grammatikken din er ganske dritt...kanskje A1 nivå. Here's your homework for today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_articles

[@NEMO-NEMO]

I suspected Norwegians to be a bunch of secret pagans. 🤡Many of the cold northern countries still celebrate the winter and summer solstice. And it’s a huge celebration. Oh well, old traditions and practices die hard.

[@marysmith7792]

Interesting, but very foreign to me. I don't think I'd like it there very much. Sorry. USA