True crime in 19th century Norway; Gjest Baardsen was one of Norway’s most notorious criminals in the 19th century and inspired a number of songs
Hermann Göring’s Luftwaffe and the $6 billion deal: the lightning-fast occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in 1940
Nothing beats broadside ballads when it comes to the contemporary orientation and thematic breadth in the Norwegian folk song tradition
Norway conserves archaeological finds from 1537, but not later ones. These have been the rules since the first cultural heritage law in 1905
