Norwegian folklore

Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, f...

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Huldra Norse Mythology

Louise Hanson writes about magical creatures from Scandinavian folklore known as nisse, tomte, or tonttu and their place in the holiday season.

The works of classical illustration for science and literature, political commentary, and children's works are are seriously interesting, though rather challenging for a vector conversion project. Converting watercolor, line-work, wood-block print, and other styles to vector leads to some fairly serious hair tearing on occasion. Maintaining as much of the feel of the original pieces as possible while ensuring that the conversions are print-ready sometimes takes a lot longer than expected…

Description under the moon on the moss / under månen på mosen Knechter ©

Illustration by Theodor Kittelsen (1886) Norwegian barn gnomes (fjøsnisser) are very busy during Christmas, because they have to protect the farm from all the trolls, ghosts and evil spirits that are roaming around. In return they get rice porridge with butter and cinnamon, which they eat in the barn.