(Scroll down for English version…) Når jeg skriver dette, har min nye roman “Isak” vært ute i butikkene i omtrent to måneder. Og jeg er nettopp ferdig med neste manus. Det vil […]
Always one book ahead / Alltid én bok foran
Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen
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Viking skills # 5: Violence
Most people would say that violence isn’t a skill. Fighting is a skill, and to be a Viking, you had to be a good fighter. I disagree. Going into a fight can […]
Sometimes you just have to say «Fuck it»
Have you ever felt like everything happens when you didn’t expect it? And that nothing happens when you are working really, really hard for it to happen? I have. At times, I feel like the most sensible thing I can do, is to step back, say «Fuck it» and vanish for a few days, weeks or even months. It is in my absence that good things happen to me. It sounds crazy, but the world is.
Viking skills #4: Navigation
by Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen The Vikings were sailors. Or to be more exact, they started out as rowers, as the first seagoing boats of Scandinavia had oars but no mast. Which, by […]
Viking sports
Did you know the Vikings were passionate about sports? Yes, that’s true. We’d probably be surprised if we travelled back a thousand years and witnessed their commitment to physical fitness. I’ve been […]
A walk in the woods
A walk in the woods. What does that mean to you? Is it simply a walk, or is it a lot more? A good friend of mine says that the woods are […]
Viking skills #3: Woodworking
I rate woodworking as the third most important Viking skill. Why? Because if you lived in northern Europe about 1000 years ago, you needed your woodworking skills to survive. You needed to […]
Viking skills #2: Archery
Archery is magical. Can you remember that first bow you made as a kid, the one who sent your roughly made arrow in among those trees, never to be found again? I […]
Viking skills #1
I have been obsessed with the Viking Age since childhood. Running around in the woods as a little kid, I used to imagine I was a Viking, and in my naive mind, […]
The Ocean – connecting people since the dawn of civilization
I have always been drawn to the ocean. It feels much more like home than any inland area I’ve ever visited. I do not understand that fear of the open ocean that […]
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