The film shows traditional methods in slamon fishing in rivers and fjords in Western Norway.
The dance Halling is probabbly one of the oldest Norwegian dances. This film shows how it is danced by young men from Valdres.
In front of a country church, women clad in Setesdal bunads (traditional Norwegian folk costumes) display their fine silver accessories. Silversmith Knut Sigurdsøn Helle, of Hylestad in Setesdal, is ...
In front of a country church, women clad in Setesdal bunads (traditional Norwegian folk costumes) display their fine silver accessories. Silversmith Knut Sigurdsøn Helle, of Hylestad in Setesdal, is ...
Traditional fishing methods in Sølensjøen, a lake 700 meters above sea level in south-eastern Norway.
Shot in the valley district of Setesdal, this film shows how the fabric used for the black skirt of the local "bunad" (a Norwegian folk costume) used to be hand pleated. Other entries in this series o...
An amiable little film detailing how horses are shoed. Farrier Anker Ruud, from the old smithy "H. Ruud, Farrier" in Kristiansand, replaces a horseshoe for the very last time before his imminent retir...
This particular folk dance, the so-called springleik, has most likely been common over large parts of Gudbrandsdalen. At the time of production, however, the unbroken tradition lived on primarily in a...