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Illustration showing beer brewing and drinking traditions in Norway in a historical perspective as part of an article about how old beer brewing traditions are being embraced by new generations.
Tradition and community are important ingredients as part of the renewed interest in micro-brewing and local food culture.
Photography of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814 at Eidsvoll
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
Professor emerita Ida Blom in picture from UiB's magazine Hubro international.
As a historian, she studied women’s liberation. As a woman she experienced this liberation. For Professor Ida Blom, history and life are two sides of the same coin.
Researchers and from the TRACSYMBOLS project working in Blombos Cave, South Africa.
Precipitations lead to the growth of ice caps at the beginning of the last ice age. Researchers have now found how this precipitation was formed. The results may help predict the next ice age.
Photo used in Hubro international 2013/2014. COASTING IT: Nils Kolle takes in...
Well into the twentieth century, people from the islands outside of Bergen rowed by boat to town and sold fresh fish straight from their boats.
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PhD candidate Gedef Firew Abawa is searching for the origins of agriculture in Northwest Ethiopia.