Susanna The Nordic Mum Podcast host, author, blogger and lover of all things Nordic unravels what it means to come from the Nordic countries. Susanna loves talking about how to hug the Nordic way of life using Scandinavia as an example. She explores why Scandinavian countries and people seem to be the most content in the world and why they top the charts when measured on trust, gender, work-life balance and happiness. Her aim is to motivate you to live your life with a hint of Nordic Simplic ...
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It’s a fortnightly chat show where my mum and I chat about the cultural content we’ve been engaging with lately
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A Scandifuturist podcast about Nordic apocrypha, wyrd Scandinaviana, and ancient eldritchness by Old Norse philologist Eirik Storesund
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Was Norway's first unitarian preacher assassinated because he knew too much about mankind's (Norwegian) origins? Are trolls actually just other human races (from different parts of West Norway)? Are the movements of celestial bodies troubling and unpredictable? Was the church of St. Thomas on Filefjell built by the Norse god Týr? N. O. Foss certain…
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Bog Buddies: The Supreme Vikings Confraternity
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In this rather cultic episode, we handle the Powerwalking Club's discovery of an obscure group of proto-Scandifuturists from the Niger Delta, which led to the establishment of a bona fide research institute to investigate it further. From its humble beginnings as a harmless student fraternity, to a dreaded international crime syndicate dabbling in …
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In this episode Eirik takes a deep dive into the ritualized home invasions once part and parcel to the Scandinavian yuletide celebrations, and the trollish mafiosi associated with it. Starting out with ill-advised discussions about unfounded heathen-ish speculations about secretly ancient (but actually modern) elements of the season as an expressio…
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My book Nordic Lifestyle: Embrace slow living, cultivate happiness and know when to take off your shoes has been out for 365 days as of today. Here on this extra episode to you my dear reader and listener I am recapping on what has been happening and what is happening next. You can get my book from major retailers and from thenordicmumbooks.com and…
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Ep. 46: "He is Odin's Man" on the Vindelev inscriptions (with Krister Vasshus)
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In 2021 in Denmark, a metal detectorist chanced upon twenty-something Migration Era gold objects weighing almost a kilogram in total. Several of these were so-called bracteates, medallions bearing runic inscriptions and strange iconography. One of these stated "... he is Odin's man". That makes it the oldest, direct, by-name reference to the deity …
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45: [Norwegian] Snuskete runesteiner fra det ytre rom (Kjettersk Kjeller August 2023)
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De uopplyste tror at runene vi finner på steiner rundt om i Skandinavia er etterlatenskaper fra våre germanske forfedre. Andre, først og fremst Kjell Aartun, vet at dette et komplott fra jantelåvens lange, skolastiske arm som søker å dekke over at alt egentlig semittisk erotikk som trosser tid og rom. Men vi har også den profilerte mikrobloggeren V…
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Ep. 44: The Oldest Runestone Yet (With Krister Vasshus)
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Three days before the recording of this episode, archaeologists and runologists in Norway unveiled the sensation that is the Svingerud runestone, which is so far the oldest dateable runestone known to exist, and conceivably the oldest runic inscription to date. Onomastic mastermind and BN regular Krister Vasshus is one of the scholars working on it…
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What happens on Christmas Day at the Nordics? This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Merry Christmas! As Today we celebrate Christmas at the Nordics. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today it is starting to look like Christmas. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas presents. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas music. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas eve and Sauna and why we visit the cemeteries. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas greetings and what is merry Christmas in different languages at the Nordics. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about the Christmas tree and what we used to do when I was growing up. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about the third advent and its meaning of it. This episode and the series is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get on my Nordic Mum Book shop or any big retailers out there.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas Goat and specifically Gavle Goat from Sweden. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about Christmas in Norwat and why hearts are important there. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I talk about Danish Christmas traditions. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I talk about Saint Lucia and its meaning on Christmas Celebrations. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today we are talking about July Lands of Iceland and what are their meaning. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about what you find at the Christmas table in Iceland. This episode and the series are sponsored by my Nordic Lifestyle book that you can purchase from Nordic Mum Book Shop and major online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I talk about Joulupukki, Father Christmas and that he comes from Korvatunturi Finland. This episode and 25 Days of Christmas series are sponsored by the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my Nordic Mum Bookshop or any bog online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today we talk about Kalle Anka and Donald Duck and what does it had to do with Nordic Christmas. This episode and 25 Days of Christmas series are sponsored by the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my Nordic Mum Bookshop or any bog online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about nisse (tomte in Sweden), tonttu in Finnish. The Christmas elf, or gnome and what they are doing around this time.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about the Christmas Peace Declaration from the town of Turku, Finland every day since the 1300s. This episode and 25 Days of Christmas series are sponsored by the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my Nordic Mum Bookshop or any bog online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today we are talking about the Independence Day of Finland and what we do to mark this day today in Finland. This episode and 25 Days of Christmas series are sponsored by the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my Nordic Mum Bookshop or any bog online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today we talk about cinnamon and its importance in Nordic baking and Christmas table. This episode and 25 Days of Christmas series are sponsored by the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my Nordic Mum Bookshop or any bog online retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I talk about glogg and the second advent. This episode is sponsored the Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from big retailers and from my Nordic Mum Book shop.By Susanna Heiskanen
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Today I am talking about "PikkuJoulut" Little Christmas, those pre-Christmas parties and Julboard for Sweden and Norway. This episode is sponsored by Nordic Lifestyle book that is available at all the big retailers and in the Nordic mum book shop.By Susanna Heiskanen
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These short 25-episode podcast series are all about Christmas at the Nordics. Here on the first day, we are talking about Advent. The podcast series is sponsored Nordic Lifestyle book that you can get from my book shop and all the big retailers.By Susanna Heiskanen
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43: Richard Wagner & Wagnerism (With Phil Ford)
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Richard Wagner was kind of an asshole. But how much does that really matter? Richard Wagner has been heralded both as the first truly modern composer, as a sappy romantic gazing gaudily into the past, more sinisterly as the musical soundtrack of genocide, and yet also as a catalyst of emancipation. All of the above is true. There is no ideology und…
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42: The Scandinavian Concept Industrial Complex with Mattias Björkas
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Mattias Björkas of the musical group Vasas Flora och Fauna join the podcast for a conversation on Finland-Swedish identity, the appreciation and elevation of simple, everyday things, the distinct quirks that ties one to a place and a context, and the Scandinavian Concept Industrial Complex with a side of kilju.Relevant links:https://vasasfloraochfa…
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Bog Buddies 2: The Northman, Slavsploitation and the Scholarly Esoteric
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Bog Buddies! A minimally edited, community-driven panel show by and for the Scandifuturist Power Walking Club, dwelling in the muddy margins of the Brute Norse cyber-meadhall. Today we return to air our joys and grievances about Robert Eggers' viking film, The Northman (more joys than grievances, truth be told), and unveil the horrific esoteric lay…
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41: Written sorcery from Runes to Cyprianus
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In this ghoulish episode we'll be looking at magic and sorcery in literary transmission while Eirik wrestles with his own personal demons. Focusing on the legend-steeped early modern grimoire tradition in Norway, we start our Faustian adventure with the question of runic magic and its developments towards the peak of runic literacy in the High Midd…
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Stefan Lakatos joins Brute Norse to talk about the life and work of his friend and teacher, the blind avant-garde composer, poet, pamphleteer, and hobo philosopher Louis Thomas Hardin, aka. Moondog, "The Viking of 6th Avenue". Among other things, discussing the musicology of Moondog and his fascination with Norse Mythology.Features music composed b…
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Bog Buddies: The Northman, Viking Films, Fantasy and Authenticity
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A fresh concept on the BN podcast: It's the Bog Buddies! Occasional informal, community driven discussions on topical matters. Today we discuss hopes and fears concerning Robert Eggers' upcoming Viking blockbuster: THE NORTHMAN. We pick apart the material culture as best we can based on the trailer, and muse wildly about the strengths and pitfalls …
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39: Be the Yule Goat you want to see in the world (Holiday special 2021)
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In this episode we're putting the ass back in Christmas with a seasonably appropriate reading of two Old Norse tales taken from Flateyrjarbók: Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds, a sizzling holiday story about vengeance, sorcery, and fake beards. And Þorsteins þáttr skelks, an outhouse-themed ghost story featuring all the hottest gossip on the suffering of…
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In this episode we explore the life and times of the pioneering Icelandic saga translator, historian, womanizer, drunkard, witch-defender, and murderer Thormod Torfæus (1636-1719). Following him from the miseries and nerdery of his native Iceland, to the jingoistic opulence of the Danish court, and finally to the shores of Norway. A voyage through …
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Join Eirik on a virtual tour spanning years in the thousands, but all in one spot: Avaldsnes on the isle of Karmøy. Norway's birthplace, at least if the local tourist board has anything to say about it. An episode of nostalgia and archaeo-historical hypersaturation in an ancient center of power where myth, legend, and history intersect.Support Brut…
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I explain my reasons for putting the Nordic Mum Podcast to sleep and where you can continue to follow me.
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Women Can Achieve What Ever They Want with Katja Presnal
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Talking with Katja Presnal about her life and journey so far. Living overseas and having children and establishing yourself as a blogger, branding and marketing consultant. How writing Big Rich Money is about helping female entrepreneurs and their business ideas to a profitable company.By Susanna Heiskanen
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This is a bonus episode that I recorded while in lockdown here in Australia. I wanted to share 10 things that I think we all can do better in life. Throw out nonessential numbers. Keep only cheerful friends. Keep learning. Enjoy the simple things. Laugh often, long and loud. Let the tears happen. Surround yourself with what you love. Cherish your h…
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BONUS episode where I talk about how to keep connected with nature like the Nordics when you live in a warmer climates. There are no blog or show notes for this one.By Susanna Heiskanen
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How to have scandi kids clothing as a business and why there is demand for colorful and sustainable kids clothing. Stephanie White from Scandi Kids Clothing is explaining her love for the colours and why people keep coming back to Scandi designed clothing. Follow the Nordic Mum on Insta: @thenordicmum Twitter: @NordicMumPodcas Facebook: @NordicMumS…
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36: Cluttered Pasts and Unruly Heritage with Stein Farstadvoll
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The present is inevitably haunted by the past. A cluttered past. Order and chaos spill over and onto each other. The past onto the present, and the present onto the past. Academically, this causes many potential problems: Will data saturation force us to reinvent the way we deal with the past? Will the fragility of modern tech create gaps in the kn…
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Talking to creative writer, Sari Fordham who has written a book Wait for God to Notice about her mother and childhood in Uganda. Sari's mom was a missionary from Finland who married Sari's dad, an American missionary, and their work took them to Uganda. Sari wanted to share her story and life living and been brought up in Uganda during the tumulus …
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35: Apeling Panspermia: Or the völkisch saga of the Lemurian ape craze ...
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... and the demise of the electric Aryo-Germanic hermaphrodite elites from Atlantis at the hands of wanton Mediterranean excess, and an erotic treatise on Austro-German inferiority complexes at the start of the 20th century, as illustrated by the völkisch movements and feverish Ariosophical nonsense. With a guest performance by Swedish enfant terri…
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How to Celebrate Midsummer Magic in the Nordics
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How the Nordic countries celebrate midsummer? Is it all about bonfires and singing and dancing around may pole? Well yes and no. There are differences between the countries and in this episode, I am concentrating on how different countries do Midsummer. Follow the Nordic Mum on Insta: @thenordicmum Twitter: @NordicMumPodcas Facebook: @NordicMumSusa…
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This episode was inspired by a question I saw posted in socials. People were asking how you feel hygge, or have hyggelig time even when it is summer. I gathered my seven tips on how you can feel connected and togetherness with keeping that cozy feeling alive on summertime. Follow the Nordic Mum on Insta: @thenordicmum Twitter: @NordicMumPodcas Face…
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