An account of summer on a typical mountain farm, where all tasks are performed without the aid of modern technology. Framed by beautiful scenery, we follow the cattle being led from Ål in Hallingdal,...
A film about lace-making in western Telemark, as demonstrated by Hege Tveiten. With practiced nimbleness, she guides the viewer trough the intricate "Telemark lacework" style, which was very common in...
The film show four different traditional techniques used for belt and ribbon weaving in Eastern Telemark in Norway.
The film shows the tradtional Sami pewter thread work used for embroidery and ornamentation.
The film shows traditional ways of carding and spinning wool in Norway.
The film shows how hay was transported by a basket or net, or by aerial cable down steeps hills in Western Norway.
The film shows how to build a haystack.
Traditional fishing of eel in rivers in south-eastern Norway.
The film shows traditional methods in slamon fishing in rivers and fjords in Western Norway.
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...
The film shows how the women in Hallingdal used to make the traditional Norwegian crispbread (flatbrød) on a criddle.
The film shows how to dance the "jostedalsspringar", a Norwegian folk dance in 3/4 beat.
The dance Halling is probabbly one of the oldest Norwegian dances. This film shows how it is danced by young men from Valdres.