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NordenBladet – Fairy tales are mystical and exciting and are a big part of our childhood. What makes a fairy tale interesting? We share with you ten good suggestions on how to write a fantastic book of fairy tales!
1. A clear and distinct setting: The setting should be described in detail and should have a strong sense of place. This can include physical characteristics as well as cultural and historical context.
2. Well-developed characters: Characters in a fairy tale should be unique, with their own motivations, desires, and flaws. This makes them relatable and interesting to the reader.
3. A clear and compelling conflict: A fairy tale should have a central conflict that drives the plot and keeps the reader engaged. This conflict should be clear and easy to understand, and should be resolved by the end of the story.
4. Use of symbolism and imagery: Symbolism and imagery can add depth and meaning to a fairy tale, making it more than just a surface-level story. They can also be used to create a sense of mystery and intrigue.
5. A sense of magic and wonder: Fairy tales should have elements of magic and wonder that capture the reader’s imagination and make the story feel like it’s taking place in a different world.
Helena-Reet Ennet’s illustration for the children’s book “His Highness the Mouse the First”
6. Use of foreshadowing: Foreshadowing is a literary device that can be used to build tension and anticipation in a fairy tale. It can be used to hint at events to come, or to reveal important information about the story’s characters or setting.
7. An unexpected twist or resolution: A fairy tale should have an unexpected twist or resolution that keeps the reader engaged and makes the story more interesting. This can be something as simple as a surprising ending or a character’s unexpected actions.
8. A strong moral or lesson: Fairy tales often have a moral or lesson that the story imparts. This can be something as simple as “be kind to others” or something more complex like “never give up on your dreams.”
9. A rich and evocative atmosphere: A fairy tale should have a rich and evocative atmosphere that immerses the reader in the story. This can be created by using descriptive language and sensory details.
10. The use of a strong and memorable narrative voice: The narrative voice in a fairy tale should be strong and memorable. It should speak directly to the reader, and should be consistent throughout the story.
NordenBladet – On Wednesday, July 21, the Estonian National Museum will launch in the participation hall a family art exhibition “Our home witch kitchen” (winning idea of the “Own exhibition 2020” contest), unfolding for the visitor lots of fascinating handicraft and creative work. Author of the idea of this exhibition is Helena-Reet Ennet with her two daughters Estella Elisheva and Ivanka Shoshana.
“The exhibition is versatile – we will present acrylic paintings as well as pottery, introduce Nordic herbs and the handicraft cosmetics brand Elisheva & Shoshana that stemmed from the home kitchen and was named after Helena-Reet’s daughters. The fairy-tale friends visiting the ERM museum can be the first to listen to a chapter from the children’s book “His Highness Mouse the First” that is about to be published for sale in 2022, teaching children financial literacy, and can see a selection of illustrations from the book – the mice series paintings. Also, an exciting photo wall has been set up, interesting books for browsing on the spot have been brought along, on topics such as herbs and herbal medicine, cooking, and art, and a cozy activities corner has been built where one can draw their own mice, complete easy questions about herbs and participate in the lottery games”, says head of the exhibition in ERM, Kristjan Raba.
“Being a mom in the first place, as well as a housewife and a journalist, the project of an exhibition, especially in a premise as esteemed as the Estonian National Museum, is a great honour for me, as well as a great responsibility. I do hope that we can fulfill the expectations that have been set to us to some level at least”, speaks Helena-Reet Ennet who in her daily life directs one of the largest Nordic media channel NordenBladet, and adds:
“We have a slightly different family, my youngest daughter is an autist and thus we have already several years ago arranged our lives in a different pattern. Since it was complicated for Ivanka to attend regular hobby groups then we tried bringing to life more and more home “projects”. Today these have grown into a major creative home project – we paint, we make ceramic works, we write and illustrate children’s books, we cook and invent interesting recipes, we gather and dry herbs and together we develop the Estonian handicraft cosmetics brand Elisheva & Shoshana. A fragment of all these activities has been brought to you in the form of this exhibition.”
The exhibition remains open until October 3, 2021. Address: Muuseumi street 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia
A small corner from the large four-part exhibition “Our Home Witch Kitchen” in the spacious participation hall of the ERM. A small mouse door leads directly to the fantasy world / activity room His Highness Mouse the First Listen or read (in Estonian and in English) the first chapter of the children’s book “His Highness Mouse the First” Curator of the exhibition Helena-Reet Ennet
OUR HOME WITCH KITCHEN
The entire-family art exhibition “Our home witch kitchen” stemmed from the wish to create something on our own, to inspire the children and to find common activities with the children.
Since my younger daughter is a child with special needs – an autist – then I decided to find ways to bring vigor and colours into her life. I wanted her to feel useful and that she would know that there is so much she can do to guide her emotions and guide her life. As I couldn’t take her to the regular hobby groups, I made up my mind that I myself will find common activities with her. That’s how we began to engage in painting at home, also making ceramic pottery, to cook, to make jewellery, and we even founded our own cosmetics brand. “Elisheva & Shoshana” got its name after my daughters Estella Elisheva (15) and Ivanka Shoshana (13).
In a short while the common activities of me and Ivanka started to interest my elder daughter and so the three of us built a tradition of making craft and creating art. We also started to grow and gather herbs together, in order to make pure, high-quality and full of power Estonian products. We learn together, grow together, divide the tasks and I am glad that children will see each step of the product development. From growing and finding the raw material all the way down to marketing. Together we make handicraft cosmetics (bathing salts, soaps, ointments, etc), we have a small baking chamber at home, we gather herbs for a winter-time tea drinking as well as for preparing ointments. The more we do, the more we learn and feel good about the activities. The purpose of our common project is to cooperate and feel good about it – this is the main goal!
But why the home witch kitchen? This heading was chosen because it was astonishing even to ourselves how many exciting activities one can accomplish in their home kitchen. It is downright magic! And as always, one good idea leads to another and so the idea to create a children’s book “His Highness Mouse the First” came into being – the first chapter of the book that will be available for sale from the year 2022 is already there for the fairy-tale loving guests of the exhibition in ERM in audio version and for reading. The book will teach children financial skills and the attitude that you need not be afraid of great plans – when you dream – dream big, and when you act – act boldly!
I hope that this exhibition will also inspire you to attain your dreams and to launch joint projects together with your children!
With love,
Helena-Reet Ennet
Curator of the exhibition
Who are we? We are a nature-loving family from the outskirts of Tallinn, Saku. We have a large garden, a Villa Villekulla cottage, and a cat. We are a family that has striven to adjust our lives according to our own schedule and our own standard. We care a lot about what others think about us, yet we have mastered to follow the motto that in our lives everyone needs to be their own first violin – one must live for their own sake, feel happy about little accomplishments!
Me, Helena-Reet Ennet, I am in everyday life a mom, a housewife, a blogger, journalist and the head of a six-language media group NordenBladet. Apart from journalism, I have several hobbies – ceramics, painting, gardening, herbatics, dreaming, writing books, building websites, cooking, mythology, Nordic culture, travelling and any type of product development. I am keen on all kinds of creative work, formation and design!
Estella Elisheva is a student in Tallinn Jewish School and has graduated from Saku Music School majoring on the violin. The violin has accompanied her since her second grade and she really enjoys music. Estella is fond of learning foreign languages (as of today she fluently communicates in Estonian, in Russian, and in English, also she is working on the Hebrew language). Extra to that Estella is a huge sports fan and a believer in a healthy lifestyle. She has practiced ballroom dance, velosport, and now she is playing in a football team. Like her mother, she is currently writing a children’s book, and also she is steering the social media marketing for the E&S brand.
Ivanka Shoshana goes to Tallinn Tondi School. She has done a little bit of modelling and she really loves ceramics. She has a perfect memory and perfect pitch, yet her soul largely remains a mystery. Autism is today still an undiscovered country and there can be very many versions of autists. However, as a mom, I wish to emphasize that autism, and being an autist is not the end of the world! I have a super sweet child who is talented in many ways! We are all different and this is actually a good thing. We all perceive the world from our own angle and this creates a world that is interesting, and it makes us more creative, to fit in – or perhaps to break out! Unique is beautiful!
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NordenBladet – Exposition idea contest “Your exposition” audience vote collected most support for the idea “Our domestic witch kitchen”, that brings to the viewer a fragment of the Estonian farm kitchen and the fascinating activities that can be done in a cozy kitchen at the long table all together. The winning exposition will be launched in the summer of 2021 in the partnership hall of the Estonian National Museum ERM.
Authors of the idea of this exposition are a mother with two daughters: Helena-Reet Ennet, Estella Elisheva and Ivanka Shoshana. “I am very grateful to everyone who believed in our idea. My youngest daughter is a child with special needs. I wished for us to have together this “very own project”. So now in our family there is this tradition to go in for these manual activities – clay fashioning, and burning in the oven, painting with acrylic paint, tying herbs to bundle and hanging them to the stove for drying, and making nature-based cosmetics. It pleases to do this together and it soothes the spirit! Now we have reason and enthusiasm to continue with the witch kitchen undertakings,” explains author of the idea Helena-Reet Ennet.
The contest “Your exposition” lodged 13 exposition concepts. All competing ideas won their keen followers, but the lead of this one idea among them was glaring. “In the contemporary hurry it leaves a pleasant impression when a concept of a museum exhibition embraces common proceedings of a family. Indeed the purpose of the partnership hall is to reflect daily life and reveal passionate and pretenseless creative expression,” indicates manager of expositions at ERM, Kristjan Raba, and goes on to elaborate that people more and more visit their expositions as a family event.
ERM partnership hall is designed to accommodate exposition ideas with lay origin, expositions compiled by citizens routinely not involved in museum work and display curacy, however, they have an interest, an important idea or subject matter that they wish to share and bring to the public. Contest for exposition ideas is held by Estonian National Museum ERM for the 6th year.
NordenBladet – As Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrates her 47th birthday, let’s look at the life of Norway’s future queen.
Early Life
Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby was born on 19 August 1973 in Kristiansand, an area in the southern part of Norway. Her parents are Sven Høiby and Marit Tjessem, and she has three siblings: sister Kristin Høiby Bjørnøy and brothers Per Høiby and Espen Høiby. Her father once worked as a journalist though he went through a period of unemployment, and her mother was a former bank teller.
Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried in 1994. Mette-Marit gained a stepbrother from this marriage, Trond Bernsten, a police officer and security guard who died in the domestic terrorist attack on 22 July 2011. Mette-Marit grew up in Kristiansand but spent most weekends in Setesdal on the lake, where she learned to sail and became an avid outdoorswoman.
Education
Mette-Marit began her schooling at the Oddernes upper secondary school. In 1994, Mette-Marit attended the Kristiansand Katedralskole where she had spent a year abroad in Australia during her time there, studying at the Wangaratta High School, through the Youth for Understanding Programme.
Mette-Marit also attended the Bjørknes Private School, and in 1997 took preliminary university examinations and the examinations for chemistry and information technology at Agder University College. At the University of Oslo, she studied ethics from 2000-2002 at the Faculty of Social Science and Faculty of Humanities.
Her education continued in 2003 when the now-Crown Princess took courses at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (sitting for examinations in HIV/AIDS and Development, The Global Refugee Crisis, Theories of Development and Development Experience). In 2008, she started taking classes at the BI Norwegian School of Management and graduated with a Masters of Management in 2012.
Mette-Marit has since revealed in interviews that she was rebellious in her early years, and it took her six years as a part-time student to complete her secondary education. During that time, she worked at the Cafè Engebret in Oslo as a waitress.
Controversy and Romance with a Prince
Mette-Marit first met Crown Prince Haakon of Norway at the Quart Festival, a large music festival held in her hometown, in the late ‘90s, though they did not begin dating until a few years later when they met again in 1999 at a party for a later edition of the Quart Festival.
By this time, Mette-Marit was a single mother to Marius Borg Høiby, who was born on 13 January 1997, from a relationship with a man named Morten Borg.
After her engagement to Crown Prince Haakon was announced in December 2000, she became a very controversial public figure in Norway, with a reputation for partying, attending raves and drug abuse, though she did not admit to personal drug use. Support for the monarchy at the time reached a serious low, although a majority of Norwegians still considered themselves in support of the institution.
The couple were also criticised for living together in an apartment before marriage, along with Marius, by the Church of Norway.
Their wedding was set for 25 August 2011, and a week prior, Mette-Marit participated in a tearful press conference to discuss her controversial past. “My youth rebellion was much stronger than many others. That resulted in me living quite a wild life.”
Mette-Marit also said, “I would like to take this opportunity to say that I condemn drugs… I hope that I can now avoid talking more about my past and that the press will respect this wish.” Following the press conference, 40% of those polled said they had a better opinion of her, and 84% believed that she was truthful about her past. She is now a much-beloved member of the Norwegian Royal Family.
A Royal Wedding
On 25 August 2001, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were married at the Oslo Cathedral. Her engagement ring was the same ring used by King Harald and King Olav to propose to their respective wives.
Her wedding dress evoked similar design elements to Queen Maud’s style and was designed by Ove Harder Finseth. The dress was made of white silk crepe and the skirt transitioned into a two-foot train. She carried a cascading bouquet and wore the Daisy Tiara in her hair, anchoring the 20-foot veil.
In a break from tradition, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit walked up the aisle together, with Marius acting as a page boy and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark acting as Haakon’s best man. Mette-Marit’s bridesmaids included Betina Swanstrøm, Emilie Swanstrøm, Kamilla Bjørnøy, Anniken Bjørnøy, and Tuva Høiby.
The presiding bishop, Gunnar Stålsett, said about the couple, “You have not chosen the easiest path, but love has triumphed.”
Crown Princess Mette-Marit
As the Crown Princess of Norway, Mette-Marit has focused her platform on literacy, health, HIV/AIDS awareness, youth, climate change, oceans and the environment.
On 21 January 2004, Mette-Marit gave birth to a daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who will one day be the first queen regnant of Norway. On 3 December 2005, she gave birth to son Prince Sverre Magnus. Her older son, Marius, lived with the Crown Prince Couple throughout his youth but made the decision to live as a private individual in 2017 and does not undertake any public role outside of joining the family at special occasions.
In 2018, Mette-Marit was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that affects the lungs over time. After the Royal House announced her diagnosis, it was revealed that Mette-Marit’s official engagements would be dependent on her health and medical treatment and that she would be treated at the Oslo University Hospital.
Mette-Marit’s patronages include the Norwegian Red Cross, the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters, The Oslo International Church Music Festival, the Full-rigged Ship Sørlandet, the Amandus Film Festival, the Førde International Folk Music Festival, FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development, The Norwegian Council for Mental Health, The Norwegian Library Association, The Shameless Award, the Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival, the Risør Festival of Chamber Music, The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association, The Hamsun Days and The Norwegian Girl’s Choir.
Mette-Marit is also a patron of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess’s Foundation, and her projects under the umbrella of their foundation support youth at risk. The foundation’s aim, as outlined by the Royal House website, is as follows: “We want a Norway consisting of people who are confident that they are good enough as they are – people with the courage to lift up others because they once experienced to be seen themselves. Youth is the most important resource we have. We need their courage, creativity and hope for the future, in order to solve the large and complex challenges the world is facing. Our task is to facilitate so that each young individual can learn and build on their potential.”
Mette-Marit has also represented Norway on visits throughout the country and around the world on behalf of King Harald. She has been the Special Representative for UNAIDS since 2006 and has visited Ukraine, Mali and Nicaragua in this capacity, and has attended the International AIDS Conference as head of the Norwegian delegation.
Mette-Marit is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and is a member of the International Foundation Board of the Global Shapers Community. She is also a co-founder of the Maverick Collective that “aims to engage other women to use their voice, intellectual and financial resources, to improve women’s health worldwide and help end extreme poverty.”
To promote literacy, Mette-Marit also undertakes engagements aboard a train throughout Norway called the literary train tour, which is supported by Norwegian State Railways and the Oslo Public Library. She arranges meetings and events with local authors as the train stops throughout the country and invites people aboard to read and enjoy beverages. The books are provided by the Oslo Public Library and from Mette-Marit’s personal collection.
Featured image: Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Instagram/@crownprincessmm)
NordenBladet – Throughout the ages, hair has been a symbol of femininity, and the appearance of hair has always been very important to women. Hair shows who we are and what we value. Women have a deeply personal relationship with their hair. When something is wrong with your hair, it also affects your self-esteem and the rest of your day.
But hair also mirror of our health. Our appearance always tells the story of our health, and ignoring it can lead to serious health problems. Dull and lifeless hair speak of a lesion, vitamin deficiency or inadequate care under the surface of the skin. For example, hair thinning has often been reported in hypothyroidism, according to medifee.com. Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones. Hair follicles are put to rest in case of hypothyroidis, and the scalp can not do its work efficiently.
According to a recent survey, a large proportion of women are dissatisfied with their hair, PRNewswire reports. According to MedicineNet, most people experience hair loss in their lifetime. A recent hair survey in China shows that the problem has started to affect even younger people, reports South China Morning Post. Alopecia (Alopecia areata) is a common autoimmune skin disease that causes hair loss on the scalp and body. It usually begins with one or more small, round and smooth patches on the scalp and may lead to loss of all hair (Alopecia totalis) or whole body hair (body hair + hair) (Alopecia universalis). Alopecia occurs in both men and women of all ages. The condition often begins in childhood. It is estimated that the condition affects about 147 million people worldwide.
According to the US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health, one reason for hair loss may be magnesium deficiency. Particularly severe magnesium deficiency can occur in menopausal women. During menopause, when the body’s hormonal state changes, it often results in a decrease in the level of magnesium in the body, and hair loss is one of the most common ailments. Magnesium deficiency has a direct effect on skin structure, hair growth and health.
Although magnesium deficiency affects as many as 80% of people, the mineral has not received enough attention in the past, reports the renowned American National Health Press, PubMed. Much has been said about the importance of calcium, but for some reason, magnesium has stayed in the background.
What has led to a large proportion of people suffering from magnesium deficiency?
A researcher at the University of Missouri has pointed out in a ResearchGate report that among the reasons are diseases that burden the body, the drugs used, and the fact that today’s food contains insufficient amounts of magnesium. Excessive use of pesticides in agriculture has reduced the nutrients in fruits, including magnesium, writes ScienceDirect. People are also eating more and more processed foods that are low in nutrients.
How much magnesium a person has in the body also depends on vitamin D, as the latter improves the absorption of magnesium.
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NordenBladet – Did you know that sleeping for too long or more than ten hours has a negative effect on your well-being, concentration and even on your appetite? According to sleep expert Olivia Arezzolo, there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of insufficient sleep, yet we must not forget the dangers of oversleeping.
Hypersomnia is a sleep disorder that disturbs your sleep-wake rhythm. Unbalanced circadian rhythm affects hormones, which in turn determine your energy level.
Although sleep should offer rest, sleeping too long can make you feel even more tired.
When you are tired both mentally and physically, it is difficult to stay focused at work and at school.
According to the sleep expert, research has shown that the mental capacity of those who sleep for too long suffers, including their concentration, mental agility, decision-making and memory.
If you sleep too long, your serotonin or happiness hormone levels will drop, which can lead to depression.
In addition, hypersomnia can be a cause of headaches.
Being in one position for a long time makes your body stiff and causes discomfort.
If you miss your regular breakfast, the resulting dehydration and low blood sugar level can lead to headaches.
Oversleeping makes you tired, thus it becomes more difficult to exercise. Studies have shown that those who sleep for too long are 21% more likely to gain weight.
How to prevent oversleeping?
– Try to go to bed at a certain time.
– Do not spend time in front of the screens, as the blue light will interfere with your sleep.
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– Drink a soothing herbal tea (e.g. chamomile tea) about an hour before bedtime.
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– Think about what is good in your life and be grateful for it.
– Try to meditate — it calms you and gives a good night’s sleep.
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NordenBladet – 13-year-old Estonian Jewish School girl, having learned the violin for six years in Saku Music School, now begins to see the fruit of the work done so far. Being nominated the best violinist in her age group in Northwest Estonia, Estella Elisheva performed as a singer in Israel in June, and in August was holding a brand new artist visa with the purpose of giving violin concerts in Japan. Earlier having only performed in Estonia and Scandinavia, the young musician is taking a big step on her career path that motivates her even more to practice and to think of a career in music.
“Every achievement encourages to practice more and give more effort. The performances are a great emotional boost and fill you with energy, they bring you to new contacts and give ideas for planning the future. The more one practices the more one likes music, and skills enable one to play music also after just listening to it, and it becomes more and more easy to play from scores. Not extensively, but step by step I am already writing some of the music myself,” says Estella Elisheva to NordenBladet.ee.
“It has been relatively easy – in the music school there are 3-4 days weekly the best teachers sharing their experience, I have been very fortunate with my violin supervisor Kaari Klesment and solfeggio instructor Urmi Sinisaar, my mom arranges-manages and supports on the media side. Mom is my greatest fan – every day she encourages, acknowledges and inspires me in what I do. My responsibility is to play the instrument and practice. Currently I perform as a solo artist and with an orchestra. But specially for Japan, we summoned a temporary band the violin + Estonian zither (Kannel), to introduce Estonian music abroad. At the moment there is in the repertoire quite a lot of ethnic tradition music and folk music. With the zither-player Sandra Serena we will be performing together in a few concerts also when we return from Japan – these will be relatively minor concerts for selected audience but the program is already scheduled and why not perform together still more. One of the concerts is also taking place in the frame of an event of the Estonian president.”
In Japan you gave several concerts and performed on Estonian Music Day. How would you evaluate the success of the concerts and are you planning to perform in Japan also in the future?
“The concerts went very well. It was rather fascinating for a change to perform in the violin + Estonian zither format, since usually I play solo, with piano accompaniment or with synth. The Estonian zither adds a Nordic mystical touch, the two instruments sound really beautiful together. Japan with its 127 million people is the tenth biggest country populationwise, this is a huge market and the audience is well aware of quality in music. The Northern countries and our culture is thoughtful, exciting and mystical – it is great to perform as well as to listen to our music. It calms, gives strenght. I definitely think of performing in Japan in the future. I hope so.”
You are announcing that so confidently like something has already been agreed on. How does it even happen when you are 13-year-old, performing on the other side of the planet Earth? “Nothing is yet agreed on, but the concerts take place when there is planning and arrangements. My mom who is my manager, deals with the organisational side. I have been notarially permitted to travel alone, I speak four languages (Estella Elisheva speaks fluently besides Estonian also English and Russian language and has been learning the Hebrew language for seven years – ed.), mother concludes agreements with agents who on their turn deal with the events and the advertisements and local arrangements. In Japan the local organiser met us in the airport – hotels, daily schedules, workshops and the performings were planned in detail. This time I was in Japan as an artist of the Harmony Fields, and in the frame of the Japanese Saku town and the Estonian Saku town common project.”
What are the plans as an artist in the future? “As of today, I do not make extensive plans regarding my career. I practice as much as possible, since regarding professional players I am still very green, and now I need to begin with composing, too. I wish to improve myself also as a composer and do my bit in contributing to Estonian music.”
More info on the young violinist Estella Elisheva and her doings can be found on her website: estellaelisheva.com and pictures from the Japan journey can be browsed on her Instagram account @estella.elisheva
Photo: From the left Shigekazu Yamada, Laura Linnaks, Sandra Sulin, Estella Elisheva, Aivar Surva and Mari Jürjens. (Harmony Fields/ Kazuhiro Kamio)
From Estonian musicians, besides Estella Elisheva and Sandra Serena Sulin on the Japan tour and Estonian Music Day there was also the actress and singer Mari Jürjens (earlier Pokinen), and composer and musician Aivar Surva. Previously, via Harmony Fields there have been many other Estonian artists performing in Japan – for example the folk musician and singer Mari Kalkun and the folkband Trad.Attack!
NordenBladet – Their performance is a bit weaker than that of other children in elementary school, and somewhat fewer students complete upper secondary school. Compared to their parents, the difference is considerable. Many Norwegian-born persons with immigrant backgrounds are also doing far better financially than their parents. Some earn more than other Norwegians.
Children born in Norway to two immigrant parents constitute 3.4 per cent of the Norwegian population today. In 1970, that figure was only 0.06 per cent.
Statistics Norway has released an updated report for which they gathered figures, facts and research on this new population group.
Have the children of immigrants integrated into Norwegian society? Or do they remain outsiders?
Almost 180 000 immigrant children In 2019, almost 180 000 people in Norway are the children of two immigrant parents.
Most of them are still children and adolescents. Only 14 per cent are older than 25, but this group has now become so large that statistics and research can tell us a great deal about how the integration of immigrants into Norwegian society is going.
Children of two immigrants in Norway who are 25 or older often have parents with backgrounds from Pakistan, Vietnam, Turkey, India, Morocco or Chile.
The children of other large immigrant groups in Norway – Poles, Somalis, Lithuanians, Iraqis and Afghans – are still mostly younger.
School results Children of immigrants do somewhat worse than children of Norwegian-born parents in primary school. Slightly fewer complete upper secondary education, according to education statistics.
However, the leap in education is still huge for many immigrant children, when compared with their parents’ education. Children with parents from Sri Lanka and Vietnam achieve the top school results, despite the fact that many of these parents have had very little education themselves.
Many choose college prep Fully 76 per cent of children with two immigrant parents who start upper secondary school choose college preparatory programmes. Among other teens, 64 per cent select that route.
Almost half of the immigrant children in the 25 to 40 year age group now have attained higher education, which is roughly equivalent to the rest of the population.
Among immigrant parents who only have a primary school education, 35 per cent of their children continue their education to university or college level. For the rest of the Norwegian population, the corresponding proportion is only 19 per cent.
Norwegian social scientists who have studied this topic refer to these immigrants and their children as having educational drive.
Children of immigrants from China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and India are especially likely to pursue university or other higher education. Many immigrant children choose majors in economics and administration. Social sciences, law, trades and technical subjects are also common. Teaching careers are about as common for this group as for the rest of the population.
Vietnamese earn well
Statistics Norway’s figures show notable differences in how many children of immigrants from different countries are found in the Norwegian labour market. Statistics Norway considers a person part of the labour force if her or his annual income approaches NOK 200 000 or more.
More Norwegian-born men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 with immigrant parents from Vietnam and India are employed than their Norwegian age peers without an immigrant background.
Today, 25 to 40 year old ethnic Vietnamese individuals born in Norway have a higher income on average than their age peers in the rest of the Norwegian population.
Many children of two immigrant parents have experience what social scientists call a class shift, or social mobility.
Chilean men earn the least Adults in the same age group with parents from Turkey, Pakistan, Chile and Morocco have fewer people in the work force than their age peers in the non-immigrant population.
Women with Turkish backgrounds are the least linked to Norwegian working life.
In terms of income, Norwegian-born men with backgrounds from Vietnam, India and Pakistan often earn well, and many run their own businesses.
Norwegian-born men with Turkish or Moroccan backgrounds earn significantly less. The lowest wage earners are men with Chilean backgrounds.
Among Norwegian-born women, those with immigrant backgrounds from India and Vietnam earn the most, while women with backgrounds from Turkey and Chile earn the least.
Do both men and women work? The available data is yielding steadily more information about marriage and cohabitation among the children of immigrants.
The rule among couples with Norwegian-born parents is that both partners tend to be employed. By contrast, Statistics Norway data shows considerable differences among adult children of immigrants in regards to whether both or just one partner works outside the home.
The lowest percentage of 25 to 40 year old couples with two working partners is found among Norwegian-born individuals with backgrounds from Turkey (53 per cent) and Pakistan (59 per cent). The highest percentage is among couples with backgrounds from India (86 per cent) and Vietnam (83 per cent).
