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hardanger

[ hahr-dang-er ]

noun

  1. embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hardanger1

First recorded in 1880–85; after Hardanger, an area in SW Norway where such embroidery was originally produced
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While there are many kinds of flatbread popular in Norway, there are two main types of lefse made in the U.S.: hardanger lefse, which is a hard, crackerlike lefse that must be softened with water before eating, and the soft potato lefse.

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The potato is more common than the hardanger variety in much of the United States.

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Scientists set up camera traps, recorded faeces and observed the wildlife flocking to the carcasses on the plateau, which is 1,220 metres above sea level and a three-hour hike from the nearest town of Liseth in Hardanger.

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A well-preserved iron arrowhead was found up in the mountains of Hardanger in Norway by a local resident.

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In one exhibit, a replica of a 400-year-old house, two women in medieval dress prepared the tasty Norwegian flatbread called hardanger lefse.

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