Articles about 'Denmark'
August 20th, 2012
Here’s a video Lego put out for its 80th birthday about how the company got started and how Legos came to be made. It’s about 17 minutes long…
The LEGO company is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family who founded it in 1932 in Denmark.
Photo: Wikipedia
February 17th, 2012
Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages.
Here are some of the languages you can find links for…
Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,...
December 12th, 2011
Santa Lucia’s Day is celebrated on December 13th in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. It commemorates the life of Santa Lucia, who is also known as Saint Lucy. It’s the beginning of the Christmas season in those countries and is a celebration of light – at the time of year when the world is darker. ...
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December 1st, 2011
Advent Candles are used to mark the days from December 1st until Christmas Eve on December 24th. The candles have the numbers 1 to 24 on them, starting at the top with 1 and ending near the bottom of the candle with 24. Each day you light the candle and let it burn down to...
June 17th, 2011
Hans Christian Andersen wrote many well-known Fairy Tales for children. He was born in the city of Odense, Denmark in 1805. In the photo you can see a statue of him in a park in Odense.
We have a Danish song written by H.C. Andersen on Mama Lisa’s World called Hist, hvor vejen slår en bugt...
December 15th, 2010
People around the world leave different "treats" for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
In the US and Canada, we put out milk and cookies for Santa. I have to say when he comes to our house, he leaves a big mess of crumbs on the table… but he always writes us a note of thanks.
In...
July 30th, 2010
Librivox just released another bunch of recordings of fairy tales in various languages, including Hungarian, Russian, German, English, Italian and Portuguese (with links to the text of each tale). This is the 3rd collection they’ve posted.
Fairy Tale Collection #1 also includes recordings in Latvian, Danish, Romanian, Yiddish and French. You can also...
March 15th, 2010
I got these questions over two days, so I figured I may as well post them together…
1) The first question is from Dr. Mike Mruzik who’s trying to help his Mom:
Hello,
Any assistance (with the question below) would be appreciated… Thanks
-Dr. Mike Mruzik
Here’s the letter from Mike’s mother:
This is what I remember of the song that...
May 26th, 2009
Lori wrote:
Dear Mama Lisa,
I am so excited to find this website because I have been searching for many years to find out about two Danish or Swedish nursery rhymes (you can listen to them by clicking the link). My mother’s beloved grandfather, Lars Christensen, used to bounce her on his knee and recite these...
February 22nd, 2009
We’d love it if you’d join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you’d like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and...
February 19th, 2009
Richard wrote to me recommending a Danish kids song site…
Hi
On this web page Rimogremser.dk there are several Danish kids songs with midi files.
Thanks for a good a good web-site ;)
Best regards
Richard
Thanks for the recommendation Richard. The site is nice! It has cool line drawings to go with most of the songs and tunes...
October 13th, 2008
Shirley emailed me looking for different versions of The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Here’s what she wrote:
I am desperately seeking 3-4-5 versions (songs) of Itsy Bitsy Spider for an around the world float.
Shame on me I left that chore until last and now I am having trouble. I’ve gotten English and Spanish. Please...
August 29th, 2008
Tim wrote:
Can anyone help with a Danish Nursery Rhyme called “Madiesen”? I am unsure about the spelling.
Apparently it is about a young boy riding a pig and falling through the ice.
Thanks,
Tim
If anyone can help with the Danish lyrics, and/or an English translation, please comment below.
Thanks!
Lisa
February 23rd, 2008
As Easter approaches, it’s natural to think a little about eggs!
In days gone by the egg, due to its shape, was a symbol of the earth. Thanks to its obvious association with the beginning of life, it has also been the basis of many ancient creation stories. It has been a symbol...
December 29th, 2007
In many parts of the world, the foods eaten on New Years Eve and New Years Day have important symbolic meanings. These symbols seem to fall into several major categories.
The first class symbolizes financial prosperity. This type of food is round like coins. Often, the dish will be round beans, like lentils,...
December 4th, 2007
Several days ago I wrote a post about the Santa Lucia holiday in Sweden and Scandinavia.
A popular saying associated with this holiday is:
Lucy Light,
The Shortest day &
The Longest Night.
This saying celebrates the association of St Lucia’s Day, December 13, with the Winter Solstice which, under the old Julian calendar, used to fall...
December 2nd, 2007
Santa Lucia’s Day is celebrated on December 13th in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. It commemorates the life of Santa Lucia, who is also known as Saint Lucy.
St. Lucy was born in Syracuse, Sicily around 283 and died in 303 AD. The myth is that her parents wanted her to marry a man...
June 22nd, 2007
Doug wrote:
Mama Lisa,
I am in USA but our family still sings a song called hun ska leve. This is a traditional Danish song.
Does anyone know where to get lyrics and music for this traditional song? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Doug Hansen
If anyone can help out with this song, please comment below or email me.
Thanks!
-Lisa
February 17th, 2007
Lee Shipton wrote looking for the lyrics to a lullaby…
I am trying to find the full set of lyrics to a children’s lullaby which my father used to sing. The words are something like this:
The Sandman’s Coming in his Train of Cars
The Sandman’s coming in his train of cars
With moonbeam windows and with wheels of...
January 6th, 2007
In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa’s World. Mama Lisa’s World is a large collection of children’s songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe.
Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa’s World:
Hey Mama,
I love the concept of your site....
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