Nordlander

Procuring a boat, I rowed over to the opposite shore (on the 17th July, 1850), where I met with a Nordlander, who informed me that the Lap encampment might be found somewhere toward the extremity of

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

Björnson taught Lie to distrust the tinsel glitter of mere rhetoric, and the fantastic exuberance of invention in which the young Nordlander believed that he had his _forte_.

Essays on Scandinavian Literature Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

Nordlander who walked his own ways, thought his own thoughts, and accepted ridicule with crushing indifference.

Essays on Scandinavian Literature Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

The Nordlander has the same, or even a greater pride in owning the fastest sailing-boat, that the East countryman in many places has in having the fastest trotting-horse.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

The Lap on snow-shoes with his reindeer, the Fin, the Russian, not to mention the constantly moving Nordlander himself, who, though slow on land, is quick in his boat -- are all undeniably far more interesting people than the dull southern rustic, whose imagination reaches scarcely farther than his own field, or to wondering whereabouts in the pasture he must go to fetch his horse.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

The Nordlander, too, has a touch of Nature's caressing softness in his character; when he can manage it, he is fond of living and dressing well, and lodging comfortably; with regard to delicacies, he is a thorough epicure.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

A Nordlander understands by fishing a haul of a thousand fish; he thinks of the millions of Lofoten and Finmark, and of an overwhelming variety of species, of whales, spouting through the sounds, and driving great shoals of fish before them, as well as of the very smallest creatures of the deep.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

When a Nordlander speaks of birds he does not mean as they do here, only

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

Brought up in the midst of a nature so rich in contrasts and possibilities, and amidst scenes of the utmost variety, from the wildest grandeur to the tenderest beauty, charm and fascination, the Nordlander is, as a rule, clever and bright, often indeed brilliant and imaginative.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

She seemed of a totally different race of beings from the ordinary Nordlander, was quick and lively, with thick, curly black hair, round a brown oval face with strikingly regular features.

The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870