{"id":804,"date":"2018-12-15T08:45:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsvederhus.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2019-05-17T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:20:39","slug":"my-speech-from-the-norwegian-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsvederhus.com\/ru\/2018\/12\/15\/my-speech-from-the-norwegian-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"My Speech from the Norwegian Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Last night I held a Speech at the Christmas party in the Norwegian Embassy and everyone present, including the Norwegian Ambassador to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought I should post the Speech here, because it summarizes my relationship to Russia and russians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is ANSA? For those who don’t know, we are, in laymen’s terms, a student organization for Norwegian students abroad. We aren’t that many Norwegian students here, but we who are here have and continue to have a close and warm relationship with Russia both when we are here and when we are in Norway. I still remember when the bomb hit the underground in St. Petersburg just over a year ago. I was in shock and instinctively gave a hug to my \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 (teacher) from Moscow. I remember she smiled a sad smile and said that “it’s our political history”. A few days ago, I told my Russian friend Katja that life in Russia reminds me of how lucky I am to be born in Norway. And that is perhaps the most paradoxical thing concerning Russians: no matter how much adversity they are experiencing and how much pain they are exposed to, they manage to cling to a lust for life, warmth and hospitality that is remarkable – sometimes enviable. Norwegians are very hardy, but sometimes, for example, when you are fortunate enough to experience a year in Moscow, you are reminded of how lucky you are. And although life in Moscow is very nice, we are very pleased that you in Innovation Norway arrange a Christmas party so that we can get away from student life for a short while.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Finally I’d like to wish a merry Christmas to everyone reading this blog from me and my mentor at MGIMO, Ksenia. She’s the best mentor I could have hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOss, foran MGIMOs juletre!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night I held a Speech at the Christmas party in the Norwegian Embassy and everyone present, including the Norwegian Ambassador to Russia. I thought…<\/p>\n
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