There are eight places in the world called Sweden. Now, Sweden applies for trademark as the first country in the world to avoid travelers ending up in the wrong Sweden.
Sweden is making a bold (and slightly cheeky) move to trademark its name, putting an end to travel mix-ups. The home of cinnamon rolls and fika has applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to protect its name from international duplicates that might confuse unsuspecting travelers who want to experience the original Sweden and is calling on people around the world to support its application via an online petition.
“It’s flattering that other places want to be called Sweden, but we’d prefer if there was just one,” says Susanne Anderson, CEO of Visit Sweden.
The trademark application aims to ensure no one packs for the Swedish lakes and forests only to find themselves in a far-off town with the same name but none of the Scandi charm. British travelers have, at some point, been caught out by two places having the same name – from Edmonton in North London versus Edmonton, Canada, to the legendary Liverpool football fans who wound up in Lille, Belgium instead of Lille, France.
Seden is famous for its cinnamon rolls.
Eight places around the world are called “Sweden“. There are also multiple Germanys, dozens of Americas, and 34 Londons globally, so it’s not hard to see why a little brand clarity might be in order. Visit Sweden has decided it’s time to step in and help tourists avoid holiday blunders, so no one packs for the Swedish lakes and forests, only to find themselves in a far-off town.
According to Visit Sweden research, almost half (45%) of travelers in the UK admitted to finding it confusing with destinations having the same names when planning their travels and 7% have even confessed they travelled to the wrong place. With over 7.4 million British travelers interested in Sweden as a travel destination, there’s the potential for over 595,000 travelers to end up in the wrong Sweden.
The study also revealed a large share of younger travelers aged 20-32 support the idea of trademarking names to prevent location mix-ups (54% in the US, 45% in the UK and 44% in Sweden).
Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam.
“It’s flattering that other places want to be called Sweden, but we’d prefer if there was just one. Our Sweden. The one with lakes, islands, forests, and the world’s best flat-pack furniture,” quipped Susanne Anderson, CEO of Visit Sweden. “When people think of Sweden, they should picture our rich landscapes, fika culture, and iconic design, not another city or town that happens to share our name. We want everyone to join us, sign the petition, and help travelers discover the one and only, and original, Sweden.”
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Has Copenhagen become the coolest new city in Europe? Here we’re exploring Copenhagen – the 2023 UNESCO world capital of architecture. Come with us and judge for yourself.
Copenhagen was among the first cities to set up a strategic plan to achieve carbon neutrality, resulting in an 80% decrease since 2009. The capital of Denmark has become the most cited study cases for its urban planning and infrastructure. The city has transformed its harbor into a vibrant public space with recreational activities and residential developments. And Copenhagen was appointed the 2023 UNESCO world capital of architecture.
Just a 15-minute metro ride from Copenhagen’s central station, you arrive at Nordhavn. Århusgadekvartalet is the core of the new development there. The once-industrial port has been carefully planned to contain schools, restaurants, businesses, apartments and recreational spaces.
A bike bridge named The Bicycle Snake was designed by Dissing+Weitling. Image by Daniel Rasmussen
Being named thr 2023 UNESCO World Capital of Architecture emphasizes the city’s position as a laboratory for innovative contemporary architecture and people-centered urban planning. In recent years, bathing areas and leisure buildings have been implemented in Copenhagen’s harbor and plans for further development aim to make the industrial area even more welcoming.
Last summer, I experienced dozens of people lying on colorful beach towels spread across the waterfront, all soaking in the Scandinavian summer sun. It was a peaceful, serene scene, with none of the morning commuter chaos in most big cities around the world.
The city of Copenhagen has had a somewhat unusual evolution. In 1947, the “Five Finger Plan” was developed to guide urban development and expand the city along five main arteries. This led to a transit-oriented infrastructure with small clusters or urbanity along the transportation routes. The major shift appeared in the 1960s, spearheaded by Jan Gehl’s initiative for Strøget,
The harbor includes recreational activities and residential developments. Image by Daniel Rasmussen
Copenhagen started transforming its car-heavy areas into pedestrian-friendly zones. What followed was a period of urban development that prioritized the well-being of its residents while encouraging architects to experiment with innovative human-centered designs. The plans for the harbor included creating more activities for visitors to engage with, improved access to the waterfront and more public space by the water.
Nordhavn (officially a district of Copenhagen, but described as a city due to its scale and scope) has been designed to make everything – from schools and play areas to businesses and recreational spaces – accessible within five minutes. It is setting a blueprint for a world where residents can fit in a morning workout before strolling to the office, grab lunch at a cute cafe, have a quick swim at the harbor and still make it home in time to take your kids to the playground – all before enjoying a cozy candlelit dinner at home.
Please join us on this excursion, showcasing 23 contemporary architecture projects that demonstrate the creativity and sensibility of Copenhagen architecture.
He was born in Canada by a Norwegian mother and Danish father and had two younger brothers. He grew up in Tromsø, Northern Norway and received his diploma from Kolding School of Design in Demark. This mixture might have lead to the childish world of the Canadian-Scandinavian artist Shane Brox.
Shane speaks Norwegian, a soft and slow Northern Norwegian. The parents wanted to give their first-born son a name that did not stand out in British Columbia, hence the English-sounding name.
To enter Shane Brox’ inner world is to be transported to the mental freedom of childhood where the aim is for curiosity, creativity, and trust to take center stage. The author and multi-media artist has more than 20 creative books under his belt.
From the exhibition Beauty in the Beast at Nikolaj Kunsthal. Photo: David Sjernholm.
His father was a cabinetmaker. His mother had a fashion business in Tromsø. While his classmates played football, Shane played the piano and took singing lessons. He listened to classical music and played. He preferred to play alone, because there were few who were able to accompany him into the enormous play universes he built up in the mountains in Tromsdalen, both physically and in their imagination.
Do you ever wonder what would come tumbling out from your true self if you really took down your defenses? If you dared to shed your armor, stand emotionally naked and vulnerable and revert to a state of a pre-conditioned, non-judgmental and more authentic self? This is the on-going process that Shane Brox explores with his ethereal, soft sculptures created from recycled foam, acrylic paint and vintage textiles.
Blooming Spirit by Shane Brox. at Galleri Kant 2023.
In one of his books, you meet 12 creatures whose roots go back a long time. Some of them are more than 2000 years old. Back then, monsters were a natural part of our reality. They gave us a language and helped us to understand some of the emotions that dominated our everyday life.
The little boy with glasses and the English name was a slightly different figure in Tromsdalen. He is also slightly different as an adult in Copenhagen. To enter Shane Brox’s inner world is to be transported to the mental freedom of another dimension based on instinct, creativity and acceptance. Here, a strange and unpredictable universe opens up, surrounding the exhibition visitor in a sensual whole. In his works consisting of trippy, comical, creepy or just beautiful creatures, Brox draws on references from both surrealism and psychedelia to folkloric art and plant-like organisms. Sound, sight, touch and even vibration play their parts in this other world which is an emotional celebration of this inner universe.
Brox draws on references from both surrealism and psychedelia to folkloric art and plant-like organisms. Photo: FineArts
“There was a lot of storytelling,” says Shane. “I could build up my own universe for several weeks, universes that were about war, destruction, life and death. There were great epic tales.”
The use of the subconscious as a catalyst is a technique which has, among others, been used by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois but also by earlier surrealists such as Picasso and Miró in their search for the unspoiled. In his work, Brox consciously uses intuition as a method.
“I feel most balanced and find inner peace when I allow myself to follow my artistic impulses without overthinking or falling into self-doubt – when I dare to just create without having to debate at length with myself whether it is good or not… This is my biggest challenge: to just be the best version of myself that I can be in each moment, both the good and the bad ones, and to trust and surrender to the process.”
Feelings like anger, fear, sorrow and glee are all real, even the uncomfortable ones. And space should be given to all of them, as it allows us to show how we really feel.
Well into his teens, Shane Brox loved building and drawing detailed houses. With secret rooms. By refusing to give in to fear and by letting go of control, Brox sets the stage for emancipation – and that in this liberation one discovers new, genuine aspects of oneself. Even if most of us don’t believe in vampires and dragons, we still create monsters when we don’t talk about our feelings. Then we create inner monsters. When we are hiding things, monster-large emotions develop in us and between people – just like in the old days.
After nine years as a designer for Levi’s, the corporate world became a bit too overwhelming, and he wanted to start over for himself. He got the idea for “The magical cookbook – a cookbook for wise children and childish adults”. The mother’s and grandmother’s cake recipes from Northern Norway became magical recipes with new names. Then the ball started rolling. In 2006, he was asked to make children’s television
Shane has since published numerous children’s books as well as developed Shanes Verden (“Shane’s World”), a series of programs on DR Ramasjang (a children’s channel on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation). Most recently, Brox has exhibited at Christiansborg and Kronborg Castle.
The nerve and driving force of his work have always been to inspire children and adults to trust and listen to their inner voice.
“Children should experience that the adults take time for them. I remember how nice I thought it was when I was little. It is hugely important for children,” he says.
The Childish World of a Canadian-Scandinavian Artist, reported by Tor Kjolberg
While Airbnb may be a good option in some areas, I try to avoid it wherever possible when traveling abroad. In this article I reveal why I don’t use Airbnb.
Airbnb, once known for being an incredible and innovative platform for finding unique accommodations around the world, has fallen from grace with many travelers. Airbnb is typically much cheaper than getting a hotel in most places, but that is not always the case, but there are many reasons why I try to avoid Airbnb.
Travelers are tired of exorbitant service fees and cleaning fees, ridiculous rules, misleading listings, missing amenities, and inconsistent quality. But my main reason for choosing a hotel is the negative impact Airbnb has on the local housing market. It has significantly reduced the housing stock and led to higher rent prices for everyone.
Once, I checked in to an Airbnb, only to find it hadn’t been cleaned at all after the previous guest left.
Most of the time, I have also found the prices to be as high as the cost of a hotel. Moreover, the service is not usually as good as it is in a hotel, and I prefer to have my toiletries restocked and towels replaced mor often than an Airbnb host is typically willing to do. As a travel journalist, I have had many great experiences using Airbnb to book private apartments for stays of anywhere from one week to one month in many destinations around the world.
My main reason for choosing a hotel is the negative impact Airbnb has on the local housing market.
But around the end of 2021, I started noticing a sharp decline in the quality of my Airbnb experiences. There are also some safety and security concerns when using Airbnb that travelers need to be aware of since they could become victims of multiple online scams or put themselves in jeopardy if they are not careful enough.
On one of my travels, I informed the host that I would be arriving late at night and he acknowledged my request to be admitted at the scheduled time. However, I was left out in pouring rain at an apartment building with fifty or so apartments, so I did not know where to go to inquire about my room – the owner only gave the street address of the building. A man outside offered to “sell” me information on where the owner was, but that was not the direction I wanted to go. Since the owner would not answer his phone after multiple attempts, I waited for three hours in the rain for a hotel in a different part of the town to open.
Most of the time, I have also found the prices to be as high as the cost of a hotel.
I found myself dealing with uncommunicative hosts and apartments that didn’t live up to the listing photos. Once, I checked in to an Airbnb, only to find it hadn’t been cleaned at all after the previous guest left, and the WiFi wasn’t working. It took hours of contacting Airbnb support to get this resolved.
The check-in and check-out process of Airbnb can become extremely tedious, making most people lose their patience, especially since their customer service could be better and many hosts do not respond to your messages on time. On average, many people have to wait hours for the host to show up and finally let them enter the property whenever they check in to an Airbnb.
Airbnb style rooms also appear on Expedia and other booking sites. The sites give you options for what type of accommodation you prefer such as “hotel” or “bed and breakfast”. Avoid the choice listed as “apartment” as these are the Airbnb style accommodations. There are many Airbnb groupies out there, and if Airbnb is your speed by all means, book away.
I have had some positive experiences as well, but the negative experiences has outweighed the positive. I simply choose not to risk it when traveling abroad. Expedia is my friend.
Award-winning Danish industrial designer Cecilie Manz (born 1972) has contributed to the catalogues of manufacturers like Fritz Hansen, Bang & Olufsen, Kasthall, Maruni and Hermes. This is Danish design – simple, useful and straight.
After graduation from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – The School of Design in 1997 including exchange studies at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Cecilie Manz founded her own studio in Copenhagen in 1998.
Cecilia Manz. Photo: Jeppe Sørensen
Cecilie Manz’ work within furniture, glass, lighting, and ceramics has received international acclaim and is sold and exhibited all over the world. She has received numerous awards and honors for her work—amongst others The Crown Prince Couples Cultural Award and the Three-Year Working Grant from the Danish Arts Foundation.
In 2018, she was named Designer of the Year at Paris Design Fair. In 2019, she was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by French Ministry of Culture. In 1921, she received the Honorable Award from the Danish National Banks Foundation, and this year she was named Designer of the Year at dhe Scandinavian Design Awards.
“My work has always revolved around simplicity,” says Cecilie Manz
“My work has always revolved around simplicity, the process of working toward a pure, aesthetic and functional object,” she says. “Nice design and quality, you might call it old-fashioned design virtues, but sometimes it’s as simple as that.”
Danish Design – Simple, Useful and Straight, written by Tor Kjolberg
“My real favorite is a small village of Norrbotten,” says Ida Lundkvist, an experienced Swedish hiker and nature photographer In this article, “My favorite Northern Lights Places in Sweden”, she lists the most popular places for watching the Northern Lights in Sweden.
“This year I’ve already seen the northern lights in Stockholm archipelago and inland in the summer, which is unusual, both so far south but also to see northern light in the summer in the north would be very rare, “ says Ida. “My favorite spot has always been to walk up a small mountain with my dad close to my parents’ home in a small village in Norrbotten and watch it from there and maybe light up a fire”.
Warm winter boots, along with a hat, gloves are also key for keeping warm. Photo: Sara Merrell
Abisko National Park is known for its clear skies and low light pollution, making it one of the best spots to see the northern lights. The mountainous landscape adds a peaceful backdrop for viewing the aurora.
Kiruna is a popular destination for northern lights viewing, with various accommodation options and nearby attractions like the ice hotel. It’s a convenient spot to experience the lights.
The wide, open view of the sky at Torneträsk Lake makes it a wonderful place to watch the northern lights. Seeing the aurora reflected over the lake is a unique and memorable experience.
Photo by Ida Lundkvist
The Lapland Wilderness offers a remote setting to watch the northern lights without interruptions. The natural surroundings make it a calm and beautiful place for aurora viewing.
Jokkmokk is known for its Sami culture and beautiful landscape. It’s a nice spot to see the northern lights and learn about local traditions in a scenic environment.
“To safely enjoy northern lights hikes in Sweden’s autumn and winter, pack carefully for the cold and unpredictable weather. Essentials include merino wool base layers and socks, an insulated jacket, and a wind-and-waterproof outer layer to stay warm and dry, Ida advises.
“Warm winter boots, along with a hat, gloves are also key for keeping warm. Bring a headlamp with extra batteries for visibility, and pack a thermos with hot drinks and snacks. If you’re heading into remote areas, consider adding a GPS or compass, a first aid kit, an emergency blanket, and a fully charged power bank. These items will help keep you comfortable, safe, and prepared to enjoy the northern lights.”
My Favorite Northern Lights Places in Sweden, written dedicatedly for Daily Scandinavian by Ida Lundkvist. Ida is head of community at Merrell Hiking Club Sweden.
Why? American just work harder, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund. So, the CEOof the Norwegian Investment Fund prefers American companies over Europeans.
European companies are falling behind their American counterparts in innovation and technology because of a “mindset issue,” says Nicolai Tangen, CEO of the $1.6 trillion Norges Bank Investment Management. People in Europe are less ambitious and more risk-averse than their US peers, he claims.
Nicolai Tangen leads Nordic behemoth investment fund, which governs the revenue earned by Norway’s oil and gas resources, with the aim of ensuring its benefits are distributed fairly between current and future Norwegian generations.
“We are not very ambitious. I should be careful about talking about work-life balance, but the Americans just work harder,” he said in an interview with the Financial Times,
Under Tangen’s leadership since 2020, and over the past decade, the $1.6 trillion fund has invested more and more heavily in the U.S. instead of its closer neighbors in Europe – and it’s no coincidence.
Last quarter, the fund reported a record $213 billion in profit, boosted by its holdings in booming tech stocks like Nvidia.
The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the largest in the world, has more than 11,000 investments in 72 countries — about 71% of which are in equities. Last quarter, the fund reported a record $213 billion in profit, boosted by its holdings in booming tech stocks like Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia.
“There’s a mindset issue in terms of acceptance of mistakes and risks. If you go bust in America, you get another chance. In Europe, you’re dead,” said Tangen.
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CEO of Norwegian Investment Fund Prefer American Companies over Europeans. The article continues below the illustration.
Under Tangen’s leadership since 2020, and over the past decade, the $1.6 trillion fund has invested more and more heavily in the U.S.
The chasm in work-life balance between the U.S. and European countries is wide. The European Union, for example, has a mandated four-week paid vacation period across all 27 of its countries. Some countries also require additional paid days off on top of that required period. Meanwhile, in the U.S., nearly one-third of employees say they don’t have any access to paid time off (PTO), according to a 2023 report.
Norway’s wealth fund owns around 1.5 percent of all globally listed shares and has stakes in more than 9,200 firms.
Data suggests that Tangen is right, but only by a fine margin. According to the European Union, in 2022 the average workweek of people between the ages of 22 and 65 was 37.5 hours. The longest working weeks recorded were in Greece, 41 hours a week, and Poland, 40.4 hours. By contrast, the Netherlands had the shortest working week of 33.2 hours, followed by Germany at 35.3 hours.
The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund is the largest in the world.
U.S. shares make up almost half of all the fund’s equities portfolio. That’s up from 32% in 2013. The U.K., in contrast, accounted for 6% of its equities, down from 15% a decade ago. The malaise gripping European equities has been underlined by the shift in Norway’s investment priorities.
America’s performance, particularly in innovation, is “worrisome” in contrast to Europe, Tangen told the Financial Times.
CEO of Norwegian Investment Fund Prefers American Companies over Europeans, compiled by Tor Kjolberg.
The Finnish wood-fired mass ovens, described in our article Scandinavian Bread and Grains, were the predecessors of the famous Swedish AGA, an institution in many British homes, but originally invented in 1922 by the Swede Gustaf Dalén. Learn more about the Swedish gas accumulators.
Nils Gustaf Dalén was a man of his time, an entrepreneur starting his career as chief engineer at the Gas Accumulator Company and appointed the managing director for AGA when it was founded in 1909. In 1910, the company bought a large real estate in Lidingö and built a production plant that was completed around 1912, when they moved out from the facilities in Stockholm.
In 1912, Dalén was blinded by a gas explosion, and in the same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys”. It was a simple but effective sun-sensitive valve for lighthouses.
There were already 50,000 AGAs in Britain in the 1940s.
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The stoves were an immediate success and worked on the exact same principle as the old Finnish mass ovens but was made of 600kg cast iron, fuel efficient and much cleaner and easier to regulate than the old stoves. It could even serve as central heating. There were already 50,000 AGAs in Britain in the 1940s. The stoves were produced in Sweden at first but sold to an English company in 1957. The stoves are still standing in many old Swedish houses and can be repaired and used indefinitely.
Nils Gustaf Dalén was a man of his time.
During his life, AGA was one of the most innovative companies in Sweden and produced a large variety of products that grew every year. Finally, in the early 1970s AGA, was forced to reduce the number of markets it was involved in and concentrate on the production of gases for industrial use.
AGA conceived and developed HiQ for specialty gases. In 2000, AGA was integrated into Linde AG.
The Swedish Gas Accumulators, written by Tor Kjolberg
Behind economic inequality, corruption was the most cited threat to democracy according to the recent study Democracy Perception Index 2024. A large majority of people in almost all democracies (67%) say that corruption is a threat to democracy in their country. Scandinavian citizens, however, consider corruption as a minor danger to their democracies.
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) is the world’s largest annual study on how people perceive democracy, conducted by Latana in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies. The 2024 edition offers an unprecedented comparison of global attitudes towards democracy during a time of rising geopolitical tensions and violent conflicts. Results are based on nationally representative interviews with over 62,953 respondents from 53 countries conducted between February 20th and April 15th, 2024.
Corruption was the most cited threat to democracy according to the Democracy Perception Index 2024.
“Around the world people want to live under democracy but these figures are a wake-up call for all democratic governments. Defending democracy means advancing freedom around the world, but it also means listening to voters’ concerns at home. The trend shows we risk losing the Global South to the autocracies. We are witnessing an axis of autocracies forming from China to Russia to Iran. We must act now to make freedom more attractive than dictatorship and unite through an alliance of democracies to push back against the emboldened autocrats,” says Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chair of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, former NATO Chief, and Danish Prime Minister.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chair of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, former NATO Chief, and Danish Prime Minister. Photo: Wikipedia
“War and violent conflict is seen as the world’s biggest challenge, followed by poverty and climate change. It is encouraging to see that people’s belief in the idea of democracy is at an all-time high, but if democratic countries are unable to help solve the world’s challenges, then it will be only a matter of time until support for democracy will suffer,” says dr. Nico Jaspers, CEO at Latana.
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The Democracy Perception Index (DPI)
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) aims to understand how people around the world perceive the state of democracy in their country today and the major challenges that lie ahead. It is the largest annual study on people’s perception of democracy, spanning 53 countries that represent over 75% of the world’s population.
Opinions on NATO’s support to Ukraine
Despite the 18th consecutive year of decline in global freedom according to Freedom House, the vast majority of people worldwide consistently say that democracy is important to have in their country (85%).
Across the 53 countries surveyed in the Democracy Perception Index (DPI) study, an average of 85% of people say that democracy is important to have in their country, ranging from 94% in the birthplace of democracy, Greece, to 63% in Iran. This is a major opinion in all countries.
When asked how democratic people think their country currently is, only about half the world (58%) says that their country is actually democratic. This is true even in democracies labeled as “free” by Freedom House, where only 60% say that their country is democratic.
The results show that out of all the threats listed in the DPI, economic inequality is viewed as the most significant threat among the 44 democracies surveyed
Threats to Democracy
This part of the survey provides an overview of what people in democratic countries see as the biggest threats to democracy. The results show that out of all the threats listed in the DPI, economic inequality is viewed as the most significant threat among the 44 democracies surveyed: an average of 68% say that economic inequality threatens democracy in their country. Behind economic inequality comes corruption.
The countries being most concerned about corruption are Greece, South Africa, Ukraine and Nigeria. On the opposite site of the scale are Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Austria (all 50%). Norway’s score is 55% while 60% of Swedish citizens say that corruption is a threat to democracy in their country.
The Norwegian Archery Association was founded in 1988 and is an interest organization for Norwegian hunters who want to hunt with a bow and arrow in Norway. The association’s overall goal is therefore to contribute to such hunting being allowed. Learn more about Norwegian bow hunters.
Building up first-hand experiences with bow-hunting and acquiring all relevant knowledge in connection with such hunting is therefore important. Whether it concerns technical, scientific, societal, moral or ethical matters.
As part of the training of Norwegian bowhunters, the association organizes, among other things, competitions with lifelike 3-dimensional animal figures made of plastic foam. The shooting mode is called 3D shooting because of the “flashes”. The competitions are very similar to the so-called hunting trails in which hunters with gunpowder weapons take part.
As part of the training of Norwegian bowhunters, the association organizes, among other things, competitions with lifelike 3-dimensional animal figures.
Unfortunately for Norwegian bow hunters, bowhunting is not legal in Norway due to a law which states that the flying projectile must be powered by gunpowder. The European Bowhunting Federation has, however, tried to change this law for many years. Some politicians have a positive attitude towards bowhunting, but animal rights activists, like the Norwegian “PETA” (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) continues to spread inaccurate information about the effectiveness and accuracy of a compound bow. The result of this is that most people in Norway think that the animal will suffer for a long time, and eventually die from pain.
The Finnish veterinarian Mikaela Sauvala carried out a study in 2019
Bow hunting is both efficient and humane
The Finnish veterinarian Mikaela Sauvala carried out a study in 2019 that compared real hunting situations for free-ranging white-tailed deer.
The conclusion of the Finnish doctoral thesis was that bow hunting is both efficient and humane. During the research, 100 deer were shot with a rifle, while 130 game were shot with a bow. Video recordings, blood samples from wild game and collected data on the hunting situation and equipment were used to find out whether hunting with a bow can be as humane as big game hunting with a rifle.
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Nations including Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Finland and Bulgaria use bow and arrow hunting as a hunting tool in modern game management.
Where is bow hunting allowed?
Nations including Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Finland and Bulgaria use bow and arrow hunting as a hunting tool in modern game management. Some European countries, including the United Kingdom, prohibit bowhunting. Bowhunting, like target archery, was revived in the UK during the Victorian era, but has been banned since 1965. Recently a law was passed in Estonia that would allow bowhunting of small game.
In the 1980s, the skills of traditional archery were revived by American enthusiasts and combined with the new scientific understanding.
The History of Modern Bowhunting
Bowhunting dates back to the Stone Age and can be traced throughout history in many regions around the world, including Asia, Europe, and North America. Native Americans were skilled bowhunters. Although their bows and arrows were often crude, they overcame the limitations of their equipment with their exceptional ability to stalk within close range of wary prey. The ability to get close to game remains the essence of all bowhunting today.
As immigrants moved into North America, they gradually combined European and Native American archery techniques and technology. The first archery club in America, known as the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, was formed in 1828.
The writings of bowhunters Will and Maurice Thompson helped popularize bowhunting in the 1860s and 1870s. In 1878, Maurice Thompson published the book The Witchery of Archery, which inspired many more individuals to pick up a bow and arrow. In 1879, the newly founded National Archery Association (NAA) held the first U.S.–sponsored tournament.
In the 1980s, the skills of traditional archery were revived by American enthusiasts and combined with the new scientific understanding.
From the 1920s, professional engineers took an interest in archery, previously the exclusive field of traditional craft experts. They led the commercial development of new forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow. These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery; traditional bows are in a minority. In the 1980s, the skills of traditional archery were revived by American enthusiasts and combined with the new scientific understanding. Much of this expertise is available in the Traditional Bowyer’s Bibles Modern game archery owes much of its success to Fred Bear, an American bow hunter and bow manufacturer.
Norwegian Bow Hunters – Conclusion
According to a Norwegian bowhunter, hunting with a bow is not about filling the freezer with food. It’s about the experience, about sharpening your senses and experiencing close contact with the animals.
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