Mysterious fire foxes, dog sled rides, sorceresses, steep mountainsides, seahorses, crabs, polar bears, and large maps are just some things the children can meet and explore in Trillebørstur i Nord. The children, aged 5-8, are invited on a trip where they can experience and learn about the Nordic region through stories, legends, music, songs, and creative activities in the company of the creative musical couple Bergur and Lone. It is both a musical theater performance with a workshop and a creative, musical, and digital learning universe.
In April 2025 Trillebørstur i Nord performed in collaboration with the Nordic Institute on Åland (NIPÅ). It was part of one of NIPÅ’s cultural initiatives, Kulturkraft, which includes a school tour of Åland’s primary schools.
Video: Bergur and Lone performing the song Kamchatka krabben in Danish. Lone emphasizes that it’s important that the performance and workshop are always played in the language spoken in the Nordic country where they are, as well as in Faroese and Danish, and that all the teaching material is translated into all the Nordic languages. This enables teachers and educators to easily use the material both before and after their visit.
During the performance in collaboration with NIPÅ, Lone describes a special and memorable moment when Bergur asked the children if they knew how to say Hej (Hello) in Faroese. With a small sense of panic in their eyes, the children said “NO”, but then burst out in laughter when Bergur told them it’s called… Hej. Lone continues to describe:
“I also experienced that both during our performance and workshop we have such a close ‘contact’ to the map of the Nordic countries which is our backdrop, which makes them establish a visual understanding of what the Nordics are. And then it’s really funny that they completely buy the premise that we can do everything with our wheelbarrow.”
For those who are considering applying for support for Nordic children and youth projects around culture and language, Lone highlights that the most important thing is to be passionate about telling the Nordic children about what the Nordics are and how some things are the same and some things are completely different. She also adds:
“It is a long process to get a project from a small ‘Trillebør’ to a finished ‘Trillebør concept’ and you have to really want to do this, it is also a lot of work to create Nordic contacts and you have to find this work fun. And then you have to love being on tour in the Nordics.”
NIPÅ describes how Bergur and Lone treated the children in a gentle and inclusive manner and how the performance was received with curiosity and interest by the students. The students got to take part in a humorous adventure with light-hearted and interesting facts about the Nordic countries. Therese Hjälmarstrand, Project Manager at Kulturkraft, NIPÅ said:
“We at NIPÅ can recommend Lone & Bergur’s ‘Trillebørstur i Nord’ to anyone who wants to invite their children to curiosity about the Nordic countries and languages.”
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