“Working in the Arctic”
Norwegian and foreign employees are invited to the workshop “Working in the Arctic”, October 09 2025, at 10:15-13, in the historical director’s office in the 2. floor of Mack brewery, in Storgata 4,Tromsø.(Entrance: The wooden door North of the entrance to Ølhallen, Storgata 4).
At 13-14 you are invited to a lunch in the same venue, and 14-15 we go to Fløyrestauranten by Fjellheisen for a coffee.
Lorelou Desjardins will talk about aspects of the Norwegian culture foreigners face when trying to adapt to the Norwegian life and culture.
Lorelou Desjardins guides you through how to understand the Norwegian work culture, aiming to give non-Norwegians an understanding of how to understand Norwegians at work, fit in, socialize and thrive in a new Norwegian life.
Lorelou Desjardins came to Norway 15 years ago. She is a trained lawyer, and writes the blog https://afroginthefjord.com/, as well as opinion pieces in the Norwegian newspaper VG (vg.no) commenting the peculiarities of the Norwegian culture in a humoristic manner, and has become a cultural expert on Norway. Her book "A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway" is published in Norwegian, English, French and Spanish. She recently released her second book How to be Norwegian, both are bestsellers.
The seminar will be a mixture of Lorelou talking about her experiences and conversations in smaller groups joining foreign employees and all those who are working to assist them at UiT.
Lorelou Desjardins vil belyse særtrekk ved et norsk arbeidsliv. Rundt 25% av ansatte ved UiT har utenlandsk statsborgerskap. Målet med seminaret er å skape en felles forståelse mellom norske og utenlandske ansatte ved UiT for en bedre kommunikasjon i arbeidslivet.
Kurset ledes av Lorelou Desjardins, forfatter, foredragsholder og kulturformidler med lang erfaring fra norsk arbeids- og samfunnsliv. Hun er kjent for boken En frosk i fjorden: Kunsten å bli norsk (Cappelen Damm, 2017), som ble en bestselger i Norge og omtalt av Forbes som «en avslørende bok om det ekte Skandinavia». Hun har i flere år undervist og holdt kurs for universiteter, kommuner og organisasjoner om norsk arbeidskultur, arbeidslivsordninger og interkulturell kommunikasjon
Please register by Friday October 3 at 12.
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