More for us, I suppose.
Norwegians are 82% Lutheran, but that never stopped anyone from having a drink or too. Even during the heyday of Christianity among the Vikings in the 1000s, alcohol remained a way of life.
In fact, laws such as
Gulaþing Law required the production and consumption of alchohol, ale mainly, during festivals popular during Pagan times, but carried over after the conversion of Norway, albeit under different names
:
The drinking of ale was particularly important to several seasonal religious festivals, of which the Viking Scandinavians celebrated three: the first occurring after harvest, the second near midwinter, and the last at midsummer. These festivals continued to be celebrated after the introduction of Christianity, although under new names. Historical records show that ale consumption at these festivals, even in Christian times, was quite important: the Gulaþing Law required farmers in groups of at least three to brew ale to be consumed at obligatory ale-feasts on All Saints (November 1 - Winternights), Christmas (December 25 - Yule), and upon the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24 - Midsummer). More ordinary festivities, celebrated even today, are so closely associated with beer that they are known as öl ("ale") and include Gravöl (a wake, or "funeral ale"), Barnöl (a christening, or "child-ale") and taklagsöl (a barn-raising, or "roofing-ale")
To each their own, but we never let religion get in the way of having a good time..
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