Hello everyone!

I was hoping to meet some people who would like to converse so that I can improve my Norwegian. Right now I'm pretty much just speaking out loud to myself (and I'm sure my pronunciation is terrible). Beyond that I watch Norwegian series, movies, study using Babbel, Duolingo, and several books I've purchased.

Why Norwegian? Several reasons. For one, my families lineage comes from Scandinavia on my mother's side, equally spread out between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. I focused on Norwegian as my starting point, but eventually would like to better understand Danish and Swedish as well.

Another reason behind my wanting to learn Norwegian is a constant badgering from my spouse lol. She's a Linguistics Professor, speaks four languages near fluency, reads an additional two, and is constantly making fun of me and many Americans for being monolingual. To be fair, I do see her point, and while I could focus on a language she knows, I find it enjoyable that she doesn't understand when I'm listening to or speaking Norwegian. It's a little payback if you will, but I do really find the language beautiful.

Last but not least, I've always wanted to travel to Norway ever since I was young, and there's a real possibility we might end up moving to Norway or within Scandinavia in the next couple years. My spouse is really picking up attention from universities in Europe given her field of research and convention appearances, and she likes what universities in that part of the world are doing and the contributions they're having.

Feel free to shoot me a message, or if you have any suggestions as to where I might find some native Norwegians wanting to chat. I'm down to talk about whatever, but I'm big into traveling, sports (soccer), art, and beer. Also down for any academic conversations as well.

Tusen takk! Ha en flott dag!