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Ron Iverson
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USA
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Posted - 15/12/2019 :  06:39:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Can someone explain the concept of dugnad, or dugnadsskipnad? I get the impression it was, in Hordaland, a kind of cooperative to get work done on farms...not sure.
Ronald A. Iverson

ToreL
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Norway
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Posted - 15/12/2019 :  11:35:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is one description in English: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/the-day-of-the-dugnad/ It is typically organized from below rather than from above. When something local needs to be fixed/done, people may agree to arrange a dugnad where everybody get together and contribute with their unpaid work. The article says a day, but it could just as well be more or less.
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