hello!

i am a social girl from norway, who loves to meet new people and explore cultures. i grew up in a beautiful city on the west coast of norway, called bergen. when i was 16 years old, i left the city for an exchange year and moved into an old sailing vessel, exploring the atlantic. after finishing school in bergen after that, i decided to move to an island between norway and the north pole, called svalbard. i went to a folk high school there, focusing on expeditions and life in the arctic.
for the moment i am living in hoi an in vietnam, studying development.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i love to meet new people and explore the local life when i am travelling, and i think couchsurfing is a brilliant way to achieve this!

Interests

• culture
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• yoga
• running
• politics
• reading
• music
• hiking
• sailing
• history
• mountains
• art
• travelling
• nature
• sustainability
• language
• climbing
• expeditions
• catan

Music, Movies, and Books

i really like artists like the beatles, the smiths, janis joplin, lou reed, manu chao, and francoise hardy. i also like more modern music like tame impala, erykah badu, and aurora. i am into "joik", which is music from the indigenous people in norway and i love music from my hometown.

when it comes to books, i enjoyed the book "sapiens" by yuval noah harari, and i have read numerous autobiographies of famous adventurers. authors like gert nygårdshaug and pedro carmona-alvarez are one of my favourites.

a movie that really made an impression on me was "14 summits: nothing is impossible" about nirmal purja and his friends climbing all the 14 peeks over 8000 meters whitin 6 months and 6 days!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i sailed to an island between south america and africa, called saint helena. it was a wonderful place and we dived with whale sharks and i met the longest living animal living on land; the tortoise jonathan which is now 190 years old.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach in norwegian and english if you want. i could also learn you how to make some norwegian dishes, and i would love to learn about cooking in your country.

What I Can Share with Hosts

i can share good stories from travelling, sailing and life in the arctic!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Viet Nam