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3 unusual facts about Frigg


Distaff

In Norse mythology, the goddess Frigg spins clouds from her bejeweled distaff in the Norse constellation known as Frigg's Spinning Wheel (Friggerock, Orion's belt).

Frig

Another possible origin is that it is based on an appeal to Frigg, a Nordic fertility goddess.

Frigga Peak

The FIDS named it after the Norse goddess Frigga, the "cloud spinner," because clouds were observed to form on the summit of this peak earlier than on any other feature in this vicinity.


André Nieuwlaat

André Leonard Nieuwlaat (born 24 December 1965) is a Norwegian former footballer who played for Råde, Moss (1982–85), Drøbak-Frogn (1986), Rosenborg (1987), Drøbak-Frogn (1988), Frigg (1989), Vålerenga (1990), Sprint-Jeløy (1991), Fredrikstad (1992), Ekholt and Vansjø/Svinndal.

Bragi

If Bragi's mother is Frigg, then Frigg is somewhat dismissive of Bragi in the Lokasenna in stanza 27 when Frigg complains that if she had a son in Ægir's hall as brave as Baldr then Loki would have to fight for his life.

Dag Lyseid

He made his debut against Frigg in May 1973, and played 117 league games and 15 cup games for Lyn, never scoring a goal.

Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis

The day of the week Friday in Old Norse is called both Freyjudagr and Frjádagr (for Freyja and Frigg respectively), in Faröese Fríggjadagur, and in Old High German was Frîatac, Frîgetac, and now Freitag, for Frigg.

Frijjō

Various female figures in medieval folklore have been traced to Frigg-Frija: the Saxon Fru Freke, Gode, Perchta (Bertha), Holda (Holle).

Harald Hennum

Playing for Frigg and Skeid, he was one of Norway's greatest football profiles in the 1950s.

Hlidskjalf

In Grímnismál, Odin and Frigg are both sitting in Hliðskjálf when they see their foster sons Agnarr and Geirröðr, one living in a cave with a giantess and the other a king.

Stavanger Airport, Forus

From 1966 it was taken into use by Helikopter Service, who operated their offshore helicopter services out of Forus to the Ekofisk and Frigg platforms in the North Sea.

Forus Heliport served two offshore installations, Ekofisk and Frigg.


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