Tanum Bookstore’s window says, “Ha en fryktelig trivelig lesestund” (Have a horribly pleasant reading time.) So to explain the theme, Norwegians typically hole up in their hyttes (mountain huts) over the holiday to read their crime novels. All three Tanum windows show what you can typically expect of a hytte’s interior: wood-paneled walls, lotsa needlepoint and woven wall hangings, a roaring fire, sheepskin pelts, candlelight, moose antlers, paintings of pastoral Norway, and Danish modern furniture. All the elements of “hyggelig” or “koselig” — that much-desired quality of hominess that transcends the meaning of “cozy.”
