What was it like to grow up in an industrial town in England in the shadow of two world wars? What was it like to come as a young foreigner and an immigrant to Norway just after the war? What is it like to be an “Oldema”, a great grandmother, when you as a child thought the next bomb would hit you and your family? An Oldema is a living history book. Our Oldema is a good storyteller, and the children listen and ask questions. We gladly share these stories with you.

Karen Anna Børresen

After years of both paid and voluntary work with children and young adults , I almost by chance chose to take an education as a preschool teacher. Later this was supplemented with various courses/ degrees and for ten years I taught at the Norwegian school of Gran Canaria.

Then I started my own multilingual preschool and continued with that for eight years until COVID and retirement. 

As a pensioner I have had time to write down some of the stories that have been waiting. The very first of them is this book about my dear mother. Enjoy.