friluftsliv
FREE-loofts-leev
"Free air life." A fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature, and a way of living organized around that understanding. Not a hobby or an activity but an orientation — the outdoors as the basis of the good life.
Etymology
Norwegian, coined by Henrik Ibsen in the 1850s. The word became central to Scandinavian cultural identity and is now used across the Nordic countries. It implies no particular skill or ambition — just presence in open air.
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