S6E7 - Leanna Lunde on Performing Arts and Losing Her Children to Norwegian Language

Leanna Lunde is an Australian who has lived in Norway and worked with arts for the last 18 years. Educated in Performing Arts, Leanna has worked in creative, technical and management positions for production companies, culture houses and festivals. Through many talents, she managed to thrive in Norway. Having audio dyslexia, vocal language has always been a challenge, so learning Norwegian is a slow process.  However, she didn’t expect that not understanding Norwegian could impact her relationship with her own children. Even though her children knew  Norwegian she received pressure from the Norwegian health services to have her children ‘socialized’, she ultimately ‘lost’ them to the  Norwegian language for several years and they stopped speaking to their mother. Eventually, her children started to speak to her more, and by bringing her children to Australia for 2 months, they understood how  English stood in the contents of the world and their family. She felt like that knowledge was the one thing of value she could help them with in the world. Then they started to know each other all over again and they could tell Leanne what they really thought and felt.     And a huge big thank you to Rebel Oslo for allowing us to use their venue.   The Oslo Desk Podcast Season 6 - Surviving or Thriving in Norway.  Interviewer: Ka Man Mak Film Production: Andre Percy Katombe Podcast Production: Ka Man Mak & Julien Kaseya   The Oslo Desk is building a leading media house to portray racialised immigrant communities more accurately and completely. Most of our work is conducted by dedicated journalists and storytellers. If you would like this work to continue and can make a contribution, please go to https://buymeacoffee.com/oslodesk.