Luna Posted May 18, 2019 Posted May 18, 2019 I'm headed to Denmark, Norway and Sweden in June, and a tarot loving friend of mine has asked me to pick up a tarot deck from one of these countries for her. Now, to be honest, I'm only in Copenhagen, Denmark for one day and on a cruise ship for Norway for the next 11 days and then visiting family in Sweden. I most likely won't find a deck in Norway that is just off the cruise ship and may not have time to find a shop in Copenhagan, given we're only there for less then a day really. But, if ANYONE here can help me with ideas of where to find tarot decks from here I'd sure appreciate it! I leave in early June. When in Sweden, I'll be in Halmstad, Sweden. Thanks in advance!
Raggydoll Posted May 19, 2019 Posted May 19, 2019 Oh aren’t you lucky for going to Halmstad, that’s a gorgeous place! Are you thinking that you will want to buy a deck in a metaphysical store? Or can you order from a Swedish site and have it shipped to your destination there? And must it be a deck that is created by a Scandinavian person? All of these things will determine just how tricky this is. From googling, the nearest witchy shop I could find to Halmstad is in Varberg. That’s a 40 min car drive away. The shop is called Änglakraft (which translates to angelpower 😊). https://www.anglakraftbutik.se/store/category/tarot-orakelkort-294375 I have no idea if there are other shops or if this one is even open still. If you had the option of ordering online then I would definitely do so, preferably via www.tarotshop.se or www.tarothuset.com They both deliver fairly quickly. If it has had to be a deck from a Scandinavian creator then your options will be limited as most decks are OOP. The ones that you may be able to get online is the Jolanda tarot and Rosa Orm (from Finland) https://www.tarothuset.com/rosa-orm-tarot https://www.tarotshop.se/jolanda-tarot-78-cards-instruction-booklet If I can think of any other decks I’ll let you know
KaiNO Posted May 19, 2019 Posted May 19, 2019 11 days on a cruise ship in Norway... Welcome to Hurtigruten! You're going to get some nice days 🙂 You'll be starting in Bergen, which is Norway's second largest city and two days later on your way north, you'll reach Trondheim (third largest city). You can find stores like Outland in both Bergen and Trondheim(walking to centrum from the boat takes about 10 min) selling Tarot/Oracle decks. But I don't think you'll be able to find any original Scandinavian decks in any physical store; I believe you'll have to order online. I don't have an overview, but there are probably only very few decks that are initially Scandinavian. Those that I know about are these two which are Norwegian Oracle decks: 1) Vikingkort - by Eli Wium, which is a rather new deck published in 2017. Eli Wium is one of Norway's most famous clairvoyants, who has made 81 divination cards. If you use Google Translate on this page, I think you get a good impression about the deck: https://www.dadda.no/store/product/vikingkort-spadomskort (Here you can get the deck signed, but they have only one copy left.) Her husband Morten is Danish and has lived 11 years in Greenland. So the two of them probably know a lot about the Norse mysticism. The deck has a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Vikingkort/ If you scroll down on the FB page until 18. November 2017, you'll see pictures of the box where it says that it's 81 cards (I found that confusing because some of the online stores say 81 cards but also 44 cards, but 81 cards are correct). 2) Guddommelig tidfesting orakelkort - by Janne M. Svensenhttps://www.mystica.no/products/guddommelig-tidfesting-orakelkort-norsk-kort-nettbutikk-mystica
PathWalker Posted May 19, 2019 Posted May 19, 2019 Karma Tarot - but another OOP deck I'm afraid http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/karma/
Raggydoll Posted May 19, 2019 Posted May 19, 2019 There’s the danish Javanne deck too, but that’s oop as far as I know. http://www.javannetarot.com/en/buyjavannetarot/ And there is a Finnish fairy deck called keijuoraakkeli. Other Swedish decks would be ’Äkta spåman tarot’ by Linda Spåman http://lindaspaman.com/Akta-Spaman-Tarot but it seem to be oop too. And any deck by Ylva Trollstierna (she has published several decks, I don’t know if any are available at the moment. I’ve owned one and wasn’t super excited about the quality). But any of these oop decks could be found in smaller shops so it’s still worth looking out for them
Luna Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/18/2019 at 11:27 PM, Raggydoll said: Oh aren’t you lucky for going to Halmstad, that’s a gorgeous place! Are you thinking that you will want to buy a deck in a metaphysical store? Or can you order from a Swedish site and have it shipped to your destination there? And must it be a deck that is created by a Scandinavian person? All of these things will determine just how tricky this is. From googling, the nearest witchy shop I could find to Halmstad is in Varberg. That’s a 40 min car drive away. The shop is called Änglakraft (which translates to angelpower 😊). https://www.anglakraftbutik.se/store/category/tarot-orakelkort-294375 I have no idea if there are other shops or if this one is even open still. If you had the option of ordering online then I would definitely do so, preferably via www.tarotshop.se or www.tarothuset.com They both deliver fairly quickly. If it has had to be a deck from a Scandinavian creator then your options will be limited as most decks are OOP. The ones that you may be able to get online is the Jolanda tarot and Rosa Orm (from Finland) https://www.tarothuset.com/rosa-orm-tarot https://www.tarotshop.se/jolanda-tarot-78-cards-instruction-booklet If I can think of any other decks I’ll let you know Oh, thank you, raggydoll! We have family in Halmstad that we are visiting. I might be able to get our cousin to buy it for me ahead of time. We are only there for a few days, and running around to visit all the aunts and uncles and cousins and so time is not really on my side for this. But! I'll ask two of my cousins to see if they could pick one up for me. Or, perhaps I can order it and have it delivered to the one cousins home we are staying with. I will check out both the Jolanda and Rosa Orm. I did some searching for Swedish decks specifically and thought the Witchy Tarot (I think it was called?) sounded great--but that is out of print and though you can find a few for sale, they are WAAAAAY out of my price! Oh well. 😞 I was hoping to get a Scandinavian deck. It would be a bigger plus IF any writing on the cards were in the language of either Swedish, Danish or Finnish. Just as long as the pictures themselves were fairly easy to see what it is depicting. (meaning, so I know what card is actually which card). OOOH! though I am excited about the Rosa Orm Tarot! and its at the right price, as I don't want to spend more then 40.00 U.S. Dollars. That is perfect so far! So, I may end up ordering a tarot deck for her to be sent to our cousins home. thank you! You've been a GREAT help!!! Though that Jolanda Tarot is the one that I was originally finding online! I didn't realize this reprint was available--as I wasn't finding it at this price. I do wish it was in Swedish though--but its got a great story behind it as being developed and used by the Swedish Witch! I hope it is a deck--or is it a book or both? It seems to be a deck with the book. That would be really good! Thank you!!!
Luna Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 6:54 AM, KaiNO said: 11 days on a cruise ship in Norway... Welcome to Hurtigruten! You're going to get some nice days 🙂 You'll be starting in Bergen, which is Norway's second largest city and two days later on your way north, you'll reach Trondheim (third largest city). You can find stores like Outland in both Bergen and Trondheim(walking to centrum from the boat takes about 10 min) selling Tarot/Oracle decks. But I don't think you'll be able to find any original Scandinavian decks in any physical store; I believe you'll have to order online. I don't have an overview, but there are probably only very few decks that are initially Scandinavian. Those that I know about are these two which are Norwegian Oracle decks: 1) Vikingkort - by Eli Wium, which is a rather new deck published in 2017. Eli Wium is one of Norway's most famous clairvoyants, who has made 81 divination cards. If you use Google Translate on this page, I think you get a good impression about the deck: https://www.dadda.no/store/product/vikingkort-spadomskort (Here you can get the deck signed, but they have only one copy left.) Her husband Morten is Danish and has lived 11 years in Greenland. So the two of them probably know a lot about the Norse mysticism. The deck has a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Vikingkort/ If you scroll down on the FB page until 18. November 2017, you'll see pictures of the box where it says that it's 81 cards (I found that confusing because some of the online stores say 81 cards but also 44 cards, but 81 cards are correct). 2) Guddommelig tidfesting orakelkort - by Janne M. Svensenhttps://www.mystica.no/products/guddommelig-tidfesting-orakelkort-norsk-kort-nettbutikk-mystica 🙂 Yes, we are looking forward to this trip. should be very relaxing! We are starting in Copenhagen, Denmark and then sailing to Geiranger, Norway first. from there to The Arctic Circle, (I'm SOOO excited for that!) and then Tromso, Norway, and Honningsvag, Norway, Alesund, Norway, Flam, Norway and finally Stavanger, Norway. Oh! the Vikingkort is GREAT!!! I wish I could figure out how much it costs. When I went to the site you provided it was "Not found". 😞 *sigh* perhaps the last one was sold. that would've been cool to get that one and have it signed!!! I'd give it to my friend. It means so much to her to get a deck from overseas. 🙂 Yes, I did find the fb page when I first read your first line about the deck and its creator. I googled it immediately and found its FB page. the 2nd one you mentioned is an oracle, so my friend wants nothing to do w/that. she wants only tarot. though I did go to the site you provided to check it out. Thank you so much for these ideas too. I do like the Vikingkort very much. I wish I could find at least one copy to get for my friend.
Luna Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 7:39 AM, PathWalker said: Karma Tarot - but another OOP deck I'm afraid http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/karma/ Well, I did find they are available on amazon.com at least---used. I think she'd be okay w/a used deck. So, if I cannot find one while there or get one of the cousins to pick up the deck for me, then I may just order this for her. Thank you for your help!
Luna Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 wow. that ’Äkta spåman tarot’ by Linda Spåman is different. Probably something she'd like. 😁 Its not really my type, but for her could be. Yes, I'll keep an eye out for all that has been shared here by everyone. THANK YOU ALL!!! 🙂 I may still ask my cousin to pick it one up for me ahead of time. 14 minutes ago, Joe said: I love this international scene here 😁 Yes, this site is great, isn't it? Everyone is always so helpful. Once again, THANK YOU EVERYONE! I will let you know what I find - though it may be late June before I can do so.
McFaire Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 The Lars-Kristian Holmsen Tarot was first published in Norway. It is OoP but widely available for cheap second-hand. I have one. It's a nice set with a hardcover book and decorative box. Friendly and whimsical.
KaiNO Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 7 hours ago, Luna said: Oh! the Vikingkort is GREAT!!! I wish I could figure out how much it costs. When I went to the site you provided it was "Not found". 😞 *sigh* perhaps the last one was sold. that would've been cool to get that one and have it signed!!! I'd give it to my friend. It means so much to her to get a deck from overseas. 🙂 Yes, I did find the fb page when I first read your first line about the deck and its creator. I googled it immediately and found its FB page. 1 The link should be working, they actually have 3 Vikingkort decks for sale now. I've ordered a deck for myself as well 🙂 The deck is even cheaper here: http://www.manumu.no/webshop.aspx?pageid=43292&plid=64478&Product=135096 , not signed. But this deck is not a tarot deck, only a deck of fortune cards, so it does not satisfy the requirements you have. You can just ask Google, e.g.: "399 norwegian krone to usd" : 399 Norwegian Krone equals 45,51 United States Dollar All the Scandinavian countries have their own currency; "krone" in Denmark and Norway, "krona" in Sweden. Usually, it is cheaper to buy things in Sweden. Anyway, welcome to Norway! 🙂 It is a beautiful country, but unfortunately, an expensive country to have a vacation in.
Luna Posted May 22, 2019 Author Posted May 22, 2019 Thank you, KaiNO for letting me know. I will think about ordering one for me--but not for my friend, as she was very specific about a tarot deck and nothing else. I still haven't been in touch w/my cousins about having it sent to their home. I've got to do that first, so will shoot an email out to them now. Yes, I know it was krone in Denmark and krona in Sweden, but had no idea what it was in Norway. My husband probably knew though. 🙂 We are both very excited about seeing Norway. We are fortunate as we will be on the cruise ship--which is expensive enough--but not compared to what it would be anywhere, really, considering our room and food and entertainment (save off the ship entertainment) is all included. But, this is something the hubby has been wanting to do for a long time and since we are retiring next year, we need to do it now, while we still have the money for it! So another thing off his 'bucket list'. 😄 We've seen so many shows on cruising in Norway and the towns that people have visited, and it looks so lovely! I think I'd like to try and live there at least for a year. However, I don't think that will ever happen. Recently we saw a show that showed that people who live in Norway are considered the happiest people in the world. 🙂 that in itself shows how lovely a place it must be, even if it is a very expensive one to live in or vacation in.
gregory Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 12:59 AM, Luna said: wow. that ’Äkta spåman tarot’ by Linda Spåman is different. Probably something she'd like. 😁 Its not really my type, but for her could be. Yes, I'll keep an eye out for all that has been shared here by everyone. THANK YOU ALL!!! 🙂 I may still ask my cousin to pick it one up for me ahead of time. 😁 Yes, this site is great, isn't it? Everyone is always so helpful. Once again, THANK YOU EVERYONE! I will let you know what I find - though it may be late June before I can do so. It's quite incredible and VERY confusing,. I put together some stuff I worked out when I was terminally stuck, if you manage to get it....
Raggydoll Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 I was just made aware of this very beautiful Swedish oracle deck: https://www.teklau.se/shop/preorder-sacred-heartsisters-oracle-card-deck I would quite like a copy of this one myself 😊
Luna Posted May 30, 2019 Author Posted May 30, 2019 Thank you Gregory, for your input. I don't think my friend would enjoy trying to figure out each card like that then. So, I'll avoid that one then. Thanks again. Raggy Doll, That deck is gorgeous! I LOVE teh colors in it and it is very interesting - for me. However, my friend wants a tarot deck and this has only 44 cards--so not tarot, an oracle. She specifically told me a tarot deck and NOT an oracle. 😞 But, I'm going to check this out! Thanks! 🙂
Raggydoll Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 26 minutes ago, Luna said: Thank you Gregory, for your input. I don't think my friend would enjoy trying to figure out each card like that then. So, I'll avoid that one then. Thanks again. Raggy Doll, That deck is gorgeous! I LOVE teh colors in it and it is very interesting - for me. However, my friend wants a tarot deck and this has only 44 cards--so not tarot, an oracle. She specifically told me a tarot deck and NOT an oracle. 😞 But, I'm going to check this out! Thanks! 🙂 Oh, sorry. But then again- not truly sorry, since you liked it ☺️. It also felt like a good idea to share it here in case anyone else is looking for Scandinavian decks 😊
Luna Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 Back from our travels and finally all caught up on the 'after affects' of being gone for some time from home. I finally able to get back on here and post again. I did share some websites in Scandinavia that were mentioned with my friend to pick a deck and I was going to have it sent to my cousins home where I could pick it up in Sweden. however, my friend decided she wasn't that excited about what was available there, so she decided to not get anything. 😞 I still bought her a wee gift that I still need to mail to her, and now I also know that I should still keep an eye out for anything interesting in tarot whenever we go abroad again. Thank you all for your thoughts and ideas and great help!
KaiNO Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 Ok 🙂 I'm glad to hear that you didn't freeze to death. Brrr, cold summer this year 😞
Eric13 Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 Seem's like Prague is a good place to but tarot cards, especially street fairs. I would love to get one of these old decks I see for sale from time to time.
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