Many of the web pages are illustrated and also provide links to other illustrations. The symbols I’ve used in this article were mostly sketched from the first two printed references and the second and third internet references.
Printed Material:
- Primstaven. Breivega, Titta H., Det Norske Samlaget., no pub. date given.
- The Ancient Norwegian Calendar Stick (primstav) by F.E. Ekstrand. Published by Welcome Press, Seattle WA. No date given.
- Historien om en primstav. Werenskiold, Werner, og Durban, Arne, Aktieselskapet Norsk Aluminium Company, Oslo,1944
- Tidsskrift for Valdres Historielag, “Gamle merkjidaga,” published by O.K. Ødegaard, Gjøvik, Mariendals Boktrykkeri, pp. 217, 1931.
Internet Pages: The first four of these were the most informative.
- it-student.hivolda.no/prosjekt/h99/primstaven/ Great information about primstaves, symbols, and each merkedag. Illustrated with modern interpretations of the old symbols.
- www.arild-hauge.com/runekalender.htm.In Danish. One of the nicest pages I found. It also has a list of links to photos of old primstaves. If you’re interested, www.arild-hauge.com has more info than I hope you’ll ever need on Nordic/Germanic runes and various aspects of Nordic/Viking folk culture.
- www.uib.no/people/hmikk/Primstav/prosjektet_primstaven.html A list of days and a really fine drawing of a primstav.
- home.online.no/~lahlum/alma/dager.html A calendar of Norwegian and international holidays and anniversaries. Just click on the dates.
- www.bjorkasen.bgs.no/bcd/bcd1-99/Primstav2.html In English. Has some info and a very nice photo.
- www.hf.uio.no/iks/nfs/merkedager.html Holidays, with historical tidbits.
- home.c2i.net/samuelsen/ A contemporary list of Norwegian saints’ days.
- www.katolsk.no/biografi/kalender.htm A contemporary list of Catholic saints’ days from a Norwegian perspective.
- www.caplex.net/web/tabeller/tabeller.asp?art_id=t-merked A list of merkedager.
- www.vaardal.net/svein/primstav_merker.htm A short list of merkedager.
- panozoom.net/info/merkedager.htm Rural customs and merkedager.
- www.vikinganswerlady.org/primstav.htm In English . Has a bit of good info, and some nice drawings.
- www.norway.org/christmas/engelsk/primstav.html In English.. About clog calendars.
- http://www.wkonline.com/d/Clog_almanac.html A dictionary site. In English.
Other references:
- Primstav the ancient Norwegian calendar stick. http://wwwangelfire.com/sd2/PLAINVIEWFARM/primstav.html
- A Norwegian Calendar Stick in Wisconsin. www.jstor.org/Stable/4631907 Vol. 31, No 2 Dec. ’47 pp 145-167
- Primstav | a calendar-stick was a must on the old farm | Norway https://talknorway.no/primstav-a-calendar-stick-was-a-must-on-the-old-farm-norway/
- The Asatru Community: Best source for Asatru https://www.theasatrucommunity.org/
- Primstav and Textile Production in Scandinavia https://norwegiantextileletter.com/article/primstav/
- The calendar that once ruled Norway. https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-calendar-that-once-ruled-norway/
- Heidnibok Norseman’s Codex of Heathenism http://heidnibok.blogspot.com/p/calandar.html
