nisse

Not a lepechaun, he's a "nisse" It is very possible that the bin is pulled as it contains all the P-Farster's personal belongings.

Penny-Ante: The Ordinary Trend Moves Up a Notch BikeSnobNYC 2008

And that's an American Santa Claus, in Norway where we speak Norwegian, which is similar to Swedish but not quite, the "nisse" lives all around us all the time, and don't just pop in around Christmas time.

Holiday cheer Torill 2004

And there will even be a picture of the elusive mr Miles of Melbourne, even if he is turning his back to the camera and does a good "nisse" impersonation.

Archive 2001-12-01 Torill 2001

Fjosnisse barn "nisse", who may turn grumpy if the children forget to leave a bowl of porridge.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Fjosnisse barn "nisse", who may turn grumpy if the children forget to leave a bowl of porridge.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Fjosnisse barn "nisse", who may turn grumpy if the children forget to leave a bowl of porridge.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Fjosnisse barn "nisse", who may turn grumpy if the children forget to leave a bowl of porridge.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Fjosnisse (barn "nisse"), who may turn grumpy if the children forget to leave a bowl of porridge.

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I alwees thawt it wud be nisse to run a B&B wehre I cud offur teh obernite guessts teh opshun of aroom “wif kitteh furr” oar “wiffout kitteh furrs.”

did not - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

I recall a picture I saw as a child, in a fairy tale book -- a log laid over a stone, and half a dozen of them playing teeter-totter with a nisse but not weighing enough to counterbalance him.

Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999