Meet Twigs – Norway's new Trollfluencer

Twigs has watched humans his whole life – hikers, berry pickers, travellers stopping to breathe before climbing another ridge. He finds us fascinating and a bit confusing.

"You rush past trees that are 500 years old without looking," he says.

"You have so little time, yet you spend it staring at small screens. Trees stay interesting for centuries. Trust me."

But he is curious about us too, and he likes that we honor his kind:

"You name roads and fjords after us, like Trollstigen and Trollfjord! And not to mention, some of our most intimate body parts, which I have to admit that I find a bit strange. And that Grieg guy, who made the best Troll music ever… There where actually rumours that there was a human spy in the big mountain hall while the Dovre Giant held that big party that night."

If Twigs could be human for a day, he knows exactly what he’d do: He’d give chocolate another try.

Once, he found a half-eaten bar left on a rock and tasted it out of curiosity: sweet, crunchy, a little mysterious. But what puzzled him far more was the human habit of leaving half of it behind.

"Why throw away such treasure?" he wonders.

Many human myths have followed trolls through the ages, and Twigs has a few clarifications. The most important?

"Not all trolls turn to stone in sunlight! Some of us have actually developed a sort of resistance, so we can stay out in the lovely sun at least for a little while at a time. It makes my hair greener, too."

He’s sad for the many trolls who forgot to hide in time, though, and turned to stone because of it.

"I walk past them every day. Their faces are carved in nature forever, so we will never forget them. Here's a photo I took of my dear, old friend Hyndla."

He also insists that not all trolls are dangerous.

"We’re no scarier than humans. Some are kind, some are grumpy. Same as you."