PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND. In 1869, artist Knud Berglien immortalized the Birkebeiners' famous trek in his painting " Birkebeinere. " " This painting has done a lot to keep the tale alive, " says Lise Lunge-Larsen. " Norway is, as a culture, strongly oriented around the safe keeping of children. The very image of two rough men carrying a child to safety just seems to sum up who we are as a people. " 16 VIKING FEBRUARY 2014 sonsofnorway.comhttp://www.sonsofnorway.com