Barneblad: Hospital Clowns (Sykehusklovnene)
Heidi Håvan Grosch Sparbu, Norway Laughter is the language of the world. – www.hospitalclown.com No one likes to be sick, and it is even worse if you have to be in the hospital. So...
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Film review: Gavagai translates poetry into film
Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Gavagai is a cinematic masterpiece that pays homage to the great Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas as it explores the unbearable grief of a man over the loss of his...
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Mari Boine, Sámi cultural ambassador
One of Norway’s top artists talks about music, language, and her indigenous heritage Julia Andersen New York Norway’s Sámi musician Mari Boine has risen from her humble Lappland beginnings to become one of the...
Comics 7/28
Pondus by Frode Øverli — You know Linda… with the doe eyes, the world’s whitest teeth, the angelic hair and the big… — I know who she is! — Well, during recess she accidentally...
Norway’s top three vintage postcards
The stories behind travelers’ all-time favorite postcards to mail home from Norway M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Despite texting and emailing, travelers still send postcards. Through the years, three Norwegian postcards have become venerable...
A reunion on steroids: Vestlandslag/Valdres Samband Stevne
Gary G. Erickson Sunburg, Minn. Norwegian Americans enjoy being in the company of one another. Like barn leker best! Similar children play best together! Vestlandslag, a bygdelag, an association of Norwegian-American descendants stemming from...
Revolutionizing cattle breeding
SpermVital extends the life of semen after insemination, increasing conception rates Rasmus Falck Oslo, Norway Achieving a good conception rate is vital to farm profitability, particularly in herds that are block calving, encouraging all...
Arctic thaw has chilling consequences
Research on sea ice shows an Arctic in trouble—and that’s a problem for all of us M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Anyone who doubts the human impact on global warming and climate change should...
The Norseman Xtreme Triathlon tests the world’s toughest athletes on Norway’s punishing terrain
Molly Jones The Norwegian American On August 5, 250 athletes—called daring by some and crazy by others—will take the plunge off a ferry into the frigid Hardangerfjord at 5:00 in the morning as they...
Diary of a Guidebook Writer: Svolvær, the perfect Lofoten getaway
David Nikel Trondheim, Norway The largest city on the Lofoten islands, Svolvær is tiny by most people’s standards with a population of just a few thousand people. But it’s a regional center and the...
Words about words: That raisin in the sun might be a grape
M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Were you to walk on a path through a vineyard in southern France after the grape harvest season in September, you might remake one of the oldest vinicultural discoveries,...
Not your grandmother’s canning
New cookbook brings zest to bottling the season’s bounty in small-batch preserves Eating local and by season may have become buzzwords among both home cooks and restaurateurs alike in recent years, but the idea...
Owl numbers soar
Sightings of great gray owls are remarkably high in Hedmark County The Local An area of Norway has seen a proliferation in numbers of rare great gray owls, with 113 nests registered so far...
