I’ll Call You
fiction by Glynis Scrivens “I’ve worked out the perfect way to kill someone and get away with it.” Carl looked pleased with himself as he took a long sip of chilled cider. They were...
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Walter presents Norwegian drama
This streaming service brings individually selected international dramas to American audiences—including Norway’s Valkyrien and Young & Promising Molly Jones The Norwegian American Each year, countries around the world are producing brilliant, groundbreaking dramas for...
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Nordic literature, one challenge at a time
Scandinavia House inspires readers with the Nordic Summer Reading Challenge Molly Jones The Norwegian American Do you want to build your Nordic literature library but don’t know where to start? To provide inspiration for...
Visit the Draken at Mystic Seaport
The Viking ship is docked in Connecticut at the country’s largest maritime museum Molly Jones The Norwegian American After making its challenging transatlantic journey from Norway to North America and sailing through the...
Before I Burn blends fiction with memoir
Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Before one begins to read Gaute Heivoll’s award-winning book Before I Burn: A Novel, it is perhaps worthwhile to ponder its subtitle. If the author has written about an...
The soul of the north
Melinda Bargreen Everett, Wash. This enormously entertaining, fact-jammed, and digressive tome about two millennia of Scandinavian history and culture starts out in a most unexpected way. It’s 1969, and the author and his buddy—mostly...
Book review: Milestone reveals the stress of occupation
Thor A. Larsen Fishkill, N.Y. Meeting at the Milestone was written by Sigurd Hoel in 1947, fresh from the author’s experience in occupied Norway. The book utilized Hoel’s insight in psychoanalysis, a subject he...
Innovation under the sea: Blueye’s underwater drone on the market
Rasmus Falck Oslo, Norway Developed in Norway—famous for its rough coastline and world-leading subsea expertise—the startup Blueye plans to provide the world’s finest underwater drone for ocean exploration, giving unprecedented access to the hidden...
Norway for bookworms: A travel guide for literature lovers
Marie Peyre The Local With international festivals, award-winning libraries, and picturesque book towns, there is plenty to appeal to book lovers visiting Norway. Norway’s literary greats Think Norwegian literature and chances are the name...
Shared history and common values
The Norwegian Lady and the tale of two sister cities separated by the Atlantic Ocean Lori Ann Reinhall Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association The year was 1891 and Norwegian sea captain Jordan Jørgensen, like so...
Book review: All the best words
M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway “I know words… I have the best words,” claimed Donald Trump in a campaign rally speech on Dec. 30, 2015. Now these and other words by the then candidate...
Is hate a Norwegian (-American) value?
Emily C. Skaftun The Norwegian American I want nothing more than to let this subject go for once and all, but I’m afraid I can’t resist getting in the last word on it first....
Book review: Scandinavians in the State House
Sada Reed Phoenix, Ariz. If someone wanted to pick up a book that would make them proud of being of Scandinavian descent and/or Minnesotan, this book is it. Scandinavians in the State House: How...
