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A young woman at sea

Assistant Editor Ragnhild Hjeltnes writes about a book about her great-grandmother, who sailed the seas with her captain father in 1913 and 1914.

I Remember Mama

John Smistad, who remembers his own Norwegian immigrant grandparents, reviews I Remember Mama, now streaming on Amazon Prime.

The Search for Thor

Randi Millman-Brown discovers application and reference letters for her great uncle’s job at Norges Bank in Hammerfest, Norway, in 1941.

Let the River Flow

Tove Andersson writes about the film Ellos eatnu: La elva leve, which tells the story of a 1979 protest by Sámi in Norway over water rights.