Gather around the table
An interview with Norwegian food blogger and cookbook author Trine Sandberg Christy Olsen Field Taste of Norway Editor Trines Matblogg (Trine’s Food Blog) is always near the top of every Google search I do...
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Amerikalinjen: convenience, comfort, and style
Inside Oslo’s newest boutique hotel Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American In the short time since opening in May 2019, it has become the most popular hotel in Oslo. This recent addition to Petter...
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A devilish musical temptation
SVER brings “epic folk” to America Andy Meyer The Norwegian American The Hardanger fiddle was famously considered the devil’s instrument by early Norwegian church leaders. Its music engendered an irresistible urge to dance, and...
An interview with UNOSAT’s Einar Bjørg
Satellite technology in service of cultural heritage Marit Fosse Geneva We don’t think about it normally, but satellite images have a variety of uses beyond what we are used to imagining. Cultural heritage surveillance...
Gulbrand and Svend immigrate to Chicago
Mary Jo Thorsheim Norway Art Gulbrand Sether (1860-1941) and Rasmussen Svendsen (1864-1945) were prominent Norwegian-American artists who immigrated to Chicago. Sether was born in Nittedal, Norway, and Svendsen in Elverum. Sether immigrated in 1893...
Eyewitness to coworking
Future of work in innovating enterprise Larrie Wanberg Santa Barbara, Calif. International Coworking Day on Aug. 8 at THE SANDBOX in Santa Barbara opened a whole new world for me to witness a global...
Azizbek Ashurov wins Nansen Refugee Award
Kyrgyz lawyer honored for efforts to end statelessness Marit Fosse Geneva On Oct. 2 in Geneva, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, announced the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award winner in a press...
Gather around the table
An interview with Norwegian food blogger and cookbook author Trine Sandberg Christy Olsen Field Taste of Norway Editor Trines Matblogg (Trine’s Food Blog) is always near the top of every Google search I do...
Comics 10/18
Pondus by Frode Øverli — I’m gonna put my moves on that looker over there! She’s been undressing me with her eyes all night! — Good luck! Lunch by Børge Lund — This group’s...
Major blow to fossil fuel industry
Sovereign wealth fund plans to dump stakes in oil & gas companies The Local Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is scaling back plans to dump stakes in oil and gas companies, the government has revealed....
The American dream of Norway
Part 8: Gabriela Capestany Ingerid Jordal Odda, Norway Our ancestors came to America to give their families a better life. Now young Norwegian Americans dream of the old country. This series of interviews was...
No Surrender
Book review M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway No Surrender is a new translation into English of Vi ga oss ikke (literally “We didn’t surrender”), a first hand story told in 1945 by Hans Cappelen...
“Ikke problem!” (“No problem!”)
An American works with asylum seekers in Norway—and expands her own horizons Beth Kollé Seattle In 1987, a huge influx of refugees came to Norway’s shores. It was a tenfold increase in applications for...
