Norway House Musikk Fest celebrates Edvard Grieg!
The 2022 Norway Musikk Fest showcases the music of Edvard Grieg and more, all part of the blow-out Norway Block Fest celebration.
Author: The Norwegian American
Cocktail: Thor’s Forest
Enjoy a taste of Iceland with a refreshing Thor’s Forest cocktail from the award-winning cookbook from Sister Cities International.
Icelandic sheep wool and the lopapeysa sweater
Ester writes about Icelandic sheep, wool, lopapeysa sweaters, and other woolen items used in every Iceland home and sold all over the world.
Viking vocabulary
An article compares similar words in five languages: Old Norse, Icelandic, Nynorsk, Bokmål, and English to showsimilarities and differences.
Hear history speaking
Parker O’Halloran shares eight interesting facts about Iceland and its language, including their creative translations of American movie titles.
Bloody tourists!
Musician Gunnar Hjálmarsson (aka Dr. Gunni) makes a list of things that tourism has done to “ruin” cities in Iceland. (It’s not what you think.)
Sørfond awards grants
The Norwegian Film Institute announces that the Sørfond jury selected six film projects in five countries to award NOK 3 million to for 2022.
Comics
The Norwegian American features comics by renowned Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan and Lille Berlin.
The place that changed the world
The Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum opens at the site of the Vemork heavy water cellar in June to educate about World War II history.
Back of the line
Monica Sydgård,a director at Save the Children Norway, says rate of poverty has tripled, leaving many children behind in school and activities.
