Affair between FDR and a crown princess?
Ahead of PBS’s Atlantic Crossing, historian Scott Larsen examines the claim that FDR and Crown Princess Märtha had an affair during her World War II stay in D.C.
Author: Scott Larsen
A brief history of Norwegian picnics
Summertime picnics are about as American as baseball and apple pie, but the Norwegian picnic is delightfully delicious and unique.
Is it time to do away with the Electoral College?
Scott Larsen discusses the Electoral College as the American public debates the worthiness of the insitution after the 2016 election.
The highlight of Midsummer: Burnaby’s annual Wife Carrying Contest
In Burnaby, B.C., the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at the Scandinavian Community Centre carries on an annual tradition: the wife carrying contest.
The Princess and the President
Scott Larsen tells the story of the friendship between Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha and FDR while she lived in Washington D.C. during WWII.
Norwegians on the Titanic
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Scott Larsen takes a look at the Norwegians who were on board that fateful ship.
