Author: Scott Larsen

Scott Larsen is a longtime Roosevelt historian. A freelance journalist, he wrote about Scandinavians aboard the RMS Titanic ("Norwegians on the Titanic" in The Norwegian American, April 12, 2012). He immigrated to Canada in 2006 and lives in New Westminster, B.C.

Scott Larsen - FDR

8 Mar, 2021

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.

Norwegian Heritage

28 Jun, 2018

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.

29 Nov, 2016

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.

Norway Near You

30 Jun, 2015

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.

Norwegian Heritage

27 Mar, 2015

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.

12 Apr, 2012

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.