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.
Category: Arts & Books
I Remember Mama
John Smistad, who remembers his own Norwegian immigrant grandparents, reviews I Remember Mama, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Lars Mytting’s The Reindeer Hunters
Christine Foster Meloni reviews The Reindeer Hunters, which focuses on the lives of twins separated at birth by Norwegian author Lars Mytting.
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.
Tim McConnell makes dark music for dark film
Tove Andersson writes about the Norwegian dark drama series, Exit, and the dark music by award-winning Tim Scott McConnell that accompanies it.
Gunnar Staalesen: National Icon
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt gets readers caught up on Norwegian noir author Gunnar Staalesen’s latest novel, Haunted by Death, coming soon.
Bunad: A modern tradition
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall reviews a short documentary, Bunad: A modern tradition, streaming now on Films of Norway from Stavanger.
The second generation
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall writes about the second generation of the Habbestad Ensemble, which will tour the United States in the summer.
Georgia on my mind
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt reviews three murder mysteries set in the country of Georgia, which is featured in this month’s special section.
Nordic jazz strikes a note
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall report on Norwegian jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen, who performed with his trio at Seattle’s Town Hall Forum.
