Rosemaling in a modern narrative
“Boreal Ornament V” by Tara Austin is a new exhibit at Vesterheim Museum that presents the traditional art of rosemaling in a modern narrative.
Category: Arts & Books
Inside The Palace of the Snow Queen
Christina Foster Meloni reviews Barbara Sjoholm’s In the Palace of the Snow Queen, a creative travelogue about her journey to the Far North.
The National Theater presents En julefortelling
Tove Andersson writes about the production of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens at Norway’s national theater in Oslo starring Anne Kringsvoll.
Crime Corner
Jerry Holt writes in Crime Corner about Philip Kerr’s last book before he died, A Quiet Flame, featuring Bernie Gunther in Nazi Germany.
Operation RYPE
Terje Birkedal writes about a mission during World War II that is covered in Frode Lindgjerdet’s book, Operation RYPE, published in 2023.
General Gabler’s Theatre boldly breaks boundaries
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall writes about General Gabler’s Theatre in Seattle and its groundbreaking non-binary theater company.
Naïve. Super adapted for the stage at Norway House
Synneva Bratland writes about Norwegian Novel Naive. Super coming to life on stage with producer Kurt Engh at Norway House in Minneapolis.
The Viking Batallion
A review of newly published book, The Viking Battalion, which tells the story of the Norwegian-speaking unit of the U.S. Army in World War II.
Kristin Lavransdatter
A review of Liv Ullmann’s 1995 film, Kristin Lavransdatter, set in medieval Norway and based on the trilogy of books by Sigrid Undset.
Anne Holt and Berit Reiss-Andersen’s No Echo
A review of No Echo, the crime novel co-authored by Anne Holt and Berit Reiss-Andersen, and the sixth novel in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series.
An interview with Marius Roth Christensen
Marit Fosse interviews Marius Roth Christensen about his career as a tenor in the Norwegian Opera and as a rock musician in the band Seigmen.
Revisiting Fargo
John Smistad revisits the Coen brothers movie, Fargo, which is streaming online with its dark humor and quirky Scandinavian-American characters.
