Category: Arts & Entertainment

Geir Mæland of Films of Norway reports on
the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.

Norway Art’s Mary Jo Thorsheim celebrates Leif Eriksson Day with a conversation on film with Nordic paintings by famous Scandinavian artists.

Geir Mæland shares his review of The Man who Loved Haugesund, a documentary about Moritz Rabinowitz, a Polish Jew living in Haugesund before World War II.

Soon after turning 15, Edvard Grieg moved to Germany to study at the famous Leipzig Conservatory, where he worked with Europe’s most influential composers.

Alan Dunbar shares his journey of discovering Edvard Grieg’s music and becoming an advocate for teaching and performing Scandinavian music.

Geir Mæland of Films of Norway shares his review of the early Nordic Noir genre film Insomnia, directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg and starring Stellan Skarsgård.

Carrying on the spirit of Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian Society of Composers works to protect and support Norwegian composers and their music.

Assistant Editor Andy Meyer provides a quick guide for readers of the different ways you can stream movies and TV series from Films of Norway to your TV.

Marching bands are a major part of 17. mai in Norway. Get a peek into the famous Kampen Janitsjar marching band based in Oslo in the film Marching Forever.

After discovering that her ancestor arrived in America on May 17, 1899, Mary Jo Thorsheim researched what Syttende Mai celebrations were like in 1899.