Traveling with Edvard Grieg
A composer’s account books offer insights into a time gone by Bjørn Øgaard Vice-chairman, Oslo Grieg Society Grieg did not live in Norway all year round. The villa “Troldhaugen”, built as a summer home,...
Category: Arts
Not a tweet from Norwegian birds in winter
Mary Jo Thorsheim Norway Art It is said that Norwegian birds do not sing in winter, either at home or when they travel abroad. If they do make a noise, it has an altered...
Edvard Grieg Society brings world-class music to NYC
Pianist Carine Gutlerner’s comet passes through again Rolf Kristian Stang New York Whether as concert pianist, conductor, composer, or performing demonstrated skills in other aspects top-level music making, Franco-Belgian Carine Gutlerner lights up the...
Searching for Halvard Storm
Jeanne Nelsen Kalama, Wash. Browsing online charity auction sites can yield some pretty unusual items. And as a stolt descendant of Norwegians, I often type in the words “Norway” and “Norwegian” to see what...
International opera fans strike gold—Norwegian gold!
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera Rolf Kristian Stang New York Covering the Met debut of Norwegian lyric dramatic soprano Lise Davidsen, singing the role of Lisa in...
The Norwegians
A Norwegian Minnesotan goes to the theater John Erik Stacy The Norwegian American The streets of Minneapolis were slippery, and I slid a little at every turn between Ingebretsen’s on Lake Street and the...
Frozen 2 x 2
Two looks at Disney’s new sequel film Disney’s Frozen 2 sequel to the 2013 blockbuster animated film Frozen was released on Nov. 22 in the United States. Both Victoria Hofmo, New York correspondent for The Norwegian American,...
A Frozen frenzy fires up Fifth
Saks Fifth Avenue celebrates Disney’s winter saga Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Each Christmas season, the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue are a draw for thousands. While this tradition of holiday window dressing is believed to...
“Logging in”
with a view of early Norwegian logging in Kongsrud’s painting Mary Jo Thorsheim Norway Art The Norwegian oil painting Logging in Modum, Norway, winter 1926, by Anders Abrahamsen Kongsrud, reminds me of the traditional Christmas...
Sissels jul
Scandinavia’s Christmas superstar sings in the season Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American “Ingen jul uten Sissel!”—“No Christmas without Sissel!” it’s been said, and for many of us, that’s been true for many years...
