Badda’s Buddy
Book review Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Lois Tonnessen Andersen is a visual artist living in Concord, Mass. She works in a variety of media and most recently self-published a children’s book. The book, which...
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Move aside, cotton-candy haired trolls
Tales from Norway: of Vikings, Gods, Giants and Trolls tells Norse mythology like it is Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. It is nice to have a children’s book dedicated to Norwegian mythology rooted in fact....
Jo Nesbø’s latest thriller is a classic
The Norwegian noir writer provides his take on Shakespeare’s MacBeth Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. The best-selling Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbø was the perfect choice to rewrite one of literature’s most famous tales...
Why not sample Swedish crime?
Viveca Sten’s Sandhamn Murders—either as books or TV—make perfect påskekrim Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C. Of course, our focus here at The Norwegian American tends to be on Norwegian writers. But Norway’s Nordic neighbors...
Dive Headlong into this 21-book series
Book review Melinda Bargreen Everett, Wash. Mystery buffs and Anglophiles: if you haven’t encountered Bill Slider yet, you have a feast of reading ahead of you. The prolific, tongue-in-cheek British author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles has...
“Here they can still tell stories”
Newly translated book of Sámi folktales makes wonderful—if sometimes eerie—reading Barbara Sjoholm Port Townsend, Wash. About 100 years ago, an adventurous young Danish artist decided to take a vacation in Lapland with her sister....
Historian Odd Lovoll on his Two Homelands
Book review Judith Gabriel Vinje Los Angeles, Calif. The first immigrants from Norway sailed into New York harbor on their sloop “Restauration” on Oct. 9, 1825, after a grueling voyage of 14 weeks. During...
Must love dogs
Generations collide affectionately in the 2018 kids’ book Nana Scrappy Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American When Ryan Cochrane was growing up, he loved fairy tales, and he loved his grandmothers—a great combination for...
The critical phase
Book review M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway In 2016, sociologist Arnfinn Midtbøen was invited to give a lecture on the history of research on employment immigration to Norway. He agreed. As a young researcher...
Wish again as Anja’s adventure continues
A family affair Book review by Tove Andersson Oslo The story of the little elf that became the main character from The New York Times bestseller The Christmas Wish continues. This year The Polar...
